Job Description:

Our client a respected Fund Manager in Edinburgh are looking for an individual to join their Depositary Services team.

The Alternative Investment Managers Fund Directive (AIFMD) requires that a fund manager (AIFM) managing assets in excess of certain limits must appoint a depositary in respect of each Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) it manages. The core function as depositary is to act as an independent third party to protect investors in an AIF and this can be broken down into three main areas: - monitoring of the AIF's cash flows; - verification of the AIF's ownership of assets (and safekeeping where required); - general oversight of compliance by the AIFM and the AIF with AIFMD).

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Organised and strong attention to detail
• Able to interrogate information from multiple data sources, identify and escalate key issues
• Confident with navigating client accounts, working with numbers and excel formulas to interpret information
• Effective communicator and strong team player
• Confident in communicating with clients in a professional manner

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience of fund structures preferred
• Experience in managing a team advantageous but not essential.

Core Responsibilities:

• Proactive management of junior members of the team, overseeing/reviewing their day-to-day activities, delegating, directing and providing training as necessary
• Preparing and participating as necessary with client meetings
• Reviewing legal documentation to verify asset ownership
• Monitoring calculations and payments of e.g. management fees, distributions etc to ensure in line with complex terms within key fund documentation
• Assisting the Associate Director with onboarding clients, including KYC/AML checks, and reviewing fund documentation to understand fund structure, investment policy etc
• Assisting the Associate Director with conducting due diligence visits to Fund Managers and their service providers
• Liaising with the corporate finance team to ensure accurate invoice billing
• Developing internal policies, procedures and controls
• Conducting appraisals with direct reports (if required)
• Contributing to business development activities
• Representing NCM at sector events
• Ensuring deadlines and deliverables are met.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15081

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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