Senior Specialist Corporate Actions

• Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

• 6 to 8 years of relevant work experience in Corporate Action processing and experience in handling Mandatory and Voluntary Corporate Actions
• Experience in handling MT56X messages .
• Knowledge of Custody operations, Corporate Actions, Financial Market Operations. Knowledge of Agent banking, Sub Custody operations and clearing will be an added advantage.

• Collaborative skills and should be able to work with staff across locations and grades.

• To ensure all control/operating procedure and documentations are properly followed.
• To ensure compliance to all established procedures, regulations and the Group Guidelines.
• To keep track of changes (internal and external) affecting Clients and communicate such changes, along with impact analyses, on a pro-active basis, through newsflashes, market insights, operations guides and through other routine communication.

• In the event of serious regulatory breaches, or where risk tolerances have been breached, ensure senior management are informed and that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased.

• Business partners across countries, Central operations, GBS SSO Management team and Larger SSO team.

• To authorize and control the dispatch of the outgoing messages related to Corporate Action in CAPE.
• To notify the client of any Corporate Action event by means of SWIFT / Fax / e-mail / S2B or any other mechanism as may be specified in the DOI.
• To authorize responses to sub-custodians on the option being exercised based on the response received from the clients and to debit / credit the clients account for disbursement processing.
• To authorise proper collection and disbursement of resultant entitlements from corporate action events.
• To authorise vouchers or Swift messages for Transfer of funds from and to Nostro accounts and transfer of funds across accounts based on the underlying instructions.
• To perform investigation of all types of breaks relating to Cash and Securities and all other Inventory reconciliation outstanding / exceptions relating to Corporate Actions
• Ensure all timelines are met with accuracy as per agreed SLA.
• Managing the team members effectively, knowledge sharing among team members & developing individual skills of all team members.
• Process training to new joiners, regular updates on the process change and incorporation of the changes in DOI.
• Ensure a continual drive towards automated control processes.
• Ensure proper functioning of day-to-day controls, periodic monitoring of activities and timely resolution of risk issues.
• To ensure successful completion of BCP/DR test at required frequencies.
• To escalate issues as they occur and coordinate communication to senior stakeholders.
• Manage the performance and development of staff across the unit.
• Co-ordinate various testing in respect of new application and processes relating to Corporate Action activities and check reports for confirmation and sign-off.
• Handling Internal and External Auditors and clarifying all queries in a timely manner.
• Managing KCSA related queries, Timely updation of volumes in PS tool and encouraging active participation in CSR activities.
• To support Migration of the new activities.
• Complete all mandatory e-learning as and when it required.

• Spot Opportunities
• Communication
• Collaborate
• Deliver Sustainably
• Achieve Results
• Solve Problems

• 6 to 8 years of relevant work experience in the following areas:
• Excellent oral / written communication skill/ good system skills.
• Worked in corporate action processing team and have experience in approving the transactions.
• Knowledge of various types of corporate action and swift message formatting
• Knowledge of allied products like Settlements, Fund services and reference data will be an added advantage.
• Should be able to handle small teams.

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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