Capital Markets Specialist - Corporate Actions

1 Year ago • 2-3 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

ISS STOXX is seeking a Capital Markets Specialist for its Corporate Actions team within the Index Operations Department. This role involves researching and implementing corporate actions for equities, managing associated data, and providing accurate information to clients. The specialist will also communicate directly with clients and third-party providers regarding corporate actions. Additionally, the position requires contributing market expertise to strategic projects by proposing new tools, shaping technical requirements, testing solutions, and improving processes. The successful candidate will be a key contributor and team player in a significant growth area for the company.
Must have:
  • Master's degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or equivalent
  • 2-3 years of professional experience in finance
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills
  • Experience in Corporate Actions management
  • Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks efficiently
  • Ability to learn autonomously
  • Fluency in English and one other European language
  • Good understanding of market data applications
  • Team player with good communication skills
Good to have:
  • Data analysis/cleansing experience
  • Knowledge of a third European language
  • Python, Access, and VBA programming skills
  • Database knowledge and SQL

Job Details

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether

ISS STOXX is hiring a Capital Markets Specialist to join the Corporate Actions team within the Index Operations Department.

The Index Operations is organized in 4 units - Index Surveillance and Monitoring, Index Review, Corporate Actions, and Index Dividend Research across 6 locations (New-York, Frankfurt, Zug, Prague, Delhi, and Hong Kong) and is responsible for any day-to-day activities related to the maintenance of indices under STOXX mandates.

Index Operations activities cover indices such as EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 50, STOXX Europe 600, as well as DAX indices, and Customized Indices. The Index Operations teams are also involved in any Strategic Projects where expertise on Index implementation, maintenance, regulations, and customer interface is required.

Responsibilities

 The overall successful candidate comes with a strong background on Index Portfolio management and will be part of high-performing team. They will support the team by applying knowledge and skills to a large number of routine and non-routine activities.

In this role, you will handle the research and implementation of corporate actions for equities (e.g.: M&A activities, dividend payments, stock splits, spin-offs, etc.). In addition, you will manage all the data associated with it, including sourcing, cleansing, and organizing of corporate events, references, and ownership data. Other responsibilities might include overseeing ownership research and providing accurate information to clients via publications and notifications.

In this role, you will have direct communication with customers and third-party providers regarding corporate actions.

Moreover, you will bring market expertise to participate in strategic projects as a subject matter expert – proposing new tools, shaping technical requirements, testing new solutions, and sharpening Index Operation’s processes and workflow documentation.

You will represent a key growth area for the company and are expected to be a significant contributor and team player.

Required Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, or equivalent

  • At least 2-3 years of professional experience in a financial environment (preferably Index Business, Portfolio Business, Asset managers, Product Development, or Structuring)

  • Good understanding of the financial Markets environment, its working constraints, and philosophy

  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills and know-how in financial information and financial markets, including understanding of the corporate actions on an Index

  • Experience and track record in Corporate Actions management, Index Operations, Securities and listed companies Operations (Middle and back office)

  • Be able to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks time-efficient and autonomous manner in parallel, and work on tight deadlines

  • Ability to learn autonomously with a minimum of supervision and training

  • Fluency in English and in a second European language, both oral and written (Spanish, French, Italian, or German, etc.)

  • Good understanding of market data applications such as Refinitiv, Bloomberg

  • Team player across functional domains and at all levels, solution-oriented, and with good communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Data analysis/cleansing, data processing rules, and techniques

  • Knowledge of a third language from a European country

  • Python, Access, and VBA programming skills, ideally combined with database knowledge and SQL

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What You Can Expect from Us

At ISS STOXX, our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources, support, and opportunities to grow—professionally and personally.

 

Together, we foster an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and shapes our future success.

 

Let’s empower, collaborate, and inspire.

 

Let’s be #BrilliantTogether.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985, we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally, helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Börse Group, ISS STOXX has over 3,400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide, serving around 6,400 clients, including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG, cyber, and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders' benefit. 

STOXX® and DAX® indices comprise a global and comprehensive family of more than 17,000 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50®, STOXX® Europe 600 and DAX®, the portfolio of index solutions consists of total market, benchmark, blue-chip, sustainability, thematic and factor-based indices covering a complete set of world, regional and country markets. STOXX and DAX indices are licensed to more than 550 companies around the world for benchmarking purposes and as underlyings for ETFs, futures and options, structured products, and passively managed investment funds. STOXX Ltd., part of the ISS STOXX group of companies, is the administrator of the STOXX and DAX indices under the European Benchmark Regulation. 

Visit our website: https://www.issgovernance.com       

View additional open roles: https://www.issgovernance.com/join-the-iss-team/      

Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. It is our policy to prohibit discrimination or harassment against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, sex, age, height, weight, citizenship status, national origin, social origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, pregnancy status, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, military service or status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”).  All activities including, but not limited to, recruiting and hiring, recruitment advertising, promotions, performance appraisals, training, job assignments, compensation, demotions, transfers, terminations (including layoffs), benefits, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, are and will be administered on a non-discriminatory basis, consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements. 

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About The Company

ISS STOXX GmbH, through its group companies, is a leading provider of comprehensive and data-centric research and technology solutions that help capital market participants identify investment opportunities, detect qualitative and quantitative portfolio company risks, and meet evolving regulatory requirements. With roots dating back to 1985, we today deliver world-class benchmark and custom indices across asset classes and geographies and serve as a premier source of independent corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence research, data, and related offerings. Our products and services give clients the scale and leverage they need to grow their business more effectively and efficiently.

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