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Depositary Manager (12 month FTC)

IQ-EQ


Job Location:

Newcastle upon Tyne - 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).


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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