Executive Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Aldrich & Company Limited

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    Executive Assistant, Private Equity, Mayfair
    £60,000 - £70,000 + benefits
    927219

    Are you an Executive Assistant with energy, passion and an enquiring mind? And do you have experience handling extensive and complex international travel?

    Are you confident engaging with people at the highest level and can you read people and situations and react accordingly?

    Are you driven by a commitment and desire to be an integral part of a seamlessly run business that operates in European financial markets?

    A high-profile Private Equity firm is looking for an outstanding individual – to support at C-Suite level plus team of 2.

    If you take huge pride in your work and want to work with the very best, we'd love to hear from you.

    What you'll be doing day-to-day:

    • Gate-keeping – reading, understanding and reacting to incoming communications
    • Complex calendar management
    • Coordinating frequent and often last-minute travel
    • Arranging and preparing for meetings and events
    • Drafting correspondence, meeting agendas and presentation material
    • Developing an understanding of the team's focus and current projects
    • Building and managing relationships at all levels: internal colleagues, VIP board members, clients and colleagues globally
    • Maintaining confidential files for Senior Management

    The skills you need to bring:

    • Experience supporting at executive level within financial/professional services
    • An interest in European business and finance (spoken German an advantage)
    • Completely fluent English, written and spoken
    • Ability to work under pressure in a high-achieving environment
    • High EQ and IQ
    • Very strong relationship building skills
    • Commitment to confidentiality and discretion
    • Desire to be actively involved
    • Advanced MS Office