Asset Servicing Senior Analyst

Janus Henderson Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous Holiday policies

Health and Wellbeing benefits

Volunteer time

Professional development support

Parental leave

Networking events

Lunch allowance

Job summary

Janus Henderson Group is seeking a Senior Asset Servicing Analyst to support the day-to-day delivery of corporate actions across multiple asset classes. You will help drive the in-house middle office transformation, focusing on voluntary and elective events from announcement through settlement and reconciliation.

The role requires experience in asset servicing within asset management or investment banking, strong data validation, and coordination with custodians.

Qualifications

• Experience in a corporate actions role within asset management or investment banking.
• Experience with voluntary and elective events across lifecycle for equities, fixed income, and derivatives.
• Familiarity with SWIFT messaging standards and custody platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end corporate action lifecycle for mandatory, voluntary, and optional events.
• Validate event data from multiple sources and maintain a golden copy.
• Calculate entitlements, processing cash and security movements, and confirm settlements.
• Coordinate with Portfolio Managers and custodians to communicate options and deadlines.
• Monitor instruction confirmations and resolve rejections before market deadlines.

Skills

Asset Servicing Expertise

Systems & Standards

Operational Control

Process Improvement

Tools

SWIFT messaging

ICE/Bloomberg/Refinitiv

Custody portals

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

End-to-End Corporate Action Lifecycle Management 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 expedite 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