Senior Analyst, Asset Servicing

at  Manulife

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Analyst, Asset Servicing will be responsible for collection and recording of notices, monitoring, managing elections and processing corporate action events in an accurate and timely manner. The role is also responsible for coordinating and managing the proxy voting process, ensuring efficient trade capture from different sources and booking cash and securities transactions into the accounting system, providing daily reports from the accounting system to respective clients and managing communications with custodian banks and/or clients.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting or any business-related course
• At least 2 to 3 years of relevant experience
• Hybrid Work Arrangement: Amenability and readiness to work onsite and from home anytime (dependent on business need AND/OR current external environment/situation) and must be willing to work on day shift schedule

Minimum Skills to Hire/Must Haves:

• Ability to work well independently as well as with others as part of a team
• Ability to grasp new concepts and information quickly
• Strong communication skills – both written and verbal
• Strong customer service orientation
• Should possess a desire to learn new skills, adapt and take on new challenges

• Gather and organize daily corporate action notifications from different custodian banks received or obtained from different sources
• Diligently work with the clients to obtain timely responses and/or elections from fund managers.
• Timely submission of responses and/or elections and ensure such instructions are received and accepted for processing by the custodian banks.
• Verify entitlements with respective custodian banks for daily corporate action events.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of trades, corporate action events and cash and stock transactions into the system.
• Review reconciliation discrepancies and process necessary adjustments into the accounting system.
• Manage trade exceptions trapped in the system exception queue.
• Acts as a liaison between onshore and proxy vendor.
• Provide periodic reports to business units and/or clients.
• Work within existing procedures and processes ensuring clear and concise documentation is created and maintained.
• Provide support to the team as required, to participate in a regular program of industry specific training and interdepartmental cross training to ensure continuity of service.
• Recognize lapses on different workflows and recommend/initiate process improvements/control measures
• Mentor junior associates by conducting training and preparing/updating conceptual reference materials
• Actively participate in regular service calls with various internal clients.
• Remain updated with relevant securities industry development and market-specific best practices