Senior Analyst - Investment & Trade Operations

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What is the Senior Analyst – Investment & Trade Operations Corporate Actions services group is responsible for?

• The Analysts are responsible for the corporate actions Research and evaluate corporate action information pertaining to Mandatory Corporate actions from various external sources on a daily basis for all the securities invested. The Sr. Analyst will leverage various market sources and internal contacts to understand, validate, and update the corporate action information databases and ensure information is entered and distributed in a timely and accurate manner along with ensuring no adverse NAV or Financial impacts. He needs to have complete understanding of pricing, quantity and cost implications due to the corporate action on the security or securities. The Sr. Analyst will support our internal office clients by hosting all corporate action related inquiries, managing event deadlines, and partnering with different facets of the organizations and ensure accurate & timely updates are made in each appropriate system and share relevant information when needed/requested with the impacted teams. The Sr. Analyst will have to build strong contacts with our external sources like custodians, issuers, market vendors & contact various company investor relationship teams.
  
  

What are the ongoing responsibilities of the Senior Analyst – Investment & Trade Operations – Global Corporate Actions services?

Production Processing

• Researching, validating and processing corporate action information from various external sources on a daily basis within our internal systems.
• Track all outstanding Mandatory corporate actions and capture all market updates while maintaining a thorough understanding of the event and company intent.
• Support all impacted stakeholder (front office clients, downstream accounting and reporting, and other investment operation teams) by answering all inquiries timely and accurately.
• Keeping abreast of and implementing changes in the daily corporate action procedures, the market practices and general rules and regulations to ensure that capital change information is distributed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Maintaining corporate action information databases and ensure information is entered and distributed in a timely and accurate manner. Ensuring all updates are made in each appropriate system.
• Analyzing and following-up on the proper action to resolve pending Corporate Action problems.
• Researching and evaluating late corporate action information from various external sources. Contacting external sources when needed.
• Coordinate with other operational facets to ensure that corporate action entitlements are reflected timely in the portfolios and to mitigate any potential NAV or reporting impacts.
• Collaborating with downstream processes and other IO Sites and external sources to ensure that their queries are answered in the appropriate manner & in a timely fashion.
• Maintain corporate action database and clear all system triggered checks and ensure safeguards and controls are properly followed.
• All the updates to the procedures should be well maintained & stored at a place from where team should be able to access the data.
  
  

Audit

• Verification of all Mandatory Corporate actions details entered by peers in the appropriate system is accurate.
• Ensuring FX rates pertaining to Cash dividends are correctly updated.
• Ensures that all the audits are performed accurately so that we do not have adverse NAV or Financial impacts
  
  

IO – COAC Dept. Projects

• Identifies opportunities for process improvements and works with the Team and Supervisor to implement them.
• Participates on project teams as a Corporate actions subject matter expert; defines requirements and completes user acceptance testing for Trust technology enhancements
• Works with technology staff and/or vendors to resolve issues and/or implement technology changes
• Should be able to complete all the testing within the deadlines & help other team members as well, during the testing phase.
• He should be able to make informed decisions during the calls & has to ensure for complete correctness of the data provided/confirmed.
  
  

Work Shift Timings - 6:30 PM - 3:30 AM IST (Should be flex)

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By joining us, you will become part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health, saving for life’s adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have them covered.

Highlights Of Our Benefits Include

• Professional development growth opportunities through in-house classes and over 150 Web-based training courses
• An educational assistance program to financially help employees seeking continuing education
• Medical, Life and Personal Accident Insurance benefit for employees. Medical insurance also cover employee’s dependents (spouses, children and dependent parents)
• Life insurance for protection of employees’ families
• Personal accident insurance for protection of employees and their families
• Personal loan assistance
• Employee Stock Investment Plan (ESIP)
• 12 weeks Paternity leave
• Onsite fitness center, recreation center, and cafeteria
• Transport facility
• Child day care facility for women employees
• Cricket grounds and gymnasium
• Library
• Health Center with doctor availability
• HDFC ATM on the campus
  
  

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