Senior Corporate Actions Specialist

🏗 We're Hiring: Senior Corporate Actions Specialist

📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time

💼 Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior

🌐 Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

About Us

We are a construction-focused organization committed to financial accuracy, operational excellence, risk management, and transparent business practices. Our multidisciplinary teams collaborate across Finance, Treasury, Commercial, Procurement, Legal, and Executive Leadership to maintain reliable financial records and support effective decision-making.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Actions Specialist to manage and oversee corporate action events affecting securities holdings, investment portfolios, and financial records. The successful candidate will ensure accurate event processing, timely elections, appropriate entitlement calculations, and effective coordination with custodians, brokers, and internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and process corporate actions, including dividends, stock splits, rights issues, mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, and bond redemptions.
• Review corporate action announcements from custodians, brokers, exchanges, and other reliable sources.
• Validate event details, key dates, eligibility criteria, deadlines, and payment terms.
• Calculate and verify cash and securities entitlements arising from corporate action events.
• Coordinate voluntary corporate action elections and ensure instructions are submitted accurately and on time.
• Reconcile corporate action proceeds and securities movements against internal records and external statements.
• Investigate discrepancies involving entitlements, payments, tax deductions, and transaction processing.
• Liaise with custodians, brokers, fund administrators, and other counterparties to resolve outstanding issues.
• Maintain accurate records of corporate action events, elections, confirmations, and supporting documentation.
• Assess the financial and operational impact of corporate actions on investment positions and reporting.
• Coordinate with Finance and Accounting teams to ensure appropriate recording and reconciliation of corporate action transactions.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities involving corporate action income and securities movements.
• Monitor deadlines and escalate time-sensitive events, unresolved discrepancies, and operational risks.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, approved procedures, and applicable financial reporting requirements.
• Prepare reports on event volumes, processing status, outstanding items, and operational exceptions.
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements to corporate action controls and workflows.
• Support system enhancements, automation initiatives, and testing of corporate action processing platforms.
• Provide documentation and evidence for internal audits, external audits, and control reviews.
• Maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive investment, transaction, and financial information.
• Perform other corporate actions, securities operations, and related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Banking, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in corporate actions, securities operations, custody services, or investment administration.
• Strong understanding of voluntary and mandatory corporate actions and their operational implications.
• Experience with entitlement calculations, event elections, securities movements, and cash reconciliations.
• Familiarity with financial accounting principles, settlement processes, and operational risk controls.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and securities operations systems.
• Strong analytical, numerical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination abilities.
• High standards of accuracy, integrity, confidentiality, and accountability.

Preferred Certifications

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Relevant securities operations or investment administration certifications

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Accuracy of corporate action processing and entitlement calculations.
• Timeliness of event processing and election submissions.
• Reduction in processing errors and unresolved discrepancies.
• Completion of reconciliations within established deadlines.
• Compliance with internal controls and operational procedures.
• Quality of audit documentation and exception management.
• Improvements in processing efficiency and automation.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation based on experience and qualifications.
• Fully remote working arrangements.
• Opportunities to improve financial operations and control processes.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams supporting international projects.
• Professional development and continuous learning opportunities.
• A supportive environment that values accuracy, integrity, and operational excellence.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit an updated CV and cover letter highlighting their corporate actions experience, securities operations expertise, and relevant qualifications.

• Join our team and help ensure accurate, timely, and controlled corporate action processing.