Asset Servicing Senior Analyst

Janus Henderson Global Investors; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous holidays

Wellbeing benefits

Volunteer time

Professional development

Job summary

Janus Henderson Investors is seeking a Senior Asset Servicing Analyst to oversee the end-to-end corporate actions lifecycle across multiple asset classes, ensuring accurate processing and timely settlement. You will validate data, calculate entitlements, and resolve discrepancies while collaborating with Portfolio Managers, Reconciliations, Pricing and Compliance teams.

You will join a team with hybrid working arrangements, strong focus on controls, risk management, and professional development.

Qualifications

• Asset servicing expertise in a corporate actions role across multiple asset classes.
• Experience with platform data, custodians and SWIFT messaging standards.
• Strong controls, risk awareness and regulatory understanding.

Responsibilities

• Own the full event cycle for mandatory, voluntary and optional corporate actions across equities, fixed income and derivatives.
• Validate event data, maintain a golden copy and resolve discrepancies.
• Calculate and process entitlements; ensure accurate cash and security movements and cost basis.
• Monitor settlement, investigate breaks with custodians and fund accounting.
• Analyse offer documents and terms to interpret event conditions and deadlines.
• Communicate events clearly to portfolio managers and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior team members and provide escalation coverage.
• Support audits and regulatory reviews with accurate data and explanations.

Skills

Asset servicing

Corporate actions

SWIFT messaging

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Process improvement

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Aladdin CAM

Job description

Why work for us?

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world‑class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity

As a Senior Asset Servicing Analyst, you will support the day-to-day delivery of asset servicing activities across multiple asset classes and products. We are looking for an experienced hire to join the team at an exciting and critical time for the firm as the middle office transitions to an in-house model. The role will have a particular focus on voluntary and mandatory‑with‑options corporate actions across the full event lifecycle, from announcement and event validation through to election, instruction, entitlement processing, settlement and reconciliation.

Key responsibilities

• Own the full event cycle for mandatory, voluntary and mandatory‑with‑options events.

• Process and oversee corporate actions across equities, fixed income (including calls, partial redemptions, exchanges, consents and restructurings) and derivatives (with a focus on CFDs).

• Validate event data from multiple sources and maintain an accurate golden copy, investigating and resolving discrepancies in critical event information.

• Calculate and process entitlements, ensuring that resulting cash and security movements, cost basis and trading restrictions are booked accurately and promptly.

• Monitor the settlement of outturns and proceeds, and investigate and resolve breaks internally and with custodians and Fund Accounting.

• Analyse offer documents, prospectuses and custodian notifications to interpret event terms, options, conditions, proration, minimum and maximum acceptance levels, withdrawal rights and defaults.

• Communicate events clearly and promptly to Portfolio Managers, setting out the options, economic consequences, key dates and internal deadlines.

• Track and chase voluntary event elections, ensuring that instructions are sent accurately and on time to custodians, by SWIFT or manually where needed.

• Monitor instruction confirmations and status messages, resolving rejections, mismatches, and late or missing instructions before market deadlines.

• Risk, Controls and Process Improvement

• Adhere to documented procedures and controls, identify operational risks and elevate issues promptly, contributing to incident reporting and remediation.

• Identify process inefficiencies, control gaps or recurring issues, and implement new controls.

• Support audit and regulatory reviews by providing accurate data, documentation and explanations as required.

• Participate in operational projects, including user testing, procedural updates, and system or process enhancements.

• Stakeholder Support & Collaboration

• Build strong working relationships with Portfolio Managers, Reconciliations, Pricing, Trade Support, Compliance and other key stakeholders.

• Oversee custodian and vendor service quality, raising service issues and taking part in service reviews where needed.

• Mentor and train junior team members, act as a point of escalation for complex events and provide cover for the Team Lead as needed.

• What to expect when you join our firm

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations

• Generous Holiday policies

• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to Wellhub

• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community

• Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more

• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services

• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities

• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen

• Must have skills

• Asset Servicing Expertise: Demonstrated experience in a corporate actions role within a comparable environment (asset management or investment banking), with particular expertise in voluntary and elective events across the full lifecycle for equities, fixed income and derivatives.

• Systems & Standards: Experience with corporate action platforms, data providers (ICE, Bloomberg, Refinitiv) custody portals and SWIFT messaging standards.

• Operational Control: Experience in implementing controls relating to corporate action processes, with a strong understanding of operational risk, control frameworks and regulatory requirements.

• Process Improvement: Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process enhancements to drive efficiency and mitigate risk.

• Stakeholder Management: Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across departments and with external partners.

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a relevant field.

• Team-Oriented and Client-Focused: A strong sense of teamwork and a consistent focus on meeting client needs, ensuring exceptional service and satisfaction.

• Nice‑to‑have skills

• System Experience: Hands‑on experience with BlackRock Aladdin, especially Corporate Action Manager (CAM) and the dashboard (highly desirable).

• Project Implementation: Experience supporting system implementations, migrations, parallel runs or user acceptance testing.

• Proxy Voting: Exposure to proxy voting oversight.

• Client Interaction: Ability to liaise with clients, data vendors and brokers to resolve operational issues.

• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling clear and effective interactions with stakeholders at all levels.

• Relationship Building: Ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the business, promoting trust and collaboration.

• Approachable and Open‑Minded: Known for being approachable and open-minded, creating an inclusive and supportive work environment.

• Supervisory responsibilities

• No

• Potential for growth

• Mentoring

• Leadership development programmes

• Regular training

• Career development services

• Continuing education courses

• You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

• At Janus Henderson Investors we’re committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Don’t worry if you don’t think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we’re happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment.

• Annual Bonus Opportunity: Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company, department, team and individual performance.

• Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation, pension/retirement plans, and various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career page here (https://www.janushenderson.com/careers/) .

• Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.

• Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).

• You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants’ past political contributions or activity may impact applicants’ eligibility for this position.

• You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.