Specialist, Asset Services

Position Overview

Responsible for daily monitoring and processing of Corporate Actions processes covering Domestic, Regional, and International Markets for both mandatory and voluntary specific corporate actions functions of diverse products like equities, mutual funds, fixed income, hedge fund, structured funds, and ETF, and ensuring highest quality of client service delivery as per international standards.

Responsible for handling moderately intricate to extremely complex corporate action events across Local, Regional, and International Markets. Processing responsibilities include the receipt of market sub‑custodian announcements, the scrubbing and comparison of data, and the notification of corporate action events to clients. Reconciliation of client positions with respective sub‑custodians and markets and monitoring appropriate posting of accruals and entitlements to client accounts.

For all voluntary events, responsible for soliciting and receiving responses from clients and for submitting these instructions to the respective sub‑custodians, markets, agents, processing bank prior to their deadline dates.

Communicate with many entities:
Clients, Counter‑parties, Markets, Sub‑Custodians, Regulators, Companies, Brokers, Paying Agents, Issuers covering Local, Regional, Global Markets related to corporate actions process. Support due diligence visits linking to corporate actions process.

The incumbent is responsible for adhering to established quality control measures and procedures. Responsible to provide first‑level training for new specialists and will assist specialists in handling inquiries. Active participation in understanding the operating module, including Securities Lending and Borrowing transactions that are large in value and complex in nature, ensuring their successful corporate actions processing and avoiding loss and penalties to the bank and clients that could cause the bank’s reputational, financial, and operational risk.

Current offering of Department:
Position Management, Security Cash Settlement, Corporate Actions, Reporting, Invoicing, Reconciliation, Swift, Market Security Movement, Cash Management, Project Support, Proxy Services, Tax Reclaims, Income Management. Planned expansion into support of Securities Lending, Client Short Selling, Network Management Support, Claim Management, and other services. Specialist will participate in section related projects such as system upgrade changes, processing enhancements, and off‑hours system testing.

Active participation in implementation of corporate actions processing related to new clients SLA and SLD Sub‑Custodian SLA, new functions, products, market rules, regulations, and procedures with relevant controls to provide highest level of client delivery. Tracking of other custodian offering in line with International best practices with clear understanding of client requirements, adapting to rapidly changing business environment and client requirements.

Responsible to coordinate and work with various internal departments and external entities and concerned persons as an integral part related to participation in projects to reengineer the process for excellence client delivery and reduce manual activities. Policies, systems, processes, & procedures. Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.

Demonstrate compliance to organization's values and ethics at all times to support the establishment of a value‑driven culture within the bank. Continuous improvement. Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes, and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement, and cost reduction. Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate statements and reports to meet department requirements, policies, and quality standards.

Participation on section related projects, systems upgrades, changes, new client requirements, new product functions related to corporate actions. Understanding and active participation in projects…