One of our investment banking clients is seeking an EA for their busy equity sales/ trading desks. Initially this position is for a contract cover for 12 months.
Candidates must have prior experience working in another EA /PA or Team Assistant role within another leading bank.
Candidate must be able to start at 7.30am and work till 5.30pm with a 1 hour lunch break
Importantly, the successful candidate will need to have the following attributes:
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Be confident in person and on the phone
- Be able to articulate themselves quickly and clearly
- Be sharply presented
- Ideally will have some financial markets experience – with a focus on equities.
Responsibilities:
The responsibilities will vary broadly depending on market requirements, and the requirements of the senior executives within the group but will include;
• Provide support to the MD of Equity Sales as well as support to the sales team
• Set up meeting schedules using Event Manager
• Complete and process expense claims and invoices using Concur
• Produce, collate and bind PowerPoint presentations
• Organise travel arrangements including flights and accommodation
• Organise domestic and international conference calls
• Book meeting rooms and coordinate catering arrangements for internal and external client meetings
• Record management and updating client details in Client Tracker
• Daily office administration e.g. answering telephones, filing, photocopying etc.
• Leave management
• Ordering stationary supplies for the BU
• Manage client logins for the Research portal
• Coordination on client events
• Management to BU budgets
Qualifications / Experience Required
• Advanced MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel
• Previous EA/ PA or TA experience from another global investment bank or similar professional services environment
• Experience with voicemail system use
• Familiarity with internet research / searches
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Administration experience
• Experience within the finance industry required