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Depositary Manager (12 month FTC)

IQ-EQ


Job Location:

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 14 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 11 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Client Services

Job Summary

As a Depositary Manager you will lead the delivery of high-quality depositary oversight services across a diverse portfolio of investment fund clients. You will be responsible for managing client relationships leading and developing a high-performing team and ensuring regulatory compliance across key depositary activities including asset verification cash monitoring and oversight. Working closely with senior leadership Compliance clients and third-party providers you will drive operational excellence strengthen governance and support the continued growth of the Depositary function.

What youll do

  • Youll provide day-to-day line management for team members within the Depositary including workload direction prioritization coaching performance support and development planning;
  • Youll be accountable for the quality of operational processes and outcome of operational issues breach and risk event resolution coordinating with Compliance clients third parties and internal stakeholders where required;
  • Youll act as senior client owner for assigned Depositary relationships including formal client responses escalation management and oversight of day-to-day client service standards;
  • Youll own delivery of client onboarding activity for assigned relationships ensuring requirements responsibilities and timelines are clear and actively managed;
  • Youll deliver and support with reporting ensuring outputs are accurate timely useful and aligned to management client and governance expectations;

What we offer

  • Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications level of experiences and skills profile
  • Wellbeing: additional social benefits such as private health and dental cover life assurance eye test and corporate GP
  • Annual leave: our employees are entitled to 25 days paid leave plus all UK public holidays
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity including shared parental leave and adoption leave
  • Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications :

  • You are an experienced professional with a strong understanding of regulatory frameworks ideally with 3 years leadership experience in a financial services organisation and a degree-level qualification;
  • You have proven experience managing people setting clear priorities supporting performance developing capability and creating accountability for quality delivery;
  • You are confident leading a team through competing priorities operational issues client demands and regulatory expectations while maintaining a strong control environment;
  • You can act as a senior escalation point take ownership of complex issues and drive practical risk-based resolution with clients Compliance third parties and internal stakeholders;
  • You are comfortable reviewing legal fund and operational documentation identifying key obligations evidencing conclusions and challenging gaps where required;

Please Note: This is a remote role and we are seeking candidates based in Belfast London Newcastle Scotland (Glasgow and Edinburgh) and Wales (Cardiff).


Additional Information :

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders including our employees clients and local communities while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.  

There is always more we can and should do to improve whether in relation to our people our clients our planet or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. Were committed to fostering an inclusive equitable and diverse culture for our people led by our Diversity Equity and Inclusion steering committee. 

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees careers while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 6500 employees - from 94 nationalities across 24 countries - to each achieve their potential.  Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.  

Were committed to growing relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our clients sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. Were emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.  

 


Remote Work :

Yes


Employment Type :

Full-time


About Company

IQEQ is a preeminent service provider to the alternative asset industry. IQEQ works with managers in multiple capacities ranging from hedge fund, private equity fund, and mutual fund launches; private equity fund administration; advisory firm set-up, regulatory registration and infras ... View more

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