French speaking PA / Team Secretary

A global investment bank is urgently looking for French speaking PA / Team Secretary to support a busy team of senior executives and analysts on the trading floor with combination of classical PA/secretarial duties and well as a diverse range of business support activities.

The role is a temporary - permanent and would suit an extremely organised and multitasking French speaking team secretary / PA with prior trading floor experience who likes to be involved in more than the classical PA duties; your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Multiple diary and inbox
• Arranging travel schedules, accommodation and visas
• Administration support including booking of meeting rooms, preparing materials ahead of meetings and conference calls, assisting with desk moves, managing the pool of laptops.
• Meeting and greeting clients; liaising with external offices in English and
• Other ad-hoc departmental duties

• Business administration including: desk research, compiling reports; BCP & BIA - coordination
• Review and approve expenses, ensure consistent adherence to the appropriate policy.
• Assist with auditing requirements

Suitable candidates must completely bilingual in English AND French, possess a stable PA/secretarial profile; have experience of working in a trading environment. You must be flexible, resilient, work well under pressure and adaptable to ever-changing schedules and requirements of the team whilst being able to manage multiple deadlines and prioritise accordingly. You must be available to interview and start employment immediately!

Profile

• First class written and verbal communications skills in both English AND French
• Solid PA / secretarial experience with experience of working within busy, international environments
• Experience of working in a similar PA / team assistant role on trading floor would be highly desirable
• Solid organisation and prioritisation skills ; able to manage and work to multiple deadlines
• Adaptable to ever-changing schedules as well as being flexible and remaining calm under pressure
• IT-literate: familiar with all Microsoft Office programs and able to learn to work new IT systems and processes quickly
• Proactive and committed team player
• Diligent, flexible and discreet

To apply, please send your CV in Word format to Language Matters, CVs in any other formats will not be accepted. If you have applied for any other languagematters vacancy there is no need to re-apply, as your CV will be considered for all vacancies that match your language skills and work experience.

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NB: Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK or hold a valid work permit. Please note that we contact successful candidates within 3-4 working days. We will consider you for all our vacancies now and in the future. Please do not reapply unless requested to do so. Language Matters is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.