Corporate Actions - Traditional - Manager

UNION BANCAIRE PRIVÉE, UBP SA; Genf; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Union Bancaire Privée in Geneva seeks a Senior Corporate Actions Lead to oversee a team handling the processing of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions across equities, bonds, and funds. You will ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with SLAs, regulations, and internal controls.

Responsibilities include supervising daily activities, validating information from custodians, reconciling holdings, managing instructions, and mentoring the processing team to drive continuous improvements

Qualifications

• Proven experience in corporate actions, custody, asset servicing, fund administration, or investment operations.
• Strong knowledge of corporate actions involving equities, bonds and mutual funds.
• Previous experience managing or supervising an operational team.
• Good understanding of reconciliations, entitlements, settlements, bookings, and instruction management.
• Strong awareness of operational risk, controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Client-focused, proactive, adaptable, and able to work under pressure.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Ability to challenge constructively, propose solutions, and continuously improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily activities and supervise workloads, controls, and service-level commitments.
• Manage the full lifecycle of corporate actions, including information validation from custodians, agents, and market-data providers; reconciliation of holdings and entitlements; management of pending positions and external instructions; client and Relationship Manager notifications; transmission of instructions to correspondents and administrators; booking and reconciliation of cash and in-kind proceeds.
• Monitor outstanding issues and ensure timely resolution and escalation.
• Ensure compliance with procedures, controls, regulations, and client SLAs.
• Identify operational risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Communicate effectively with clients, internal departments, senior management, custodians, and external providers.
• Contribute to projects, process improvements, and industry initiatives.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the corporate actions processing team.

Skills

Corporate actions

Custody

Asset servicing

Fund administration

Team leadership

Reconciliations

Entitlements

Stakeholder management

Client communication

Regulatory awareness

Job description

Mission

Lead and oversee a team responsible for the accurate and timely processing of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions affecting equities, bonds, and mutual funds.

Main responsibilities

• Perform daily activities and supervise workloads, controls, and service-level commitments.
• Manage the full lifecycle of corporate actions, including:
  • Review and validation of information from custodians, agents, and market-data providers.
  • Reconciliation of holdings and determination of entitlements.
  • Management of pending positions and external instructions.
  • Client and Relationship Manager notifications.
  • Transmission of instructions to correspondents, transfer agents, and administrators.
  • Booking and reconciliation of cash and in-kind proceeds.
• Monitor outstanding issues and ensure timely resolution and escalation.
• Ensure compliance with procedures, controls, regulations, and client SLAs.
• Identify operational risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Communicate effectively with clients, internal departments, senior management, custodians, and external providers.
• Contribute to projects, process improvements, and industry initiatives.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the corporate actions processing team.

Your Profile

• Proven experience in corporate actions, custody, asset servicing, fund administration, or investment operations.
• Strong knowledge of corporate actions involving equities, bonds and mutual funds.
• Previous experience managing or supervising an operational team.
• Good understanding of reconciliations, entitlements, settlements, bookings, and instruction management.
• Strong awareness of operational risk, controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Client-focused, proactive, adaptable, and able to work effectively under pressure.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Ability to challenge constructively, propose solutions, and continuously improve processes.

Others

• Swiss Residence

Core Competencies

Adherence to the company’s values: Dedication, Conviction, Agility and Responsibility - Compliance with regulations and internal directives