What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialist, Corporate Actions II position at BNY?
Specialist, Corporate Actions II
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Specialist, Corporate Actions II to join our Integrated Middle Office Solutions Platform team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Responsible for mandatory and voluntary corporate actions custody functions for all organizational accounts.
- Receives guidance from more experienced staff.
- With guidance from more senior staff, responsible for processing basic mandatory and voluntary corporate action events (including the daily interpretation, monitoring, scrubbing and notification of corporate action events), processing liability notices, processing and allocating dividend interest payments and processing class action suits.
- Reconciles, monitors and posts entitlements to client accounts.
- Responsible for daily and monthly outlier review, research, and documentation.
- Responsible for performing daily reconciliations for cash, security and suspense transactions as well as adhering to established quality control measures and procedures.
- Responsible for researching and responding to inquiries from internal business groups, depositories, agents, brokers, clients, Investment Managers, sub custodians and/or custodians.
- Works on multiple systems to perform corporate action processing, including creating and scrubbing announcements, sending client instructions to third parties, and posting online cash and security transactions.
- No direct reports.
- May have people management responsibilities in some geographies.
- Contributes to the achievement of team goals and objectives.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
- 0-3 years of total work experience preferred. Experience in financial services or corporate actions preferred.
- Applicable local/regional licenses or certifications as required by the business.
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BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
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