Global Corporate Actions Specialist

2 days ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Northern Trust Corporation Full time

About Northern Trust Corporation

As a globally recognized financial institution, Northern Trust Corporation has been in continuous operation since 1889. We pride ourselves on providing innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity.

The Role Summary

The Melbourne Corporate Actions team at Northern Trust manages the end-to-end processing of complex corporate actions in the APAC region for global clients. This diverse team works closely with global counterparts to ensure our external clients can make informed and timely decisions by utilizing the information provided by the team.

In this role, you will be well-versed in the end-to-end process of voluntary events such as capital raisings, tender offers, and dividend reinvestment plans.

This position reports to Manager, Corporate Actions based in our Melbourne office. The role is open to both Melbourne and Sydney locations.

Key Responsibilities

  • You will research and validate new voluntary corporate actions and create announcements to be released to our clients.
  • Review unelected balance reports and communicate with external clients and investment managers to obtain elections for domestic and international voluntary corporate actions.
  • Instruct Sub-Custodians and/or agents of Fund Managers, effectively and accurately keeping clients and fund managers informed of all actions at all times.
  • Work under general supervision, taking responsibility for processing all forms of corporate events and assisting with verification of corporate action processing.
  • Reconcile entitlements and post to client accounts.
  • Manage client and Investment Manager queries.
  • Ensure day-to-day deliverables are met, preparing checklists for submission to the next level on a daily basis.
  • Identify and resolve problems within established guidelines.
  • Run and create formal reports. Provide day-to-day support and guidance to Corporate Actions Analysts, supporting the Team Leader with respect to workflow distribution and ensuring effective use of staff resources.
  • Ensure all cash and stock entitlements are fully reconciled and cleared from the SSR system, documenting and reconciling internal relevant suspense accounts.
  • Identify, document, and disseminate new procedures and controls.
  • Carry out complex activities with significant financial, client, and/or internal business impact.
  • May have direct interaction with committees and/or Senior Management.
  • Able to serve as a key subject matter expert and mentor to other more junior-level employees.
  • May manage daily operational activities and supervise day-to-day work of junior-level employees (but not a formal management role).
  • Technically sound in area of expertise and has broader knowledge of other areas.
  • Delivers a work product that requires less revision.
  • Able to facilitate discussions and reach decisions.

About You

  • Functional Industry Knowledge: Understanding of Corporate Actions procedures Domestically and ideally within APAC.
  • Good oral and written communication skills.


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