Job Description

Your Opportunity

At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.

We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location.

The Corporate Actions team is responsible for the set up and processing of Mandatory and Voluntary reorganizations, Partial and Full Calls, Redemptions/Maturities, Bankruptcies, Distributions, Proxy and Class Actions for Custody and Asset Services. Corporate Actions is dedicated to leading a culture that delivers accurate and timely processing that creates a premier client experience, while providing a controlled and disciplined environment allowing our employees to feel valued and engaged.

What you'll do:

The Corporate Actions Sr. Specialist is responsible for timely and accurate processing of corporate actions on securities held by our clients. In this role you will be responsible for the beginning-to-end processing of Corporate Actions for daily processing. This includes gathering the necessary information to process accurately and to reconcile any discrepancies and resolve exceptions.

Recognize potential risk issues associated with the stock record, balance and reconcile stock record to client elections and payment allocation from US & Global Custodians and transfer agents. Discrepancies and exceptions are to be escalated and resolved promptly. Identify and communicate issues effectively and timely to peers and management team. Candidates must be team-oriented, self-motivated and goal driven, able to multi-task, realize the importance of follow-through, and have outstanding time management skills as well as excellent communication skills, be able to work well under pressure in a fast paced, high-risk environment while maintaining a professional manner.

What you have

To ensure that we fulfill our promise of " challenging the status quo " this role has specific qualifications that successful candidates should have.

Required Qualifications:

• 3 or more years' experience in Corporate Actions processing
• Highly analytical with deep problem-solving abilities and reconciliation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of reconciliation data flows with custodians and agents
• Ability to navigate complex scenarios with foreign markets and custodians, possess an understanding of settlement challenges that exist during the corporate action lifecycle
• Experience in controlled environment with supervisory procedures, regulatory requirements and audit requirements
• Experienced in all aspects of Corporate Actions processing types including reorg and distributions
• Outstanding time management skills and ability to work in a fast paced, high-risk environment.
• Compassion to work cooperatively with others to produce innovative solutions for process efficiency
• Initiative to seek out and build relationships with others who can provide information, intelligence, career support, potential business as well as other forms of support
• The ability to accurately anticipate the implications of events or decisions for various stakeholders in the organization and plan strategy accordingly
• Insight to identify and propose solutions that benefit all parties involved in a situation

In addition to the salary range, this role is eligible for bonus or incentive opportunities.