Corporate Actions Manager
Full TimeJob Overview
If you have a strong understanding of financial markets, exceptional attention to detail, and a passion for leading teams and driving continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.
As Corporate Actions Manager, you will lead the Income and Corporate Actions team in managing all aspects of voluntary, mandatory and income events across global markets. This role must ensure the timely, accurate processing of corporate action and income events and mitigating risk through robust controls and oversight.
Key Responsibilities
Role Responsibilites
- Assist in monitoring and review all new and ongoing Income and Corporate Action events for risk assessment and ensure processes are being met within relevant deadlines and timeframes and in line with all regulatory requirements
- Ensure department procedures are reviewed and updated twice yearly or as required
- Review and sign off completed Income and Corporate Action files prior to filing
- Review daily cash and stock reconciliations to ensure breaks are kept to a minimum
- Ensure real-time escalation of any possible operational risks/incidents/errors/complaints to the Head of Corporate Actions
- Ensure that weekly reports are run to review any Income processing issues that would affect a client Clients tax voucher
- Ensure that random Client tax voucher samples are reviewed monthly and resolve any issues identified before annual tax voucher distribution.
Manager Responsibilities
- Conduct annual and interim performance reviews including setting of performance goals, within the Firm’s timescales
- Agree and monitor holiday, sickness, and any other form of absence from the office. Undertake return to work interviews when appropriate liaise with HR if required
- Encourage and develop colleagues through mentoring, training, coaching, supporting them in their individual plans to develop their knowledge and skills and helping them to remain competent to undertake their role. Share knowledge to the benefit of the team and/or wider business
- Monitor staff performance on an ongoing basis providing constructive feedback, recognising good performance and escalating concerns if necessary. Document and fulfil requirements of performance review process
- Deal with problems, issues and queries arising within the department.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The successful applicant will have solid experience in wealth management or banking operations, preferred Avaloq knowledge - particularly around the bookings of AFT’s - with people management experience. They will have the ability to recognise where improvement is needed and confidently implement these changes in procedures and systems.