Specialist, Asset Services
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About the Role
First Abu Dhabi Bank seeks a Specialist, Asset Servicing to manage corporate actions processing and deliver exceptional custody services. The role involves end-to-end corporate actions, client relationship management, and ensuring compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Responsible for end to end corporate actions processing in accordance with regulatory and compliance requirements
- Daily monitoring and processing of Corporate Actions processes covering Domestic, Regional, and International Markets
- Handle moderately intricate to extremely complex corporate action events across Local, Regional, International Markets
- Reconcile client positions with sub custodians and markets, monitor posting of accruals and entitlements
- Track and respond to internal and external client queries with clear corporate actions information
- Communicate with various stakeholders like Markets, Sub Custodians, Agents, Companies, Depositories, Brokers, Issuers
- Review processes and suggest/implement changes to enhance client satisfaction and reduce manual intervention
Requirements
- 5+ years related experience in security services and/or back office operations e.g., managing corporate actions / securities settlements
- Solid understanding of security services and operations and accounting activity related to security services
- University Graduate / Bachelor’s Degree (or 5 years related work experience)
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and manage several tasks at the same time
- High level of accuracy & attention to detail
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Role Overview
- As a Specialist, Asset Servicing, you will be a key player in our SSO team, dedicated to delivering exceptional custody services.
- Your expertise will be instrumental in managing client relationships, ensuring compliance, and driving the overall efficiency of our custody operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the end to end corporate actions processing in accordance with regulatory and compliance requirements, with an increased focus on accurate and timely execution to enhance the client experience.
- Responsible for daily monitoring and processing of Corporate Actions processes covering Domestic and Regional and International Market for both mandatory and voluntary specific corporate actions functions of diverse products like equities mutual funds, fixed income, hedge fund, structured funds, ETF
- Responsible for handling moderately intricate to extremely complex corporate action events across Local, Regional, International Markets.
- Processing responsibilities include receipt of market/sub custodian announcements, scrubbing/comparison of data, and notification of corporate action events to client.
- Reconciliation of client positions with respective sub custodians and markets and monitors appropriate posting of accruals and entitlements to client accounts.
- For all voluntary events, responsible for soliciting and receiving responses from clients and submitting instructions to respective sub custodians/markets/agents/processing bank prior to deadline dates.
- Ensure to track and respond to internal and external clients queries by providing clear detailed corporate actions information.
- Responsible for communicating with various stakeholders like Markets, Sub Custodians, Agents, Companies, Depositories, Brokers, Issuers.
- Responsible to have excellent knowledge related to corporate actions swift messages and usages of the same.
- Demonstrates reliability by taking necessary actions to continuously meet required deadlines and goals.
- Participation in section related projects, system changes and upgrades and new client’s requirements and implementation of sub custodian / client SLA.
- Review processes and suggest and implement changes to enhance client satisfaction and reduce manual intervention and reduce overall cost.
Minimum Qualification
- University Graduate / Bachelor’s Degree (or 5 years related work experience).
Minimum Experience
- 5+ years related experience in security services and/or back office operations e.g. managing corporate actions / securities settlements.
- Solid understanding of security services and operations and accounting activity related to security services.
- Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise and to manage several tasks at the same time.
- Team oriented and ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to achieve business objectives without compromising controls and risk parameters established.
- Strong execution skills in a multi tasking mode and follow up effectively.
- Self starter with excellent attitude, communication and interpersonal skills.
- High level of accuracy & attention to detail and excellent team working skills.
- Specific experience in Securities related functions eg Client Services, Corporate Actions, Settlement, Data Maintenance & Billing or Custody Account Opening will be an added advantage.
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