CACEIS is the asset servicing banking group of Crédit Agricole, dedicated to asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, banks, private equity and real estate funds, brokers and corporate clients. Through offices across Europe, North and South America and Asia, CACEIS offers a broad range of services covering execution, clearing, forex, securities lending, custody, depositary and fund administration, fund distribution support, middle office outsourcing and issuer services.

We are hiring an Operations Officer to join the Corporate Actions team – working on activities associated with Corporate Action workflows initiated for Americas region (North and South), on the following topics: announcement notifications, instructions reception and depot processing, entitlement reception and payment.

Roles & responsibilities:

As an Operations Officer of the Corporate Actions team, you will be responsible for processing corporate action events at various stages of their lifecycle, ensuring the accurate and timely execution of all related notifications, instructions and transactions. You will work closely with the team to support daily operations and will report directly to the Team Manager, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and industry standards.

• Review and analyze incoming SWIFT messages related to corporate action events to identify key details, including corporate action type, effective dates, and applicable terms.
• Announce relevant corporate actions to clients based on the details provided in the incoming messages
• Process corporate action instructions for voluntary and mandatory with choice events based on SWIFT messages and internal data.
• Validate and input instructions against event details and client preferences, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
• Process corporate action-related payments to reflect a correct safekeeping position based on SWIFT messages and internal instructions.
• Ensure accurate calculation of payment amounts and timely execution of transactions.
• Reconcile payments against corporate action event details and confirm correct settlement.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to address any discrepancies or issues.
• Provide updates on any inquiry received from external stakeholders
• Monitor carefully the internal activity dashboard to prioritize items and maintain it in a clean state
  

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or related experience

• Experience in a Global custody or related financial institution preferable but not required

Must have skills:

• Ideally 12+ months of financial services experience within [Back-office operations / settlements / corporate actions, etc.]
• Financial securities knowledge (Could be from CSC and/or banking industry experience)
• Excel (Pivot tables, Chart manipulation, Basic Formulas)
• Knowledge of SWIFT message types (especially 56X for corporate actions)
• Attention to detail
• Multitasking and time management skills
• Awareness and good ethics behavior
• French language is a plus