Executive Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Barclays

Barclays

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Executive Assistant - Global Markets

London
As a Barclays Executive Assistant - Global Markets, you'll work within a fast-paced environment.

Our Global Markets business teams provide market insights, execution services, and tailored risk management and financing solutions to institutional & certain secondary market clients.

Your role is to provide support to senior Rates Trading MDs and their teams.

This is a great opportunity to make a significant contribution interacting and collaborating with a diverse spectrum of people internally and externally in a wide variety of situations.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation.

We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

What will you be doing?

Being responsible for extensive diary management, including requesting and organising meetings, conference calls and VCs, booking of rooms and hospitality
Scheduling of client meetings, ensuring communication to all involved regarding logistics
Raising and approving IT Requests, Gifts & Entertainment and New joiner setup
Booking of global travel and logistics, including visas where necessary
Working within the T&E policy, ensuring guidelines are followed when booking travel
Processing all expenses in line with policy timelines
Onboarding new team members, management of team distribution lists and team calendars
Providing crosscover for other assistants in the wider team

What we're looking for:

Investment Banking and trading floor experience within an executive assistant role
Organised, confident, flexible, resilient, adaptable and approachable, coupled with great attention to detail, patience, awareness, and discretion
Ability to work to deadlines, effective time management skills, excellent communication skills, driven and selfmotivated
Ability to work independently but also within a broader team structure

Skills that will help you in the role:

Good attitude towards ownership of tasks
Excellent communication skills both verbally and written, team player with a willingness to help
Ability to work accurately and effectively under pressure whilst remaining calm and composed
Proactive, with the ability to think ahead

Where will you be working?

In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links.

With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.

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