Executive Assistant – Global Firm £40 - £55,000 plus excellent bens

Fantastic opportunity to join a multinational global firm who are leaders in their field, providing comprehensive services to national and top multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments worldwide. They are a people centric business and offer a welcoming, supportive and friendly environment in which to work, where employees can generate new ideas and flourish.  Their philosophy is to provide people with a good work life balance.

Are you a highly competent EA who operates successfully in a pressurised and fast-paced environment, providing professional and client-focussed support to senior stakeholders and heads of business?  If so this could be just for you.  You will need to be adaptable and supportive of change, whilst sufficiently experienced to influence stakeholders and build relationships. Some of the projects can be extremely complex, as well as providing transactional support

Your main responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships with, and develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of, internal and external clients, mandates and special projects
• Act as gatekeeper for stakeholders
• Extensive diary management, using own initiative to manage email accounts and to develop and maintain systems to promote efficiency
• Draft high quality correspondence, documents, agendas, reports, presentations and spreadsheets
• Attend and contribute to team meetings and progress action points as appropriate
• Detailed and complex travel arrangements and itineraries
• Assist with  financial and transactional management ie billing process, client matter engagement
• Research and obtain client information and data, as well as following current and target clients on social media and in quality press
• Proactive upward management of business development and other firm-wide initiatives
• Identify and facilitate knowledge sharing within peer group and wider team

What you will bring:

• An excellent academic background, educated to graduate level
• Commercial and financial acumen
• A thorough understanding of working in a professional, service driven environment and of stakeholder/client/business confidentiality
• Confident and professional manner with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and clients
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact at all levels
• Collaborative and supportive of the business and its initiatives
• Adaptable and open to change showing a willingness and confidence to make suggestions for change where appropriate
• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to remain proactive and flexible at all times
• Anticipate and identify potential problems and provide innovative solutions
• A strong team player

Advanced Microsoft Office skills

Norma Skemp Recruitment thanks you for your application and we look forward to speaking to you. However, we regret that they will only be able to respond to successful applicants.

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