Corporate Actions Process Lead

Superb employer, genuine long-term career development environment

• Job Title/Location: Corporate Actions Process Lead, Surrey & WFH
• Salary: £negotiable, average bonus 6% (£2,300) + pension contribution to 13% c.(£5,000)
• WFH: 2 days office + 3 days WFH
• Requirements: Looking for at least 1-2 years corporate actions / dividends experience, some knowledge of Equities/Fixed Income/ETF/Investment Trusts
• Role snapshot: Processing corporate action events, providing support/guidance to the junior and some senior team members, monitoring corporate action notifications, resolving queries and participate in dept projects

The Company/Team: This is a company known in the industry for developing people. They have been growing established teams whilst also developing new teams/functions and income streams. This team is responsible for identifying, tracking, processing and reporting all corporate action events and dividends.

The Role: This Corporate Actions Process Lead role is set within a team that will process all work items applicable to the company’s asset universe. You will be part of a team processing events, including validating entries in the Books & Records system, providing support, guidance and direction to both junior and senior team members. Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the development of placings and IPO’s across the business
• Testing Corporate Action scenarios on the Investment Platform.
• Drafting of departmental procedures and ongoing ownership of those procedures.
• Undertake daily operational tasks in accordance with defined procedures
• Initiation and monitoring of notifications to Clients/Advisers & subsequent Instructions to the Market Broker/Custodian
• Resolve Custody reconciliation breaks resulting from corporate actions or dividend activity

Experience/Skills Required: For the Corporate Actions Process Lead role, our client is looking for at least 1-2 years previous corporate actions or dividends experience. You should be a self-starter, possess a 'can do’ attitude with good attention to detail, strong communication skills and a good team-working attitude.

Additional Information: The salary for this Corporate Actions Process Lead role is negotiable, with bonus being 6% on average (c.£2,300) and company pension contribution up to 13% (£5,000). There is an excellent benefits package including free parking, free gym, subsidised canteens, WFH flexibility and great opportunities to develop further. Please apply below.

The Corporate Actions Process Lead position is one of a number of vacancies we are handling. ARC is a specialist within Financial Services recruitment and the Consultant handling this role has over 30 years of experience in this field. Areas of expertise include IFA Administration, compliance, customer services, pensions admin/technical roles, mortgage administration, paraplanners, marketing, underwriters and employee benefits roles. Check the website and feel free to call Darren Snell at any time.