Corporate Actions SME

FNZ ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

Overview

Job Description

Responsible for the end to end identification, data gather, allocation and updating of all Corporate Actions on the Wrap Platform across a broad range of investments. Team Responsibilities + Work closely with Third Party Custodians to identify all relevant Corporate Actions and allocate accurately and timely. + Reconcile and pay all income received to client accounts within required regulatory and client-driven timeframes. + Manage the entire lifecycle of a Corporate Action from initial notification to file closure, investigating and resolving all issues as they arise. + Manage all open events for a particular wrap provider + Work with External Fund Managers to process all fund closures, mergers and share class conversions. + Work closely with Business Risk Champions and Senior Officers to identify and manage operational risk. + Maintain an event diary on daily basis + Work with Asset and Cash reconciliation teams to ensure any cash / asset breaks created as a result of a Corporate Action are matched and closed down within agreed timeframes. + Liaise with other departments in order to complete tasks and resolve any issues + Assist other team members with issues as and when required + Review and enhance operational processes on a regular basis. + Interact with key clients on a weekly basis. + Actively work to reduce the number of outstanding client queries and issues. + Monitor client reports such as the HMRC ISA reports + Audit of daily postings for data integrity + Answer any ongoing or daily queries from clients Specific Role Responsibilities + Data Input; input data timely and accurately across platforms + Client Liaison; liaison with new and existing clients, + Fund Manager Liaison; liaison with Fund Managers + Third Party Liaison; liaison with external parties such as Financial Express and Winterflood as a source of information relevant to fund client administration. + Effective communication; to ensure that information is communicated effectively to necessary parties and in a timely manner for purpose of rapid resolution + Qualifications: FS Industry recognised qualifications - Investment Operations Certificate (IOC) or working towards + Experience: Ideally 3 plus years in a similar Corporate Actions role within an Investment Operations environment + Exposure to Equities and Structured Products advantageous + Excellent communication skills + Deadline driven FNZ is a global FinTech firm, transforming the way financial institutions serve their wealth management customers. We partner with banks, insurers and asset managers to help consumers better achieve their financial goals. The business has grown rapidly in recent years, as its institutional customers have used FNZ's platform to improve transparency, choice and drive down long-term costs for consumers of wealth management products across all segments: from mass-market workplace pensions to mass-affluent and high-net-worth clients. Today, FNZ is responsible for over 330 billion in assets under administration (AuA) held by around 5 million customers of some of the world's largest financial institutions, including Standard Aberdeen, Santander, Lloyds Bank, Vanguard, Generali, Barclays, Quilter, UOB, Aviva, Zurich, UBS, BNZ, Findex and FNZC. In total, FNZ partners with over 60 financial institutions across the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia. The company has over 1,600 employees in the UK, Czech Republic, Shanghai, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. ID: 2019-3499 External Company URL: Address Line 1: 1 Tanfield