Analyst, Corporate Actions

About the Role

This role sits within the Numeric Investment Operations team and will manage Corporate Actions across business lines, overseeing the full lifecycle of events.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the processing of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions and associated income, ensuring accuracy and adherence to market and internal deadlines.
• Review and validate event details received from prime brokers, custodians, and data providers, investigating discrepancies.
• Communicate event information clearly to relevant investment and trading teams, obtain elections, and submit instructions within agreed deadlines.
• Monitor event progress, reconcile cash and stock entitlements, and investigate outstanding items with internal teams and external counterparties.
• Perform daily operational processes and controls, maintaining accurate records and escalating exceptions, risks, and time-sensitive issues promptly.
• Respond to corporate action queries, working with colleagues to investigate and resolve issues.
• Contribute to process improvements that strengthen controls, reduce manual activity, and improve efficiency.
• Support the implementation of a new corporate actions platform through testing, data validation, and issue tracking.
• Maintain process documentation and develop knowledge of different event types, instruments, and market practices.

Key Skills and Experience

• Approximately 0–2 years’ relevant experience in corporate actions or asset servicing, ideally within an asset manager, hedge fund, prime broker, or custodian.
• A working understanding of the corporate action lifecycle, including mandatory and voluntary events, elections, entitlements, and reconciliation.
• Awareness of the roles of prime brokers, custodians, and other parties involved in corporate action processing.
• Strong attention to detail and a control-focused approach, with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain event information to different stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to investigating discrepancies, resolving queries, and escalating issues appropriately.
• Expertise using Excel and operational systems, with an interest in technology, automation, and process improvement.
• A collaborative approach and willingness to develop knowledge across investment strategies, asset classes, and global markets.