Senior Manager of Corporate Actions

About Altruist Altruist is transforming the multi-trillion dollar wealth management industry by building an AI platform for wealth professionals. We partner with financial advisors nationwide, empowering them to grow, optimize time and resources, and deliver superior outcomes for their clients. We're looking for exceptional talent to help us achieve our mission of making financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all. If you're passionate about challenging the status quo and want to do the most important work of your life, we'd love to meet you! But first, our values Kindness - Kindness doesn’t just equal niceness. We listen to understand. We embrace, and encourage healthy debate and diverse perspectives. We approach conflict openly, honestly, and respectfully. Brilliance - Humility is the skill we’re most proud of and possessing a growth mindset is always top of mind. We take ownership in everything we touch; regularly using our unique superpowers to reach a common goal as a team. We succeed and fail as one. Grit - When challenges arise, we stay laser focused on achieving our mission and finding a way forward, even when it’s hard. We are nimble and maintain a sense of urgency, swiftly adapting to change and overcoming obstacles. The opportunity Altruist is in the midst of an exceptional growth phase and we’re excited to hire a Senior Manager of Corporate Actions to join our growing Operations team. We have multiple openings and are considering candidates across Senior, Lead, Manager, and Senior Manager levels, with title and level determined based on experience.In this role you'll manage a team, as well as help own the full event lifecycle—from announcement through allocation and reconciliation—across equities, ETFs, mutual funds, and fixed income (with expansion into alternatives and listed options). This role is ideal for a hands-on leader with deep operational and technical knowledge who can lead modernization, automation, and control initiatives. You’ll manage a team, stabilize and document current workflows, enhance controls and efficiency, and partner cross-functionally to deliver a scalable, audit-ready operation. This roles requires a leader with deep subject matter expertise. Your impact People Management: Manage a team of Corporate Actions professionals. Corporate Action Processing: Monitor, review, and process all mandatory and voluntary corporate actions—mergers, splits, rights issues, tender offers, warrants—from announcement through completion. Income Events: Oversee dividends, interest, and related payments; ensure proper withholding, tax treatment, and cost-basis adjustments. Event Lifecycle Management: Manage announcements, options, elections, allocations, entitlements, and reconciliations with accuracy and timeliness. Client Custodian Coordination: Communicate voluntary event details, collect instructions, and submit elections via custodians, DTCC PBS/CA Web/AIP, or proxy agents within deadlines. Controls Exception Management: Implement and monitor maker-checker controls, exception dashboards, KPIs, and audit-ready evidence. Automation Modernization: Partner with Product and Engineering to streamline workflows, UAT new builds, and drive straight-through processing (STP). Risk Management: Identify, escalate, and resolve discrepancies; ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements. Knowledge Management: Build and maintain robust process documentation, playbooks, and standard operating procedures to support scalability and training. Vendor System Ownership: Manage key vendor and platform relationships (DTCC, proxy vendors, custodians), and contribute to platform enhancements (FIS, XSP/Phase3, AIP). What you bring Experience - 8+ years of experience working in brokerage, clearing, or custody operations focused on managing corporate actions teams; Strong working knowledge of DTCC PBS; Deep understanding of mandatory and voluntary event ... (truncated, view full listing at source)