Corporate Actions Consultant

Our client, a well-known Financial Services firm in Toronto, is looking for an Corporate Actions Consultant to join its team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end corporate actions lifecycle, from announcement capture through election processing and final entitlement reconciliations.
• Oversee complex corporate action events, particularly voluntary corporate actions, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
• Liaise daily with trading desks, operations teams, account managers, and institutional counterparties to coordinate elections and entitlement setups.
• Monitor and resolve daily cash and stock reconciliation breaks, escalating unresolved issues in accordance with established procedures.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on corporate actions and entitlements, providing operational guidance and supporting process improvements.
• Maintain key operational controls, conduct periodic control reviews, and identify potential risks or control gaps.
• Identify recurring operational issues and implement initiatives to improve efficiency, accuracy, and risk mitigation.
• Independently investigate and resolve processing issues within established procedures and authority levels, escalating significant risks and unresolved matters as appropriate.
• Monitor operational reports and ensure compliance with internal policies, audit requirements, and control standards.
• Support departmental projects, including system enhancements, process integrations, and improvements to corporate actions tracking and entitlement platforms.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in asset servicing within a bank or broker-dealer environment.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience processing voluntary corporate actions.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end corporate actions lifecycle, including elections, entitlement setups, and cash and stock reconciliations.
• Experience managing complex corporate action events and resolving operational issues with a focus on risk mitigation and accuracy.