Corporate Actions Intern

About the role

The Corporate Actions Intern plays a supportive role within the corporate actions team, overseeing the processing of events that impact securities held by investors. This role focuses on ensuring the accurate and timely execution of various corporate actions, with a particular emphasis on reviewing and interpreting announcements from multiple sources.

What you'll do

• Assist and process dividend payments accurately and on time
• Support the team in reconciling dividend entitlements between internal systems and custodians/brokers
• Perform information management for newly incoming events
• Assist in handling corporate action notifications from issuers and custodians
• Answering CA related inquiries from clients
• Performing investigations when data does not match for given events and clarifying it with the custodian
• Further development of the existing corporate action functionalities
• Collaboration with internal teams to provide comprehensive corporate actions insights and support

What you'll need

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Masters's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field
• Basic understanding of financial markets, securities and corporate actions (e.g dividends, stock splits)
• High level of English, German is a strong advantage
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent in handling MS Office applications
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, to interact with team members and internal stakeholders

What they offer

• Impact-driven work building the infrastructure that will power the future of investing in Europe
• Team celebrations including company-wide events, UpFest, dinners, offsites and Holiday party
• Inclusion culture with Employee Resources Groups like Upfem and UpVergent