Senior Specialist, Corporate Actions

Atrium; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium is seeking an experienced operations professional to join its Corporate Actions team in Manchester. The role focuses on managing corporate actions data, communicating with clients, and ensuring timely processing within market deadlines.

This data‑driven position requires strong Excel skills, high accuracy, and experience with reconciliations and financial services systems. The role is hybrid, involving 4 days onsite in Manchester.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial services operations.
• Advanced Excel skills including formulas.
• Ability to reconcile data and investigate discrepancies.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience handling customer or client data.
• Ability to work under short, market-driven deadlines.
• Experience with corporate actions, asset servicing, custody or investment operations.
• Experience using bespoke financial services or workflow systems.

Responsibilities

• Capture and validate corporate actions data from multiple data providers.
• Process transaction and customer data accurately within market deadlines.
• Identify, investigate and correct data or processing errors.
• Perform data reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Communicate with clients by email and telephone when required.
• Use multiple internal and bespoke systems to input, update and extract information.
• Maintain clear workflow notes and accurate audit trails.
• Manage your own workload and prioritise time-sensitive activities.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support accurate and timely processing.
• Contribute to improvements in processes, controls and operational efficiency.

Skills

Excel formulas

Data reconciliation

Attention to detail

Numerical analysis

Time management

Client communication

Organisational skills

Tools

Bespoke financial systems

Job description

Corporate Actions | Asset Servicing | Custody Operations | Investment Operations

Hybrid - 4 days onsite Full-time | Competitive salary

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced operations professional to join a leading global financial services organisation within its Corporate Actions team in Manchester.

You will be responsible for managing and processing corporate actions data accurately, communicating with clients and ensuring transactions are completed within strict market deadlines.

This is a data-focused operational role requiring strong attention to detail, confidence using Excel and experience working with reconciliations, customer information and financial services systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Capture and validate corporate actions data received from multiple data providers


• Process transaction and customer data accurately within strict market deadlines


• Identify, investigate and correct data or processing errors


• Perform data reconciliations and resolve discrepancies


• Communicate with clients by email and telephone when required


• Use multiple internal and bespoke systems to input, update and extract information


• Maintain clear workflow notes and accurate audit trails


• Manage your own workload and prioritise time-sensitive activities


• Work collaboratively with colleagues to support accurate and timely processing


• Contribute to improvements in processes, controls and operational efficiency

Essential Skills and Experience

• Previous experience within financial services operations


• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including the use of formulas


• Experience reconciling data and investigating discrepancies


• High level of accuracy and attention to detail


• Evidence of identifying and correcting errors within a process or procedure


• Experience working with customer or client data


• Ability to work effectively under short, market-driven deadlines


• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills


• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities


• Experience maintaining accurate system or workflow notes


• Corporate Actions, Asset Servicing, Custody or Investment Operations experience


• Experience using bespoke financial services or workflow systems


• Exposure to transaction processing or securities operations


• Previous client communication experience by telephone and email


• Experience working within a highly regulated operational environment

The Ideal Candidate

You will be organised, highly numerate and comfortable working with detailed financial and customer data. You will have a strong control mindset, take ownership of deadlines and be confident investigating discrepancies to ensure transactions are processed accurately.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within Corporate Actions and Asset Servicing at a leading global financial services organisation.