Analyst - Asset Services Corporate Action Elections

Job Description:

Job Title: Analyst -  Asset Services Corporate Action Elections

Corporate Title: Officer

Location: Dublin

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth.  This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
 
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.  Join us!

Location Overview:

Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has become available within the EMEA Asset Services department.  The department is responsible for the management of Voluntary and Mandatory Corporate Action events within EMEA markets.  Dublin Asset Services is a globally aligned function reporting to the Global Head of Asset Services. The department works closely with colleagues in London, US and Asia Asset Services.  Asset Services play an important role in the life cycle of a trade and they work closely with other Operational teams and external parties to ensure risk on corporate actions is managed effectively. This role offers direct interactions with a variety of different lines of business (Inventory Management Desk, Swaps, Stock Loan, Prime Brokerage) and as such the ability to build and retain good relationships with these stakeholders is important.  The role calls for an enthusiastic, attention to detail drive analytical thinker who has strong leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Proactively manage, reconcile, and execute elections within tight timelines.
• Reconcile, calculate, and book CA entitlements for a variety of business units Post payment reconciliations of stock and cash accounts.
• Provide good client services for clients and trading desks a like.
• Work closely with other operational teams to resolve issues when they arise.
• Maintain risk thresholds as outlined by senior management.
• Participate in initiatives/projects.
• Investigate and resolve queries from key stakeholders in a timely manner
• Manage multiple deliverables within tight timelines.
• Collaborate with others to deliver results
• Timely management of positions and recovery of funds claimed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch from external counterparties and monitoring of outstanding balances.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Banking / Financial services industry.
• Corporate actions experience is highly desirable.
• High level of Client Servicing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work to tight deadlines.
• A flexible approach to work and the needs of the department.

Skills

• Demonstrates collaboration skills by working effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
• Maintains a customer and client focus, ensuring service delivery consistently meets or exceeds expectations.
• Communicates clearly and professionally through effective oral communication with clients, stakeholders, and team members.
• Effectively prioritises tasks and responsibilities to manage competing deadlines and deliverables.
• Applies active listening skills to accurately understand requirements, concerns, and feedback.
• Demonstrates adaptability by responding positively to change and evolving business or client needs.
• Applies sound business acumen to understand the wider business context and support informed decision-making.
• Effectively manages client relationships through professional engagement, responsiveness, and problem resolution.
• Accurately performs data collection and entry tasks, ensuring information is complete, timely, and reliable.

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.