Operations Specialist - Corporate Actions

GW&K Investment Management is seeking an Operations Specialist – Corporate Actions to support various aspects of Investment Operations. The role involves portfolio reconciliation, corporate actions processing, and collaboration with team members to ensure data integrity and minimize financial risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide Operational support for Advisory, private wealth & institutional accounts
• Utilize automated reconciliation system for assigned accounts (daily/monthly) to ensure that all accounts are in proof daily and positions monthly or ad-hoc
• Identify cash, transaction, and position discrepancies between GW&K and custodian banks via internal systems and external custodian sites
• Research and resolve issues timely by interacting with the teams within operations along with the custodians' web tools to maintain data integrity and minimize financial risk
• Conduct/review data checks each day to ensure information on GW&K’s system is correct and troubleshoot any errors
• Assist with training other operations team members and provide coverage when needed
• Closely monitor our Corporate Actions Dashboard and other data sources to process actions accurately and in a timely manner
• Work with portfolio managers and traders to choose the appropriate corporate action option
• Collaborate with traders to add and remove trade restrictions on securities as needed
• Process transactions to core accounting systems where necessary as related to client accounts
• Contact custodians to ensure proper booking of corporate actions in client accounts
• Ensure corporate action events are processed and integrated into clients' accounts, then reconciled against the custodians’ records to maintain data quality and reliability. Other responsibilities as determined by the group manager

Skills

• College degree and 1-2 years prior related industry experience
• The desire to understand portfolio accounting & process
• Familiarity or exposure to domestic & international equities, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, and mortgage-backed securities
• Demonstrate a strong interest in deepening understanding of technology-related issues, tasks and responsibilities and actively engaging in technology initiatives and projects
• Must be proficient in Microsoft office applications
• Excellent attention to detail a must

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus
• Commission

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