Depositary Manager | SEB Copenhagen

Copenhagen Large Corporates & Financial Institutions – Investor Services / Other / On-site

About Depositary Services
SEB is an established and experienced provider of Depositary Services across regulated jurisdictions including Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Luxembourg. As a Depositary we have a regulatory duty to protect the Investors in Regulated Investment Funds. In SEB our mission is to provide this Investor protection with highest expertise, experience, and excellence. We offer Depositary Services under the AIFMD and UCITS regulation and service a wide range of investment fund types covering both traditional assets and alternative investments.

We are experiencing growth, and our Depositary Services in Denmark is key in our efforts to continue our exciting journey. We are therefore expanding the team in Copenhagen. We are looking for a new colleague to our team, who wants to work in this niche within the Financial Sector.

The Depositary Manager Role
As a Depositary Manager you will help exercising our depositary control duties, perform regulatory analysis, perform risk assessments, and engage in and manage projects. Your responsibilities will be broad ranging and at the same time requiring your analytical and specialized focus. In this role you will build knowledge of fund management companies, market infrastructure, investment strategies, fund structures, regulatory analysis, AIFMD & UCITS regulation and asset types covering both financial instruments and alternative investments.

You will be positioned to a broad range of responsibilities:

▪ Ensure that our depositary control plan is brought to completion timely and with excellence

▪ Ensure all your analysis, investigations and findings are accurately documented

▪ Eensure activity related to fund cycle management is executed timely and in line with regulation

▪ Perform and complete due diligences of the Fund Managers

▪ Participate in client meetings

▪ Keep yourself up to date with the AIFMD, UCITS and related regulation

▪ Help enforce our strong governance model

▪ Drive projects related to continuous development of quality and operational excellence

▪ Ensure we meet the requests of our internal stakeholders as Audit, Compliance and Risk

▪ Ensure close collaboration with our colleagues in Nordics and Baltics

Who we are looking for.
You are someone who can keep an excellent overview, with great structure and time management skills. You should both enjoy and master multitasking and at the same time have great analytical ability to deep dive, investigate and do research. You should enjoy working in the sphere of finance and regulation. You should be a team player and always ensure the team meets its regulatory duties.

More specifically we require the following;

▪ Master’s degree in economics, finance, business management or business law

▪ Experience from financial market, consultancy, law or fund industry

▪ Knowledge of financial markets and financial instruments

▪ It is an advantage if you have knowledge of regulatory requirements in UCITS V, AIFMD etc.

▪ Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

▪ Fluent in Danish and English

▪ Experienced user of Excel

Working at SEB
SEB is a leading Nordic financial services group founded in 1856, guided by a strong belief that entrepreneurial minds and innovative companies are key in creating a better world. We are here to help our clients achieve their aspirations and succeed through good times and bad. We care for ambition.

In Denmark the bank's operations focus on corporate and investment banking based on a full-service offering to corporate and institutional clients. We are 350 colleagues, working at our office in the center of Copenhagen. Our office is designed for us – to support good collaboration and wellbeing at work. We are proud of our high engagement and job satisfaction. At SEB you can combine the advantages and opportunities of an international organization with the responsibility, flexibility and variety of tasks enabled by our relatively small and agile teams in Copenhagen.

It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an

inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.

Learn more about working at SEB www.sebgroup.com/career

Ready to apply?
You are welcome with your application as soon as you can, but no later than 28th July 2024. We select candidates ongoing. Please contact us if you have any questions. You can reach us locally via Lead Depositary Manager Nadia Zia Ahmad +45 28 34 29 22 or [email protected].