Senior Corporate Actions & Reconciliation Analyst

Brown Advisory; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

Job summary

Brown Advisory, a leading independent investment management and strategic advisory firm, seeks a Transaction Management professional in Baltimore. You will evaluate, execute, and oversee reconciliation between Brown Advisory and custodian banks, handling mandatory and voluntary corporate actions with attention to risk and controls.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in financial operations, strong market knowledge, and proficiency in MS Office; experience with AI-driven workflows and ASX/Bloomberg

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 6 years equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years of demonstrated success in financial or business operations field.
• Demonstrate general market knowledge about stocks, bonds, options, derivatives, etc.
• Strong decision making, problem solving, and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Self‑motivated and proactive team player with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to work independently and on several assignments simultaneously.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications – Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate, and process mandatory corporate actions daily.
• Manage the full lifecycle of voluntary corporate actions, including event research, election review, and post‑event validation.
• Ensure the firm’s portfolio accounting system is accurately updated daily with trading activity, corporate actions, and cash movements to support portfolio management, trading, and performance reporting.
• Oversee reconciliation operations performed by BPO vendor, ensuring accurate and timely resolution of escalations and effective management of downstream impact.
• Proactively identify and execute process improvements that drive efficiency and risk reduction that create value for internal and external stakeholders.
• Analyze key workflows to identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation, AI‑driven solutions, and process optimization.
• Contribute to firm‑wide and departmental initiatives that enhance processes, systems, and overall operational effectiveness.
• Understand the impact of income transactions, corporate actions, and other events on investment vehicles, including their downstream effects on trading and performance reporting.
• Leverage Excel tools, including lookup functions and pivot tables, to compare large datasets, identify reconciliation breaks, and drive timely resolution.

Skills

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Problem-solving

Self-motivated

Multitasking

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or 6 years equivalent work experience

Finance/Economics preferred

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Bloomberg Terminal

SS&C Advent APX

FIS XSPrisa

Job description

Brown Advisory, a leading independent investment management and strategic advisory firm, seeks a Transaction Management professional in Baltimore. You will evaluate, execute, and oversee reconciliation between Brown Advisory and custodian banks, handling mandatory and voluntary corporate actions with attention to risk and controls.

Ideal candidates bring 2+ years in financial operations, strong market knowledge, and proficiency in MS Office; experience with AI-driven workflows and ASX/Bloomberg