Nikhil Deshpande
Corporate Actions Specialist
Pune
Summary
Corporate finance professional with significant experience in managing complex corporate actions, ensuring regulatory compliance, and mitigating risks. Strong focus on team collaboration, adaptability, and delivering precise results in dynamic environments. Skilled in data analysis, stakeholder communication, and process optimization. Known for reliability, proactive problem-solving, and driving successful outcomes.
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Actions Specialist
UBS Financial Services
08.2025 - Current
- Scrubbed and validated complex corporate action data for Mandatory events (including Mergers, Stock Splits, and Bonus Issues) by cross-referencing multiple vendor feeds (e.g., Bloomberg, Reuters) and official exchange filings to ensure 100% data integrity.
- Identified and resolved data discrepancies and golden-copy anomalies across global identifiers (ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL), mitigating downstream processing risks.
- Analyzed complex merger prospectuses and legal terms to accurately extract critical event parameters, meeting dates, and exchange ratios.
- Drafted and disseminated timely, accurate corporate action notifications to front-office teams, portfolio managers, and global clients, ensuring strict adherence to market deadlines.
- Managed end-to-end event lifecycles for high-volume mandatory events, minimizing operational risk and ensuring zero financial impact due to missed or delayed notifications.
- Collaborated closely with custodian networks and agents to track event updates and ensure downstream systems reflected real-time event status.
- Processed corporate action events, ensuring accurate and timely execution of transactions.
- Reviewed and reconciled client accounts to maintain data integrity and compliance standards.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency in corporate actions processing.
- Assisted in developing training materials for new team members on corporate action procedures.
- Liaised with external stakeholders to clarify instructions and resolve issues related to corporate actions.
- Collaborated with internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely processing of mandatory and voluntary corporate actions.
- Increased client satisfaction levels by providing clear communication regarding the status of pending corporate actions.
Analyst and Senior Analyst
eClerx Services Pvt. Ltd.
12.2021 - 07.2025
- Managed the full lifecycle of diverse corporate action events, including mergers and acquisitions, dividends, stock splits, rights offerings, and tender offers, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
- Working as an SME (Subject Matter expert) for the process & also the Primary PoC (Point of Contact) for the clients.
- Reconciled discrepancies between internal records and custodian/agent records, demonstrating a strong understanding of fees, charges, and taxes levied by exchanges and local custodians.
- Interpreted and applied SWIFT messages (MT564, MT566, MT568, MT599) for corporate action announcements and confirmations.
- Ensured accurate and timely processing of corporate action payments, notifications adhering to strict deadlines and regulatory requirements.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for corporate action procedures and workflows, including standard operating procedures and training materials for new analysts.
- Collaborated effectively with internal teams including research, settlements, claims, and front office as well as external counterparties and custodians. Identified and implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce operational risk.
Education
MBA - Finance
Sinhagad School Of Business Managment, Savitribai Phule Pune University
12.2020
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
ADCET, Shivaji University
Kolhapur08.2016
Skills
- Corporate Actions Lifecycle
- Asset Servicing
- Data Scrubbing
- Golden Copy Creation
- Risk Mitigation
- Reference Data Management
- Vendor Feeds
- Strong communication skills
- Operational risk management
- Meticulous attention
- Regulatory compliance awareness
- Financial markets
- Securities processing
- Corporate actions
- Swift messaging expertise
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Team collaboration
- Task prioritization
- Analytical thinking
- Risk assessments
- Written communication
- Financial software
Timeline
Corporate Actions Specialist
UBS Financial Services
08.2025 - Current
Analyst and Senior Analyst
eClerx Services Pvt. Ltd.
12.2021 - 07.2025
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
ADCET, Shivaji University
MBA - Finance
Sinhagad School Of Business Managment, Savitribai Phule Pune University