Asset Servicing Senior Analyst

Role overview

Corporate action lifecycle

• Own mandatory, voluntary and mandatory-with-options event cycles across equities, fixed income and derivatives, with a focus on CFDs.
• Validate event data, maintain the golden copy and investigate discrepancies.
• Process entitlements and ensure cash and security movements, cost basis and trading restrictions are booked accurately.
• Monitor settlement and resolve breaks with custodians and Fund Accounting.
• Review offer documents and notifications to interpret terms, options, conditions, proration, acceptance limits, withdrawal rights and defaults.
• Communicate options, economic consequences, key dates and deadlines to Portfolio Managers.
• Track elections, submit accurate custodian instructions by SWIFT or manually, and resolve instruction status issues before deadlines.

Controls and collaboration

• Follow procedures and controls, identify and escalate risks, and contribute to incident reporting and remediation.
• Identify inefficiencies and control gaps and implement new controls.
• Support audits and regulatory reviews with accurate data, documentation and explanations.
• Participate in operational projects, user testing, procedure updates and system or process enhancements.
• Work with Portfolio Managers, Reconciliations, Pricing, Trade Support, Compliance and other stakeholders.
• Oversee custodian and vendor service quality, raise service issues and participate in service reviews.
• Mentor and train junior colleagues, escalate complex events and provide cover for the Team Lead as needed.

Must-have skills

• Demonstrated corporate actions experience in a comparable asset management or investment banking environment.
• Expertise in voluntary and elective events across equities, fixed income and derivatives.
• Experience with corporate action platforms, ICE, Bloomberg or Refinitiv, custody portals and SWIFT messaging standards.
• Experience implementing controls relating to corporate action processes.

Workplace

• Hybrid working is offered.

Benefits

• Benefits include holiday policies, health and wellbeing support, paid volunteer time, professional development and qualification reimbursement, family services, employee events and an onsite canteen lunch allowance.