Sr. Associate, Voluntary Corporate Actions Team | 7:30am-4:30pm

About the role

This position follows our hybrid-friendly schedule, so you get the best of both worlds – flexibility and collaboration. In office days will be 3 per week in one of the following locations: St. Petersburg, FL, Memphis, TN, or Southfield, MI.

Responsibilities

• Leverage extensive securities and banking expertise to manage complex voluntary corporate action events throughout the event lifecycle
• Create and communicate event details, process elections and payouts, and submit instructions to external partners
• Maintain quality controls, ensure compliance with corporate action policies and regulatory requirements, and mitigate financial risk
• Resolve complex issues while providing guidance to team members and business partners
• Provide operational support by performing a range of routine activities using existing systems and protocols
• Produce, update, and provide best practice support on a wide range of Microsoft documents, databases, and other departmental systems
• Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software; gather and summarize data for reports
• Create a local document management system for an office or department
• Build effective working relationships within the internal client organization and contribute to the management of the partnering relationship, delivering high-quality professional services within established routines or as part of an agreed project
• Find the most effective ways to respond to routine functional inquiries, involving following procedures and precedents
• Use data management systems to access specific information as and when required
• Develop knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards; obtain authorization from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure
• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching
• Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media

Qualifications

• High School (HS) (Required)
• General Experience - 13 months to 3 years
• Travel Less than 25%
• Workstyle: Hybrid

Knowledge

• Securities industry related to job responsibilities, department and division
• Products and concepts relating to financial services industry, including financial instruments, financial management, and cash and capital principles
• Diverse corporate action events and how they impact clients and the firm
• Claims, 180 Liability Notices, and transformations
• Foreign currency conversions
• Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs)
• Corporate actions department procedures, systems (XSP, SIS, DTC, Euroclear), and concepts

Skills

• Supports business processes without supervision by understanding and effectively using standard office equipment and standard software packages, while providing technical guidance as needed
• Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies
• Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet business objectives
• Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to develop appropriate plans or perform necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements
• Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to analyze data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making
• Uses an understanding of numerical concepts to perform mathematical operations such as report analysis with guidance (but not constant supervision)
• Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to select, deploy and get the best results from the most appropriate office system
• Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to develop, monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures, while making sure they match organizational strategies and objectives

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Critical illness insurance and accident insurance
• Disability benefits
• Retirement savings
• Paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave

Pay

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions.