Senior Specialist, Trustee & Depositary

BNY; Frankfurt; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY is seeking a Senior Specialist, Trustee & Depositary to join the Fund Accounting Trustee & Depository Team in Frankfurt, Germany. The role entails supporting the day-to-day operations, improving processes, and ensuring regulatory compliance across funds.

Strong English and German communication skills are essential, and experience with Xentis is a plus. Join a global financial services leader committed to excellence, with opportunities to contribute to client diligence, service reviews, and

Qualifications

• Significant work experience (>5 years) in fund accounting or related field.
• Understanding of fund accounting processes and client impact.
• Experience with process improvement and documenting procedures.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and improve fund accounting processes in collaboration with internal teams.
• Assist Manager in day-to-day operations and acting in their absence
• Represent the business at client diligence and service review meetings
• Self-driven and responsible in completing assigned tasks
• Provide coaching and development to team members as needed
• Ensure funds comply with regulatory and fund-specific documentation
• Produce trustee reports for funds for each period and year-end
• Investigate pricing and other errors on funds and document in breach/error reports
• Oversee regulatory duties of a Depotbank and attend client meetings as required

Skills

Fund accounting knowledge

Process improvement

English

German

Team collaboration

Tools

Xentis

Valuations/Reconciliation (concepts)

Job description

Job Description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Specialist, Trustee & Depositary to join our Fund Accounting Trustee & Depository Team. This role is located in Frankfurt, Germany.

Job Description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Specialist, Trustee & Depositary to join our Fund Accounting Trustee & Depository Team. This role is located in Frankfurt, Germany.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Actively analyses processes, and in conjunction with the other parties involved, works to improve processes, making them as efficient as possible.
• Assist the Manager in the day-to-day operations of the team and deputies in their absence
• Represent the business at Client Diligence and Service Review Meetings
• Self- Driven and responsible person to fully complete assigned tasks
• Act as role model for other team members and execute best practice
• Ensures the funds comply with regulatory and fund-specific documentation.
• Production of Trustee reports for funds for each period and/or year-end.
• Assists the Manager in the day-to-day operations.
• Investigates pricing and other errors on the funds to satisfactory conclusion, documents errors in breach/error reports.
• Deputizes in the absence of the Manager.
• Oversight of regulatory duties of a Depotbank
• Attends Client meetings when required.
• Assists in the development of team members by training and developing in the associated tasks, using coaching skills where necessary.
• Provides feedback on performance to the Manager against objectives, PMP‘s and staff development plans.
• Reviews and completes various number of administrative duties within the team.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Significant work experience (> 5 years)
• Open minded approach understanding Fund Accounting related processes to be able to understand how your job will impact clients and other departments of the company
• Preferred to have Process Improvement experiences/ skills, e.g. to design/establish new detailed processes, Documentation skills, e.g. procedures/manual
• Product knowledge, i.e. Equities, Fixed income, OTC, ETD, SWAPS (beneficial
• Good written / verbal English and German skills
• Xentis knowledge (Valuations/Reconciliation) as a plus
• Good communicator and Team playing spirit is a must.

About Us

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

About The Team

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Here’s a Few Of Our Recent Awards

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits And Rewards

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.