Associate, Operations - Corporate Action

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About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 07S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Corporate Actions (MCA) service is a best-in-class centralized source of validated corporate action announcements for three million equities, fixed income, and structured finance securities across global markets. MCA services customers as a sole source that streamlines operations for the collection, validation and dissemination of corporate actions.The Corporate Actions Product Services Team across locations in India, Singapore, London, New York, and Dallas is responsible for corporate actions validation research, client support and new client onboarding, vendor management, quality control, and strategic support for new operational and product initiatives. The global team of corporate actions research analysts checks domestic and international corporate actions announcements from the point of notice of inception and conducts a stringent cleansing process. MCA receives corporate actions information from vendor feeds, which create an announcement composite that the team researches and enriches to produce validated multi-sourced corporate actions records for customers to pass notification on to their clients to take investment decisions and allocate entitlements that result from the event.The successful Corporate Actions research analyst candidate is a highly motivated team player, who is focused and dedicated to ensuring that the state of each composite record clearly defines the terms of the corporate action in order for clients of the service to pass notification on to their own clients to conduct investment decisions and to allocate entitlements resulting from the corporate action.Key functions include data capture and validation of announcement publication initiated by information received from vendor feeds, data enrichment, research and analysis, interfacing with agents, supporting clients’ inquiries to further elaborate on market nuances, strategic operations projects and assignments that contribute to the business's product roadmap and revenue generating initiatives. Duties & Accountabilities • Review corporate action announcements and conduct research to obtain details needed to validate and complete announcements for publication of composite records to clients. • Conduct research using various sources, including but not limited to prospectuses, information circulars, exchanges and bulletins, and company websites to thoroughly source and validate corporate action information. • Interface with Domestic and Foreign Paying/Transfer/Information Agents, Custodian Banks, Exchange Officials, and other external parties to obtain informative details on corporate actions. • Review daily exception reports; research and resolve exceptions. • Contribute input to develop/change procedures and controls. • Collaborate with local and global team members to improve procedures, identify and implement opportunities to realize efficiencies and improve quality for a better downstream product and to enhance level of service delivered to clients. • Contribute to user acceptance testing and special projects in partnership with Product Services teammates locally and in other locations, and with Product and Technology Team counterparts. • Understand Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and their impact on operations and clients. Competencies • Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University with finance and analytics • Strong verbal and written communication skills for interactions with teammates across roles and locations, external information sources, and clients. • Strong eye for detail to research information from multiple sources. About S&P Global Market IntelligenceAt S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction.For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence. What’s In It For You? Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence. Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference. Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the