Corporate Actions Specialist
First Abu Dhabi Bank
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Posted 11 hrs ago
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Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor, process, and control corporate action events across local, regional, and global markets
- Handle complex corporate action events including mandatory and voluntary events across multiple product types
- Receive market announcements, compare and scrub data, and notify clients of corporate action events
- Reconcile client positions with sub custodians and markets and ensure accurate posting of accruals and entitlements
- Solicit voluntary event responses from clients and submit final instructions to sub custodians or markets before deadlines
- Communicate with clients, counterparties, regulators, sub custodians, issuers, brokers, and agents across various markets
- Support due diligence visits and provide corporate actions process documentation when necessary
- Adhere to all quality control measures and internal procedures
- Provide first-level training to new specialists and assist in handling complex inquiries
- Manage corporate actions for securities lending and borrowing transactions ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Participate in system upgrades, processing enhancements, and after-hours system testing
- Support implementation of new client SLAs, market rules, new products, and regulatory requirements
- Track market best practices and ensure alignment with international standards
- Work with internal departments and external entities on projects aimed at process reengineering and automation
- Support additional services provided by the department including settlement, reporting, invoicing, reconciliation, proxy services, tax reclaims, cash management, and network support
Skills Set
- Corporate actions processing
- Reconciliation and entitlement posting
- Securities operations
- Client and counterparty communication
- Data scrubbing and market announcement handling
- Risk and compliance awareness
- Project participation and process improvement
- SWIFT and settlement knowledge
Desired Candidate Profile
Experience in corporate actions processing within a custody, asset servicing, or securities operations environment
- Strong knowledge of mandatory and voluntary corporate action events across global markets
- Understanding of multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, and structured products
- Strong reconciliation, data accuracy, and deadline-driven processing skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients and multiple market participants
- Knowledge of SWIFT messages, securities settlement, income processing, and entitlement posting
- Strong risk awareness with ability to prevent financial, operational, and reputational loss
- Team-oriented and able to support new specialists and assist with inquiries
- Ability to adapt to changing market rules, client requirements, and business expansion
- Strong documentation, analytical, and coordination skills
Company Industry
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Broking
Department / Functional Area
- Administration
Keywords
- Corporate Actions Specialist
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First Abu Dhabi Bank
First Abu Dhabi Bank is a leading financial institution known for strong operations, international reach, and client-focused services. The bank offers a collaborative environment where securities operations professionals contribute to high-quality corporate actions processing across multiple global markets and product lines.