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Job Description

Senior Depositary Manager - Ireland

About Us

U.S. Bank introduced its full depositary services offering in Europe in 2018. The offering supports regulated investment funds domiciled in the EU that are required to appoint a depositary to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities Directive (UCITS). Depositary locations include Ireland and Luxembourg.   U.S. Bank Europe   DAC trading as U.S. Bank Depositary Services is authorised and supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland and by the C.S.S.F in Luxembourg

U.S. Bancorp, with over 70,000 employees, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States.

About You

You are a confident depositary professional with a comprehensive understanding of the Irish Financial Services market. You are comfortable working within a robust control framework to support the growth of the Depositary function. Your knowledge of the Depositary obligations for UCITS and AIFMD funds is comprehensive. You have excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to maintain and enhance client relationships.

You are an individual who wishes to work in the full A- Z of Depositary and to build successful relationships internally with key stakeholders and with colleagues in Risk, Compliance, Legal and Fund Administration teams and external client relationships.
 

We work to tight deadlines so a methodical approach to planning is a must, with a strong attention to detail.

Overview

The role is based in Ireland, Dublin reporting to the Depositary Ireland Lead.    Responsibilities include managing to ensure all duties are performed in accordance with the Central Bank of Ireland Regulations and the requirements of each fund’s constitutional documentation.

This entails monitoring each fund’s compliance with prospectus based and regulatory investment restrictions and borrowing limits, as well as performing reviews in respect of the role of the Administrator and appointed global custodians / prime brokers, managers and ManCOs and AIFMs.

Key Responsibilities

Supports the Management of the Depositary team.Experienced Funds Services individual who wishes to move to the next level within Depositary with a growing business in the market.Strong Depositary operational lead with key focus on process and controls.Acts as key client service contact for Depositary Services clients including leading on new business take on for certain clients and existing relationships.Leads on- site inspections of the Fund Administrator and leads the diligence reviews of the Managers and the Investment Managers on behalf of the department.Ability to partake and to lead various projects and to work with a dedicated Depositary and Custody Product team to create a ‘top of the class’ service offering. Demonstrated track record of project management.Reviews Depositary tasks and take part with discussions and projects with compliance, risk, and internal audit teams.Interact with colleagues, peers and senior management in a way that ensures the ‘end goal’ is achieved in a productive way.Reviews the key tasks of cash flow monitoring, investment and borrowing restriction checks, safekeeping of other assets and NAV oversight.Work with senior management within Depositary and Business Line Risk to ensure strong control environment in place.Strong relationship skills to develop both internal and external relationships.Support the workflows of the team – including adherence to all mandatory training requirements and ensuring the area is operating to high standards.Review the work of the team and ensure it is completed to a high standard.Act as a day-to-day contact for clients and attend board meetings as required.Draft responses and submissions to the CBI –errors, breach reporting and other regulatory reporting as required.Train and mentor new staff and involvement in performance discussions and lead 1-1 employee meetings.
 

Experience

Minimum 10 years relevant Depositary/Trustee industry experience with strong UCITS/ AIF knowledge with private debt experience.Ideally proven track record with people management and training of team members.Excellent interpersonal skills with strong relationship building skills and customer centric mindset.Ability to multi-task, prioritise work and manage time to maximise efficiency and to meet strict deadlines.Strong interest in regulatory landscape and the ability to review and enhance processes to incorporate regulatory requirements and obligations.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits:

We offer an exciting, fast-paced and diverse working environment with employees of many different nationalities. We provide benefits to help you protect your health and financial security; and give you peace of mind. We also invest in your career growth with development resources that give you the opportunity to stretch and shine.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.