Specialist, Corporate Actions II

BNY Mellon

$80K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience required.
  • 3-5 years of work experience preferred.
  • Experience in financial services or corporate actions is preferred.
  • Applicable local/regional licenses or certifications as required.
  • Serves as a resource for less experienced staff.

Responsibilities

  • Perform mandatory and voluntary corporate actions processing, including dividends and bond redemptions.
  • Manage and control risks and liabilities associated with corporate actions and reconciliation activities.
  • Recognize, research, and process corporate action events.
  • Interpret and monitor complex corporate action events in the global market.
  • Reconcile, monitor, and post entitlements to client accounts.

Benefits

  • Access to flexible global resources and wellbeing programs.
  • Focus on health and personal resilience.
  • Generous paid leave, including paid volunteer time.
  • Eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award.
  • Enroll in a 401(k) plan and participate in company-sponsored insurance plans.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Specialist, Corporate Actions II to join our team. This role is located in New York, NY. In-office requirement is four days.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Responsible for performing mandatory and voluntary corporate action-related custody and accounting processing requirements, such as dividend payments, reorganization/proxy, bond redemption, etc.
  • Responsible for managing and controlling high levels of risk and liability inherent in the various functions and for reconciliation activities, client reporting and proration on transactions.
  • Responsible for proactively recognizing, researching and processing moderately intricate mandatory and voluntary corporate action events.
  • Responsible for the daily interpretation, monitoring, scrubbing and notification of complex corporate action events in the global market as well as the reconcilement, monitoring and posting of entitlements to client accounts.


To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
  • 3-5 years of total work experience preferred.
  • Experience in financial services or corporate actions preferred.
  • Applicable local/regional licenses or certifications as required by the business.
  • Serves as a resource for less experienced staff and may provide guidance to less experienced team members.


About the Team

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  • America's Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
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Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting.

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an "at will" position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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