Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Operations partners with all areas of the firm to deliver banking, sales and trading, and asset management capabilities globally, while providing essential risk management and control. Asset Servicing is responsible for the end-to-end management of Voluntary Income and Corporate Action events across global equity and fixed income markets. The team supports internal and external clients through complex, time-critical events such as mergers, restructurings, and shareholder meetings, operating within a high-risk control environment.

This role is responsible for the day-to-day processing and risk management of voluntary corporate action instructions across EMEA markets. The successful candidate will execute and control client and firm elections, ensure accurate and timely instruction into local markets, and manage risk through disciplined adherence to controls, escalation, and issue resolution. The role requires strong technical expertise, sound judgment under tight market deadlines, and close collaboration with global partners and client service teams.

Key responsibilities include processing voluntary corporate action elections across equity and fixed income products, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with market deadlines; creating and validating announcement information and instructing client and firm elections into CREST/Euroclear; reconciling and distributing entitlements while investigating and resolving exceptions; actively managing operational risk by identifying issues, escalating appropriately, and applying strong controls; partnering with client service, technology, legal, and global operations teams to resolve complex event-related issues; and supporting process improvements and control enhancements to reduce risk, increase scalability, and improve client outcomes.

Experience
Minimum 2 years of Asset Servicing experience, with exposure to voluntary corporate actions. Understanding of corporate action lifecycles, market practices, and election processing. Proven ability to operate effectively in a high-risk, time-critical environment.

About you
Analytical with strong attention to detail and sound risk judgment. Clear and effective communicator, able to engage confidently with stakeholders across the organization. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver consistently under pressure. Proactive, control-focused mindset with a track record of identifying and mitigating operational risk. Collaborative team player who contributes to a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Good understanding of global equity and fixed income markets. Familiarity with CREST/Euroclear GUIs to review event details and instruct on positions. Understanding of inventory management and settlement processes is preferred.