Senior Wealth Operations Specialist – Corporate Actions
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About the Role
Market Securities Group seeks an experienced Senior Wealth Operations Specialist to oversee corporate actions and support wealth operations in Dubai. The role involves managing mandatory and voluntary corporate action events, liaising with custodians, and contributing to process improvements.
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Responsibilities
- Act as subject matter expert for Corporate Actions across the wealth management platform
- Provide oversight of corporate action events administered through the firm's global custodian, ensuring events are accurately processed, monitored, and reconciled
- Review and monitor mandatory corporate actions including dividends, coupon payments, stock splits, redemptions, mergers, spin offs, and other capital reorganisations
- Take ownership of voluntary corporate actions and client elections including rights issues, tender offers, exchange offers, proxy voting, and other election based events
- Coordinate with Investment Advisors and Relationship Managers to communicate available options to clients and ensure timely collection and submission of election instructions
- Monitor event deadlines, entitlements, and custodian notifications to ensure all required actions are completed within market timelines
- Act as primary liaison with custodians and counterparties for corporate action related queries, escalations, and exception management
- Develop and maintain robust controls, procedures, and governance frameworks to support the continued growth of the platform's Corporate Actions capability
- Provide operational support across key wealth operations activities including settlements and trade monitoring, cash and security transfers, payment processing, and exception management
- Liaise with custodians, brokers, and internal stakeholders to ensure efficient day to day operations and resolution of operational issues
- Support the monitoring and control of operational risks across the platform
- Contribute to the development of scalable operational processes and controls suitable for a growing wealth management business
Requirements
- Minimum 4 5 years of direct Corporate Actions experience within wealth management, private banking, securities services, custody, brokerage, or asset management
- Strong hands on experience managing both mandatory and voluntary corporate action events
- Proven experience handling client elections, entitlement processing, event monitoring, and exception management
- Experience working with global custodians and third party platform providers
- Understanding of the operational lifecycle of securities transactions
- Exposure to settlements, cash management, payments, or broader securities operations would be advantageous
- Experience contributing to process design, operational controls, and service improvements is highly desirable
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About Us
- Market Securities Wealth is a newly established wealth management business backed by Market Securities Group, an international financial services organisation.
The Role
- The primary focus will be Corporate Actions oversight and management across a diverse range of wealth management client portfolios.
- The role will broaden to support additional operational activities as a founding member of the operations team.
Key Responsibilities Corporate Actions Oversight & Management
- Act as the subject matter expert for Corporate Actions across the wealth management platform.
- Provide oversight of corporate action events administered through the firm's global custodian.
- Review and monitor mandatory corporate actions including dividends, coupon payments, stock splits, redemptions, mergers, spin offs, and other capital reorganisations.
- Take ownership of voluntary corporate actions and client elections including rights issues, tender offers, exchange offers, proxy voting, and other election based events.
- Coordinate with Investment Advisors and Relationship Managers to communicate available options to clients and ensure timely collection and submission of election instructions.
- Monitor event deadlines, entitlements, and custodian notifications to ensure all required actions are completed within market timelines.
- Act as the primary liaison with custodians and counterparties for corporate action related queries, escalations, and exception management.
- Develop and maintain robust controls, procedures, and governance frameworks to support the continued growth of the platform's Corporate Actions capability.
Key Responsibilities Wealth Operations Support
- Provide operational support across key wealth operations activities including settlements and trade monitoring, cash and security transfers, payment processing, and exception management.
- Liaise with custodians, brokers, and internal stakeholders to ensure efficient day to day operations and resolution of operational issues.
- Support the monitoring and control of operational risks across the platform.
- Contribute to the development of scalable operational processes and controls suitable for a growing wealth management business.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency.
Candidate Profile
- Minimum 4–5 years of direct Corporate Actions experience within wealth management, private banking, securities services, custody, brokerage, or asset management.
- Strong hands on experience managing both mandatory and voluntary corporate action events.
- Proven experience handling client elections, entitlement processing, event monitoring, and exception management.
- Experience working with global custodians and third party platform providers.
- Understanding of the operational lifecycle of securities transactions.
- Exposure to settlements, cash management, payments, or broader securities operations would be advantageous.
- Experience contributing to process design, operational controls, and service improvements is highly desirable.
Skills & Attributes
- Strong Corporate Actions subject matter expertise.
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Proactive, solutions oriented, and able to work independently.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Collaborative approach and willingness to contribute across functions in a growing business.
- Positive 'can do' attitude with a focus on continuous improvement.
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