Apac Corporate Actions Team Leader

APAC Corporate Actions Team Leader

**Role Description**

FNZ is an asset custodian. This means we hold client assets in our names as nominee and are responsible for the administration of those assets. FNZ also administers a number of Domestic and International assets on behalf of our clients, and these assets are held with external custodians.

The role of a Corporate Actions Team Leader is to manage the processing of all corporate events that occur ensuring that the underlying beneficial owners receive the level of service in both accuracy and timeliness that owners would get if assets were held in their own name. The product range of assets we administer includes Managed funds, Equities and Fixed Interest. This will be across all platforms supported throughout APAC region.

The role will also include responsibility for the investigation of system issues, Qualifying Holdings breaks and the correction of errors/omissions to client accounts, as well as working on a number of projects that the team delivers with regards to on-boarding new clients, developing new automated functionality on and Regulatory changes across the region.

The position is located within the Investment Operations division of FNZ.

**Team Responsibilities**

Working with your team with regular One2Ones aligned with the Competency & Capability Frameworks.

Review of team Compliance and Regulatory requirements to ensure FNZ meet these requirements as set out in the:

- External Audit
- Internal Monitoring Review's
- Internal Audit's

Review staff training to encompass internal procedures & external factors that determine how FNZ process our procedures to remove any key person dependencies and keep the team highly skilled.

Ensuring the teams procedure documentation is located on Confluence and up to date with regular (bi-annual) reviews to ensure accuracy, these should also include a version control and Risk Assessment.

Delivery of testing requirements for all regression and functional testing requirements.

Documentation of system failures and manual workarounds logged with Delivery teams and prioritised in-line with the department priorities.

**Specific Role Responsibilities**

Responsibilities of the role include (but not exclusive to):

- Processing mandatory and voluntary corporate actions on Managed Funds, Equities and Fixed Interest products within Key Performance Indicator targets. The role will include the allocation of coupon and dividend income, maturities, fund closures, non-income corporate action events such as rights issues, takeovers, stock splits, conversions, share purchase plans, and IPO's.
- Sourcing of all relevant information, either from fund managers, data feeds, Bloomberg, custodian agents or relevant market exchange websites to ensure corporate actions are processed correctly.
- Liaison with the Client Relationship and Support team to ensure all relevant information is communicated effectively to and from underlying clients.
- Maintaining internal stock and cash ledger control accounts and clearing them on a daily basis.
- Reconciling client holdings versus agent holding to ensure that they match during a corporate action.
- Working with the IT department to develop system enhancements to improve the efficiency and accuracy of corporate action processing.
- Working with FNZ management and other team members to enhance processes for greater efficiencies and controls within the business. This includes keeping the team's procedures up to date.
- Communicating effectively with 3rd parties i.e. fund managers, custodian agents and brokers, to ensure everyone has a clear understanding of both incoming and outgoing corporate event notifications.
- Testing team process related functions in context of project releases and general regression testing where required.
- Working alongside the CA manager to motivate and engage the team in order to achieve company and team goals.
- Deliver tailored staff development plans in regular one2ones alongside CA manager.

**Performance Assessment**

Competencies identified to perform the role effectively include (but not exclusive to):

- Proven Time Management and Planning skills
- Complete tasks accurately, completely and to agreed deadlines/ targets (KPI's) according to the standards and procedures outlined.
- Ensures that outputs meet required standards and the needs of internal and external clients
- Information Sharing/ Teamwork
- Excellent team player assisting colleagues when necessary
- Demonstrate a willingness to take on team tasks and responsibilities
- Approach all tasks with drive and enthusiasm
- High standard of record keeping
- Ensure increased efficiencies with the team operating off the same, up to date, information
- Ownership and Responsibility
- Demonstrates personal accountability by flagging errors to the Team Manager and taking corrective action promptly
- Escalates issues promptly and responds positively to feedback

**Experience required**

Corporate actions