Clear Street

Director - Corporate Actions & Asset Servicing

New York, NY · Director

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$215kDetected 21 days ago

SQLLeadershipProblem Solving

About the role

In this role, you will act as a working manager-overseeing a high-performance squad of specialists while remaining deeply embedded in complex risk management, transaction reconciliations, and daily desk execution.
The ideal candidate must possess strong, hands-on domain expertise processing both domestic and foreign/international asset servicing events, alongside fixed income and repo-related activity.
You will be the final escalation point for complex lifecycle events, ensuring perfect alignment between client election instructions, stock loan positions, internal sub-ledgers, and depositories.

Reconciliation & Break Management: Maintain a strict control environment by overseeing the daily audit trail matching transaction files and internal ledgers against depository position sheets (DTC/BONY/Custodians).
Personally manage and resolve all out-of-balance breaks or position variances across global books.
Process Modernization & Automation: Partner closely with internal Product and Engineering teams to build next-generation data master pipelines and test internal platform enhancements.
Supervise and develop a team of Corporate Actions specialists.
Manage principal and interest (P&I) cash flow movements, factor adjustments, maturities, and bond calls.
Maintain a strict control environment by overseeing the daily audit trail matching transaction files and internal ledgers against depository position sheets (DTC/BONY/Custodians).
Team Leadership & Oversight: Supervise and develop a team of Corporate Actions specialists.
Fixed Income & Repo: Manage principal and interest (P&I) cash flow movements, factor adjustments, maturities, and bond calls.

Licensing: Series 7 and/or Series 99 required (or willingness to obtain within an agreed-upon timeline).
Mindset: A true builder mentality-exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to thrive under high pressure and tight market deadlines.

The Base Salary Range for this role is $160,000-$215,000.
This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation.

The range stated does 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.
Manage intraday queues, coordinate cross-training, and establish operational coverage matrices to meet strict daily depository and international market cutoffs.
Partner directly with Stock Loan and Repo desks to track manufacturing payments and resolve position adjustments or payment breaks.
In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.

The Asset Servicing Operations team is a crucial pillar within Clear Street's Global Custody department.
We own the entire lifecycle of corporate actions processing, proxy voting, prospectus delivery, cost basis, and US/foreign tax withholding.
Our team moves fast, embraces data-driven workflows, and operates in tight alignment with our Product and Software Engineering squads to continuously automate and audit multi-asset processing pipelines.
We are seeking a seasoned operational leader to join us as Team Lead / Director of Corporate Actions.
Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person.
As such, we are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week.

This listing is sourced directly from Clear Street's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.