Asset Servicing Analyst

About us

The Titan Group provides a broad range of services across the whole wealth value chain – from financial planning, investment management through to platform, trading, settlement and custody services. Its strategy is to be able to offer modular, incremental services to its clients allowing them to adjust their business models as and when they choose to.  As part of this Titan is also an active acquirer of UK based asset managers and other wealth related businesses.

Due to this Titan Wealth is expanding rapidly through strategic acquisitions, offering a unique combination of start-up energy and the security of private equity backing. It’s an inspiring time to join the team!

Titan Settlement & Custody (TS&C) is a subsidiary of Titan Wealth. Titan Settlement & Custody is an FCA regulated investment firm that provides:

·         Custody services to predominantly discretionary fund managers (DFMs) and independent financial advisors (IFAs)

·         Clearing and settlement services mainly on an agency basis for its DFMs and IFAs

·         Trade execution services mainly for its DFMs, IFAs and institutional clients

·         Utilising the same core infrastructure, Titan Settlement & Custody also serves a significant number of institutional broker-dealers and institutional investor clients.

The Role

The Asset Servicing Analyst will perform daily operational duties and demonstrate and ability to manage the most complex of corporate action events and activities. The Analyst will be expected to support the corporate actions team in the execution of their operational duties, help to facilitate a strong working partnership with key stakeholders (internal and external), be technically aware of corporate actions and dividend processing, and manage client and stakeholder queries.

• Process end-to-end, all corporate actions events including mandatory, voluntary, and elective actions (Rights, mergers, splits, takeovers, etc.).
• Ensure timely and accurate collection and distribution of entitlements to clients.
• Ensure claims due to Titan are monitored and managed in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Process all proxy voting with provider as required by clients.
• Investigate reconciliation discrepancies ensuring all are resolved and cleared at the earliest opportunity in line with CASS requirements.
• Ensure client queries are responded to in a concise and timely manner, provide support to team members when required.
• Build and maintain a strong partnership with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure the smooth processing and management of all corporate action activities.
• Establish a comprehensive understanding of how working in a CASS environment impacts the Corporate Actions in general and ensure familiarity with breach reporting requirements are consistent across the operations team.
• Deliver excellent client service.
• Ensure all team processes are timely & accurately updated in accordance with internal policies and procedures.

• Experience in Corporate Actions with an ability to demonstrate technical knowhow across the breadth of both mandatory and non-mandatory events, income, and derivatives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn, develop, and facilitate the wider understanding of new processes as and when market activity or internal changes dictate.
• Solid stakeholder management with an ability to build strong working partnerships internally, and with external vendors.
• Comprehensive work experience in either finance/ asset management, with a solid understanding of global custody and global markets essential.
• US withholding tax knowledge of use, additional market/ CSD tax experience of benefit.
• Motivated self-starter who is willing to ask questions to excel as their career progresses.
• Strong excel skill desirable

Our employees are talented people, distinguished by excellence.  You will be able to demonstrate a willingness to embrace the Company values of:

Professionalism - how we treat our clients and colleagues.

Trust - embrace innovation and adapt to change.

Innovation - dare to create and don't fear failure.

Terms

- Competitive salary

- Attractive Employee Pension Scheme (7.5% employer & minimum 3% employee)

- 25 days Annual Leave + public holidays

- Buy and sell holidays up to 5 days

- Office Christmas close (3-days) 

- A range of benefits which includes private medical insurance, Group life insurance, and income protection insurance.

- Hybrid working

- Further education and training support

- Discretionary performance related bonus

- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

- 2 days per year for voluntary work

- And lots of flexible benefits to choose from!

The Titan Wealth Group is firmly committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment for everyone who works with us, regardless of their race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical ability or disability, or political affiliation. We believe that having a diverse team allows us to create the best possible outcomes for our clients and team members. We strive to provide equal opportunities in all aspects of the workplace with respect to recruitment and career advancement, pay and benefits, training and development opportunities and other job-related activities.