As a Custody Asset Servicing Analyst within the Global Custody Asset Servicing Team, you will learn and have exposure to all corporate and income related events across all asset classes for collections, announcements capture, corporate actions processing, income processing, proxy and controls, entitlement completion and payment processing, claims management. You will work within a dynamic team to complete BAU work as well as the potential to contribute to specialised projects and implementations where relevant.
Job responsibilities
- Completes on a daily basis timely and accurate capture and input of all client corporate action instructions according to event and market requirements
- Completes on a daily basis timely and accurate execution of instructions to in house systems and onward to market according to event and market requirements including confirmation and reconciliation of agent and market confirmation
- Ensures clear well documented communication between sub custodians, agents, brokers, counterparties, internal operational teams and clients within prescribed timeframes
- Executes all transaction processing for accurate and timely completion of corporate action transactions as received from the sub custodians/agents
- Ensures timely and accurate reconciliations to resolve outstanding cash and stock breaks on daily basis
- Completes file closure immediately following required transaction processing and reconciliation
- Manages group email boxes and internal enquiry management tools to ensure queries are resolved and responded to within a timeframe and manner sensitive to the urgency of the event, and in accordance with prescribed service levels, thereby ensuring that internal and external client satisfaction is achieved
- Works with Network Management to complete ASA’s, provide input into sub custodian transitions and work cohesively to resolve day-to-day issues as they arise
- Takes full responsibility for adherence to all departmental procedures, policies, checkpoints and controls
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Financial Services background within a Custody or Investment Bank Corporate Actions environment
- Successful performance in a risk-based environment with a proven track record of risk reduction
- Results based experience demonstrating strategic and analytical thinking
- Track record of working in a changing environment with the experience of learning, documenting and implementing new processes efficiently
- Experience of communicating both oral and written to management, clients and colleagues
- Experience of testing / delivering Asset Servicing operating systems / platforms (Experience of TCS BaNCS)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office