Senior Associate, Corporate Actions (APAC)

About the Role:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical professional to join our Operations team as a Senior Associate, Corporate Actions. This role is responsible for the end-to-end management of corporate action events, ensuring accurate processing, timely execution, and effective coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will play a key role in monitoring corporate action events, managing elections for voluntary events, reconciling positions, and ensuring accurate entitlement processing while maintaining strong operational controls.

Key Responsibilities:

Corporate Actions Processing

• Manage the end-to-end processing of Mandatory, Mandatory with Options, and Voluntary Corporate Action events.
• Capture and maintain corporate action events within internal operating systems.
• Monitor global positions and identify eligible holdings for announced corporate actions.
• Review event announcements, deadlines, forecasts, and payment schedules to ensure timely processing.
• Ensure accurate booking of entitlements and event outcomes in relevant systems.

Election Management

• Coordinate and manage voluntary corporate action elections.
• Consolidate and submit client instructions within established market deadlines.
• Liaise with custodians, agents, and internal teams to ensure proper execution and confirmation of elections.
• Monitor election responses and resolve exceptions as needed.

Reconciliation & Control

• Perform daily reconciliation of positions, entitlements, and event proceeds.
• Investigate and resolve breaks, discrepancies, and unmatched transactions.
• Monitor expected payments and ensure accurate processing of outcomes.
• Support claims management activities related to corporate action events.

Risk & Stakeholder Management

• Identify, escalate, and mitigate operational risks.
• Adhere to established procedures, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain strong working relationships with custodians, counterparties, and internal stakeholders.
• Provide regular updates and reporting to management regarding outstanding issues, risks, and operational performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 3 to 5 related Years of Experience in Corporate Actions, Securities Operations, Asset Servicing, Capital Markets Operations, or Investment Banking Operations.
• Knowledge of Mandatory, Voluntary, and Mandatory with Options corporate action events.
• Understanding of securities processing, settlements, reconciliations, and market operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and operational processing systems.

Preferred Experience

• Background in Investment Banking Operations, Custody Services, Asset Servicing, or Securities Operations.
• Experience handling global market corporate action events.
• Familiarity with front-to-back trade lifecycle processes and operational controls.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work within a dynamic global markets operations environment.
• Exposure to international securities and corporate action events.
• Collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Career growth and development opportunities within financial services operations.