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Vacancy type

Permanent

Sector

Investment Operations (Back Office)

Specialisim

Trustee and Depository

Location

Edinburgh

Language skills

English

Job reference No.

16008

Salary

Competitive

Data Published

12/03/2025

Closing date

09/04/2025

Job Description:

We are working on an excellent opportunity for a Depositary Senior Executive to join the team at a leading financial services firm based in Edinburgh. Our client is looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious individual who will deliver an excellent level of service to their clients. The successful candidate will be working closely with all members of the depositary services team and enjoy the challenge of a constant learning environment. This role is office based.

Skills/Experience:

  • Experience gained working in trustee and depositary
  • Experience of fund structures
  • Experience of coaching others is desirable
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong written communication skills and effective team player.
  • Ability to interrogate information from multiple data sources, identify and escalate key issues.
  • Confident working with numbers and excel formulae to interpret information.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Coach and develop junior members of the team, overseeing/reviewing their day-to-day activities, delegating, directing and providing training as necessary.
  • Ensure personal and juniors' deadlines are met.
  • Day to day client interaction.
  • Preparing and participating as necessary in client meetings.
  • Review legal documentation to verify asset/investment ownership.
  • Assist with onboarding clients, including KYC/AML checks, and reviewing fund documentation to understand fund structure, investment policy etc.
  • 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: 16008

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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Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.

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Rachael O'Neill Director, Investment Operations and Accounting & Finance

Originally from Ireland, Rachael has been an integral part of the Core-Asset Consulting team for eight years, bringing 20 years of recruitment experience from London and Edinburgh. With a background in Business Studies and an MA in PR & Communications, Rachael's unique blend of strategic insight and consultative communication adds valuable depth to our team and influences many of our client projects.

Specialising in executive search, financial services, and investment recruitment, Rachael supports clients across the UK and Ireland. She is a strong advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, mentoring young people through MCR Pathways and encouraging girls to pursue careers in finance and investment through her work with Future Asset. As Director and part of the senior management team, Rachael's passion for providing a truly consultative service, combined with her deep understanding of the financial services sector, has earned her a reputation as a trusted advisor in recruitment.

We put people before profit, service before sales and ethics above all.

Betsy Williamson Chief Executive Officer

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