Job description
We are partnering with a well-established financial institution seeking an experienced Corporate Actions professional to join its Securities Operations team. This role offers broad exposure across Hong Kong, China Connect, US, and global markets, covering a wide range of products and corporate action events. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring operational excellence, maintaining robust controls, supporting business transformation initiatives, and delivering exceptional client service.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of mandatory and voluntary corporate action events across Hong Kong, Stock Connect, US, and global markets.
- Process and oversee events including cash and stock dividends, bonus issues, rights issues, tender offers, share splits/reverse splits, spin-offs, conversions, redemptions, takeovers, mergers & acquisitions, IPOs/placings, and proxy voting.
- Prepare and distribute corporate action notifications, election forms, entitlement reports, and communications to clients, brokers, custodians, counterparties, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure all corporate action events are processed accurately and within established service standards and market deadlines.
- Handle client enquiries, elections, instructions, and escalations while maintaining strong operational controls and risk management standards.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation in accordance with regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Support products including listed equities, fixed income securities, structured products, and equity derivatives.
- Coordinate closely with settlement, trade support, custody, cash management, and middle-office teams to ensure seamless post-trade processing.
- Prepare and maintain operational procedures, policies, and control documentation, ensuring ongoing accuracy and regulatory compliance.
- Drive process improvements to enhance operational efficiency, service quality, risk mitigation, and client experience.
- Participate in platform transformation initiatives, system enhancements, UAT testing, and migration projects.
- Support US income reconciliation and annual tax reporting requirements where applicable.
- More experienced candidate will be considered as Team Lead Mentor and develop junior team members whilst ensuring the efficient running of daily operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification.
- Minimum 6-8 years of Corporate Actions experience gained within banking, brokerage, custody, asset servicing, wealth management, or securities operations environments.
- Solid knowledge of both mandatory and voluntary corporate action events.
- Strong understanding of HKEX, CCASS, Stock Connect, and global securities markets.
- Exposure to US market corporate actions and US tax reporting would be an advantage.
- Experience in settlement, custody operations, or middle-office functions is highly desirable.
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience in process improvement, UAT testing, system implementation, or business transformation projects is preferred.
- More experienced candidate will be considered as Team Lead Leadership or supervisory experience would be advantageous.
- Fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin).