Corporate Actions SME - Edinburgh - Competitive Salary
I am working on a new and exciting opportunity for an experienced Corporate Actions SME to join a leading Investment Banking group in Edinburgh city centre. With a competitive and negotiable salary and benefits package on offer for the right candidate.
This is a fantastic time to join a forward thinking, innovative and exciting workplace who have their employees and customers at the heart of everything they do. This firm encourages a supportive and family environment, where their employees work hard and are rewarded with career progression paths and learning and development.
Overview of Corporate Actions SME role:
Responsible for the end to end identification, data gathering, allocation and updating of all Corporate Actions on the Wrap Platform across a broad range of investments.
Team Responsibilities – Is this person you?
- Work closely with Third Party Custodians to identify all relevant Corporate Actions and allocate accurately and timely.
- Reconcile and pay all income received to client accounts within required regulatory and client-driven timeframes.
- Manage the entire lifecycle of a Corporate Action from initial notification to file closure, investigating and resolving all issues as they arise.
- Manage all open events for a particular wrap provider
- Work with External Fund Managers to process all fund closures, mergers and share class conversions.
- Work closely with Business Risk Champions and Senior Officers to identify and manage operational risk.
- Maintain an event diary on daily basis
- Work with Asset and Cash reconciliation teams to ensure any cash / asset breaks created as a result of a Corporate Action are matched and closed down within agreed timeframes.
- Liaise with other departments in order to complete tasks and resolve any issues
- Assist other team members with issues as and when required
- Review and enhance operational processes on a regular basis.
- Interact with key clients on a weekly basis.
- Actively work to reduce the number of outstanding client queries and issues.
- Monitor client reports such as the HMRC ISA reports
- Audit of daily postings for data integrity
- Answer any ongoing or daily queries from clients
Responsibilities:
- Qualifications: FS Industry recognised qualifications- IOC, Investment Certificate or CFA or working towards.
- Experience: 1 plus years in a similar role.
- Knowledge of equity markets and CREST would be advantageous
Contact Neil Greene at HRC Financial Service Scotland
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