Depositary Officer - Alternative Assets

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Depository Officer

At Apex, Depositary Services is a core pillar of investor protection across the Europe. We operate at the intersection of regulation, risk oversight, and financial markets, ensuring that investment funds are managed in accordance with applicable rules and in the best interests of investors. Our ambition is clear: to deliver depositary oversight with industry-leading expertise, precision, and integrity. We provide services under AIFMD frameworks across a broad spectrum of asset classes—ranging from traditional financial instruments to complex alternative investments.

The Role

As a Depositary Officer, you will play a key role in executing Apex’s independent oversight responsibilities. You will combine regulatory insight, analytical depth, and stakeholder engagement to ensure robust investor protection and operational excellence. This is a position with significant exposure to fund structures, investment strategies, and regulatory frameworks—offering a unique opportunity to deepen your expertise within AIFMD and the broader financial ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

You will take ownership of a diverse and high-impact portfolio of tasks, including:

• Ensuring timely and high-quality execution of the depositary control framework
• Conducting regulatory analysis, risk assessments, and in-depth investigations
• Performing due diligence on fund managers and key counterparties
• Overseeing fund lifecycle events to ensure compliance with applicable regulation
• Documenting findings and controls to a high professional standard
• Engaging directly with clients and participating in client meetings
• Driving initiatives to enhance quality, efficiency, and operational excellence
• Partnering with internal stakeholders including Audit, Compliance, and Risk
• Staying continuously updated on developments in AIFMD and related regulation

Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Law, HD (R) or similar.
• Graduate or 1-3 years of experience
• Understanding of financial markets and financial instruments
• Knowledge of AIFMD, or similar regulatory frameworks is an advantage
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Fluency in Danish and English
• High proficiency in Excel

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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