Associate Analyst, Corporate Actions

LPL Financial; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 70,805,000 - 117,912,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial, a leading wealth management firm, seeks an Associate Analyst to support corporate actions and dividend processing for domestic and international securities. You will draft terms, manage allocations, and liaise with transfer agents and issuers while handling advisor inquiries.

The role emphasizes strong communication, regulatory awareness, and collaboration within a fast-paced team environment in Tempe, AZ. Prior brokerage operations experience is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of financial and/or brokerage industry experience, preferably in operations.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Monitor corporate action events and analyze and draft terms for reorg announcements.
• Process complex allocations, exception reviews, and reporting for accuracy.
• Support inquiries from advisors and service teams via calls and emails.

Skills

Financial services experience

Interpersonal communication

Education

BA/BS in finance or related field

Tools

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview

We are seeking a candidate who ideally has previous experience in the financial services industry, preferably with a background in dividends (mutual fund or equity), corporate action events, including voluntary/mandatory reorg events, restricted security processes, proxy, and/or shareholder communications. The Associate Analyst responsibilities may include monitoring corporate action events including analyzing and drafting terms for reorg announcements, processing of complex allocations, exception processing review and analysis, account reconciliation, submitting restricted stock certificates for restriction removal or reregistration, and facilitate stock option exercises. They will handle inbound calls and team mailboxes to support inquiries from advisors, internal and external parties. This role is advisor facing so strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) is needed to be effective in the role.

• Leverage technology to automate manual work and simplify processes where feasible to create a highly scalable, flexible, and efficient infrastructure.
• Understand and interpret regulatory requirements and industry updates in an ever-changing regulatory environment, and the business needs of LPL, our advisors, and other departments.
• Responsible for daily quality control, exception review processing and reporting.
• Analyze and manage the firm’s DRIP program, ensuring compliance with industry guidelines.
• Research and elevate allocation issues to our domestic and foreign depositaries.
• Reconcile suspense and clearance accounts, resolving breaks, and security and suspense transaction reviews adhering to established quality control measures and procedures.
• Analyze downgraded or new corporate action events, update or draft terms and key information to communicate with advisors for domestic and foreign securities.
• Research restricted stock certificates with various 3rd parties including Transfer Agents, Issuers, Legal Counsels and others to determine requirements and eligibility for restriction removals and re-registrations.
• Partner with our Financial Professionals and external companies to facilitate Employee Stock Option Exercises.
• Effectively and confidently communicate with other internal departments as well as external 3rd parties including, but not limited to, contra brokers, transfer agents, issuers, vendors, and partners to resolve issues, broker and ACAT fails or submit claims.
• Be a subject matter expert (SME) on operational policies and procedures. Assisting with the review, and update of Training Manuals and creation of new ones as needed.
• Handle inbound and outbound calls and the team mailbox, research and reply to inquiries from advisors and service team. Research and process service requests that are created by service teams.
• Support and contribute toward the successful execution of projects and initiatives that support LPL’s priorities. Participate in UAT.
• Other assignments as required by Management.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

• 3 years plus of financial and/or brokerage industry experience, preferably in operations
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel and Outlook

Core Competencies

• Excellent problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail, ability to analyze data, draw insights, and make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to multi-task various functions and assignments with competing priorities, changing demands, and tight deadlines.
• Effective and proactive communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills in dealing with advisors, internal and external parties, vendors, and different levels of management.
• Ability to execute strategies and track successful delivery.
• Positive attitude with a commitment to excellence and integrity.

Preferences

• BA/BS (or equivalent work experience)
• FINRA SIE, 99 or 7 licenses preferred

Pay Range

$24.71-$41.15/hour

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

• 401K matching
• health benefits
• employee stock options
• paid time off
• volunteer time off

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace(6) , LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com. At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run thriving businesses. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at [phone].