Corporate Action and Reconciliation Analyst

Crisil; Pune District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in India is seeking a Corporate Action and Reconciliation Analyst to oversee the Corporate Actions process and ensure accuracy in stock and cash positions. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and the ability to resolve complex problems while maintaining client relationships. Experience in Corporate Actions and proficiency in Excel are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in Corporate Actions is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication capability in English is mandatory; German would be a plus.
• Strong team player in a Global and Regional environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior Corporate Actions analyst overseeing the value chain.
• Coordinate operational activities with stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with the external Middle Office provider.
• Ensure accuracy of stock positions and manage cash flows.
• Participate in enhancing new models and processes.

Skills

Client focused

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Creative and hands‑on

Problem-solving

Analytical and rigorous

Self-motivated team player

Ability to work in diverse environments

Investment Accounting knowledge

Adaptability to changes

Excel expertise

Tools

Microsoft Office

Bloomberg AIM

VBA automation

Job description

Corporate Action and Reconciliation Analyst

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Act as an expert/senior Corporate Actions analyst – oversight of the whole value chain of the Corporate Actions activity from our external Middle Office provider.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the daily Proxy Voting BAU run (queries, reports, accounts setup…).
• Act as a key contact person for Investment Professionals, External Providers & Internal Operations stakeholders to coordinate and perform operational activities.
• Lead/participate in various major operational projects related to internal workflows enhancements, improvements of existing processes with our external Middle Office provider…
• Manage the relationship with our external Middle Office and provide top‑notch oversight of their activity to ensure a sustainable and stable quality of service.
• Gate keeper for all requests coming from Client Account Managers and Portfolio Managers including coordination/execution of related actions.
• Guarantee the blocking of positions pertaining to the Corporate Actions activity.
• Guarantee on a daily basis the accuracy stock positions. Daily oversight of stock reconciliations positions in Front Office systems and coordinate the investigations with our outsourced Middle Office provider.
• Identify and elevate incidents caused by third parties, follow up the remedial actions and coordinate the loss event/claims process.
• Participate in enhancing new target models, continuously improving the processes and proactively suggesting new initiatives.
• Manage and/or upscale conflicts, issues with respective stakeholders, being proactive.
• Act as a Front Office Cash/Stock Positions Reconciliations analyst – oversight and owner of the whole value chain of the Reconciliations activity.
• Build credible, trusted advisor relationships with Portfolio Managers heavily involved in our day‑to‑day processes.
• Guarantee on a daily basis the accuracy of cash and stock positions on sensitive (mostly Fixed Income) accounts.
• Contribute to the Cash Management activity – actively monitoring the available cash and trade target Money Market funds accordingly.
• Analyse daily cash balances and monitor potential overdraft to be escalated to internal stakeholders and implement resolving actions accordingly.
• Participate in monitoring of books reopening processes on sensitive accounts and guarantee accurate data postings in the systems to achieve timely performance reporting.
• Process and monitor sensitive transactions in the systems (capstocks, dividends, fees…).
• Follow‑up the lifecycle of Funds/Mandates (creation, mergers, liquidations…).

Qualifications

• Client focused, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Creative and hands‑on, ready to think outside the box and add input / challenge to improve existing workflows – driver and self‑motivated.
• Experience in Corporate Actions is a plus.
• Ability to resolve complex problems, delivery focused and well organized.
• Analytical and rigorous while performing tasks.
• Self‑motivated team player willing to work in a diverse and challenging environment, strong team player in a Global and Regional environment.
• Investment Accounting experience/knowledge would be a plus.
• Flexible to drive continuous changes in the processes & structure.
• Languages: excellent verbal and written communication capability in English is mandatory. German would be a plus.
• IT Skills: Professional in Microsoft Office in particular Excel is required; Digitalization experience & automation skills (VBA) is a plus.
• Good knowledge of Bloomberg AIM is a plus.