Corporate Actions Specialist

S&P Global Market Intelligence

**The Role**: Corporate Actions Specialist, Equity Research and Fixed Income

**The Team**:
S&P Global’s Managed Corporate Actions (MCA) service is a best-in-class centralized source of validated corporate action announcements. The service provides a centralized source of validated corporate action data for nearly three million equities, fixed income, and structured securities across more than 170 countries and territories. As financial firms face a deluge of raw information on corporate actions, the risks and costs associated with acquiring and managing this data are higher than ever. An investment decision based on poor data quality, in terms of both accuracy and timeliness, can have enormous ramifications, with potential exposure running into the millions of dollars.

The Managed Corporate Actions team validates data through an intricate and precise process of consolidating, researching, and validating announcement information. We enhance vendor records and resolve conflicting information with agents and custodians to provide clients with a single golden corporate action record through this validation process.

Managed Corporate Actions drives to reduce operational risk and lower ownership cost by providing shared industry services for buy side and sell side firms, central banks, regulators, auditors, and insurance companies.

**The Impact**:
**What’s in it for you**:
Essential job responsibilities include research, analysis, and validate the accuracy of announcements initiated by information received from suppliers.
This involves leveraging knowledge and expertise to determine the correct sources for the most comprehensive information, interfacing with agents, vendors, and clients to investigate scenarios that are often unique and require significant investigation to reach a correct answer.
The analyst role involves substantial contact with clients, who often request additional information and explanations from analysts around the company’s decisions and guidance on handling and interpreting specific corporate actions.

**Responsibilities**:
Review corporate action announcements and conduct research to obtain details required to validate and complete announcements for publication of composite records to clients
Utilize various research sources (prospectuses, information circulars, exchange bulletins), including internet search engines and websites, to validate the corporate action
Interface with Domestic and Foreign Paying/Transfer/Information Agents, Vendors, Custodians, Banks, Exchange Officials, and with high ranking Issuer Officers (CFO, CEO), including Legal Counsel to obtain corporate action specifics
Review daily exception reports; research and resolve exceptions
Maintain and update daily operating procedures and controls
Organize and conduct quality assurance testing and special projects in partnership with Product Services teammates in other locations and with local technology counterparts
Understand Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and their impact on revenue and operations

**What We’re Looking For**:
Education and experience
2-3 years of relevant work experience in corporate actions and reference data
Fluency in Korean required to research Korean and support customers, fluent in Japanese in a plus (JPLT N2) or Fluency in Japanese required to research Japanese and support customers, fluent in Korean in a plus
In-depth knowledge of securities industry, equities and fixed income reference data and corporate actions
Strong research and data mining skills required
Knowledge of ISO/Swift feeds preferred
Knowledge of Excel and SQL preferred

Management requirements
Experience partnering with global counterparts in various locations
Proven ability to partner with stakeholders across functions, such as Product Management, Operations, Technology, and Sales

Personal impact
Outstanding research skills and desire to conduct research to support judgment and decisions
High level of initiative and motivation
Detail-oriented
Strong interpersonal skills internally and with clients
Ability to learn quickly and adapt knowledge to varying circumstances
Strong propensity to work under pressure, handle multiple responsibilities requiring varied skillsets, and meet tight deadlines

**S&P Global Grade ( relevant for internal applicants only )**: 7-9

**The Location**: Singapore or Seoul

**About Company Statement**:
S&P Global delivers essential intelligence that powers decision making. We provide the world’s leading organizations with the right data, connected technologies and expertise they need to move ahead. As part of our team, you’ll help solve complex challenges that equip businesses, governments and individuals with the knowledge to adapt to a changing economic landscape.

S&P Global Market Intelligence partners with customers to broaden their perspective and operate with confidence by bringing them leading data sources and technologies that embed insight in their