What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Action Analyst position at Atlas Search?
Group Overview:
The hedge fund's Operations group is responsible for directing, prioritizing, and allocating resources to meet the Firm’s portfolio management, trading, and investor servicing needs. Operations ensures that our business runs smoothly by maintaining a control environment that safeguards clients' assets.
Key Responsibilities
• Monitor upcoming dividends; ensure dividends & corresponding withholding are processed correctly on ex-date; investigate & resolve breaks in a timely manner
• Manage the full life cycle of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, from reviewing and communicating notices to investment professionals up through election & final payment
• Abide by the firm’s proxy policy and work with investment professionals to vote for upcoming meetings
• Interact directly with all functional teams across front and back office; follow team operational procedures and documentation; meet agreed upon Service Level Agreements
• Accurate and timely resolution of all dividend and corporate action exceptions highlighted via Quality Control reports and procedures
• Contribute ideas and recommendations to improve processes and increase risk mitigation; raise these ideas to Asset Servicing managers in thoughtful and well-prepared manner
• Strive to have in-depth understanding of how asset servicing event processing impacts p&l reporting
• Demonstrate professional maturity; consistent and balanced treatment and prioritization of all inbound requests; organized
• Possess sound business judgment; understand when to push back on requests; appropriately escalate upward for issues and approval
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations
Salary : $85,000 - $100,000
