Corporate Actions Analyst 10190

Corporate Actions Analyst
Dublin 18
6-month initial contract
Hybrid - 3 days on-site, 2 days work from home
My high-profile banking client are recruiting for a Corporate Actions Analyst to work in the Dublin based offices on an initial 6-month contract with the possibility to extend the contract and eventually becoming permanent. This is great opportunity.
**Job Description**:
EMEA Asset Services have an exciting opportunity for an eager, assiduous, and analytically minded individual. The department support a wide variety of different business units including Prime Brokerage, Proprietary Trading, Stock Lending, SWAP and Custody.The role offers a great opportunity to get exposure to vary lines of business as well as offering extensive learning opportunities.
Dublin Asset Services is a globally aligned function reporting to the Global Head of Asset Services and are responsible for corporate action event types relating to equity and debt products. The teams work closely with colleagues in various global locationsincluding London, US and Asia. The Corporate Actions team is a dynamic team strategically aligned within the department to provide accurate and timely European Corporate Action entitlements for the businesses we support. The team strive to provide our stakeholderswith a high level of service at all times and the role allows for interactions with clients and traders alike.
Responsibilities Include:

- Correctly interpret terms for mandatory and voluntary corporate actions.
- Reconcile positions, calculate and post Corporate Action entitlements.
- Optional Dividend election management - work within tight deadlines to reconcile and process instructions between internal systems and external agents/counter parties.
- Manage relationships with key clients and trading desks as well as other stakeholders, internal and external.
- Monitor incoming queries to ensure they are answered accurately and on a timely basis.
- Timely reconciliation of cash and position breaks.
- Escalation of risk where necessary.
- Maintain risk within the levels set by the management team.
- Liaising with and resolving asset servicing related queries for clients, internal and external.
- Contribute to the culture of operational excellence by demonstrating focus on creating a more efficient process while reducing risk.
- Timely management of positions and recovery of funds claimed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch from external counter parties and monitoring of outstanding balances.?
**Requirements**:

- Analytic: Excellent reconciliation skills.
- Financial Impact awareness - appreciates the risk impact of actions undertaken.
- High level of client service skills.
- Displays a high attention to detail and demonstrates ability to meet deadlines.
- System Knowledge: Ability to quickly learn new processing systems.
- Prioritisation: Ability to prioritise heavy workloads and work efficiently under pressure. Plans to ensure deadlines are met and work as part of a team.
- Ability to work under pressure in a team environment
- Ability to liaise with all levels of the firm and people with different experiences and backgrounds
- Self-motivated
- Enthusiastic, has an appetite to learn more
- Dividend or corporate actions experience would be very beneficial.
Other Qualifications
- Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions.
- Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward.
- Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs - is a continuous learner
- Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
- Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base.
- Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.
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