Associate Director, Fixed Income Corporate Actions

About Clear Street:

Clear Street is building new infrastructure for today’s financial institutions. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is an independent, non-bank prime broker replacing the legacy infrastructure used across the capital markets today. 

We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex global markets. Clear Street’s proprietary prime brokerage platform adds significant efficiency to the market, while focusing on minimizing risk and cost for clients regardless of size or revenue opportunity. Our goal is to create a single source-of-truth platform for every asset class, in every country, and in any currency.

By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets.

The Team:

The Asset Servicing team is responsible for managing a broad range of post-trade operational functions with a focus on accuracy, timeliness, and risk mitigation. This role will sit within the Corporate Actions vertical, which is responsible for processing, validating, and overseeing all events related to fixed income securities, including but not limited to:

• Fixed Income Corporate Action processing (mandatory and voluntary)
• Interest payments and principal redemptions
• Reorganizations and restructurings (e.g., tender offers, consent solicitations, conversions, calls)
• Class actions and litigation tracking related to fixed income instruments
• Reconciliation of entitlements and position balances
• Communication and coordination with custodians, counterparties, and internal stakeholders

The Role:
The Associate Director will assist with the day-to-day processing of Fixed Income Corporate Actions. This includes capturing, validating, and processing corporate action events, handling inquiries from internal teams and external clients, ensuring accurate reconciliation of firm and client positions, and resolving discrepancies related to fixed income instruments. The individual will also work closely with other internal teams to enhance systems and processes, drive automation, and mitigate risk across the lifecycle of corporate actions.

This role is suited for a proactive, detail-oriented professional with a strong understanding of fixed income securities and corporate actions processing.

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-end processing of all fixed income corporate actions (mandatory and voluntary)
• Monitoring of event timelines, ensuring all critical deadlines are met
• Validation of entitlements based on complex fixed income instrument terms
• Supporting reconciliations of firm and client positions related to corporate action events
• Responding to internal and external inquiries
• Identifying and escalating exceptions and breaks, with root cause analysis and resolution
• Participating in strategic projects and system enhancements to improve fixed income corporate actions processing
• Assisting in training and mentoring junior staff, as well as cross-functional collaboration

Qualifications:

• 7–10 years of experience in Financial Services with a strong focus on Fixed Income Corporate Actions or related operations
• Deep understanding of fixed income products (corporate bonds, municipal bonds, structured notes, etc.) and their associated lifecycle events
• Experience with FED and DTC
• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills with attention to detail
• Familiarity with U.S. tax implications on fixed income instruments is a plus
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with tight deadlines
• Experience managing or mentoring junior team members is preferred
• Series 99 and/or Series 7 licensing is a plus or willingness to obtain
• Experience with domestic and international equity corporate actions processing is a plus

We Offer:
The Base Salary Range is $140,000 - $175,000. These ranges are representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Which range a candidate fits into and where a candidate falls in the range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. These ranges represent Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The ranges stated do not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.

At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. We are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.

Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  #LI-HYBRID