Description

Ensuring all Corporate Actions are processed efficiently, accurately and in accordance with the specified deadlines. Help the team members liaise between Portfolio Managers, Trading, Accounting, Operations and external Custodians. Serve as point-person and subject matter expert and collaborate with Business counterparts, senior Leaders and team members to manage/resolve business issues on daily basis.

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for ensuring effective service level adherence through timely and accurate actions daily. Implement effective staffing, work allocation and continuous management of work tasks to ensure adherence to assignment & work deadlines. Coordinate with counterparts and Subject Matter Experts for management of urgent/escalated issues and ensure seamless resolution.
- Partner with functional Leaders to formulate career progression / employee development plans. Provide Leadership guidance and motivate team members to improve/sustain performance through effective coaching and mentoring techniques individually and at a team level through regular huddles and team meetings.
- Encourage the team to research and develop in-depth understanding of terms and conditions of voluntary corporate actions. Coordinate the communication of elections with Portfolio Management and portfolio custodian. Responsible for instructing custodian banks of PM's decision by stated deadlines. Communicate corporate actions to impacted stakeholders.
- Ensure that the team accurately reviews corporate action transactions and ensures reconciliation with custodians, manages share restrictions or encumbrances for corporate action related items.



Act as primary resource for corporate action issues for all departments. Research and respond to business partner's escalations and queries related to corporate actions.
- Create and enhance department procedures for processes performed in the team. Continuously identify risks, mitigate these risks and improve efficiency of work flow streams. Assist with system enhancements as necessary for the department. Guide and train new members in the team on process activities. Support department in keeping procedures updated, with approval from leadership. Help team to continue to enhance knowledge base of corporate actions and other related activities.
- Responsible to collaborate with senior Leaders and Training counterparts to provide adequate learning & development programs for team members to improve operational knowledge, develop product and domain knowledge, and build/enhance skills/competencies. Participate in Operational, Domain and soft-skills development Training programs for self-development of process and domain knowledge and build/improve soft-skills/competencies.
Required Qualifications

- Master's degree with 8 to 10 years of relevant corporate actions experience.
- Working Knowledge of Aladdin application is a must.




- Possess knowledge of financial securities and investment industry.
- Understand and interpret complex corporate action documentation.
- Good understanding of using custodian services.
- Ability to work well with multiple business partners.
- Resolve issues quickly and deliver results with a high degree of accuracy.
- Self-starter with a dynamic, proactive and "can do" attitude.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent Communication (written and verbal), Interpersonal Skills and be an Effective Team Player.
- Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment and meet tight deadlines.
- Strong work ethic with very robust attention to detail, with particular focus on accuracy and numeracy ability.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least three (3) days per week, with flexibility to work from home two (2) days per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Full-Time/Part time

Full time

Timings

(8:00p-4:30a)

India Business Unit

AWMPO AWMP&S; President's Office

Job Family Group

Mutual Fund Operations

📌 Group Lead-Corporate Actions (India)
🏢 56672 Ameriprise India
📍 India