Personal Assistant - Northampton, United Kingdom - Barclays

Barclays

Verified Company

Northampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Personal Assistant

Multiple locations

As a Barclays Personal Assistant this is an exciting opportunity where you'll be responsible for providing professional and efficient aid to the Business Banking and Business Lending Leadership Team.

You'll work closely with a number of senior leader's executives and their support offices.

You'll take a dynamic interest in understanding the environment they work in, building relationships and knowledge of the business and function's processes.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us.

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.

Working Flexibly

What will you be doing?:

Ensuring diaries are kept up to date
Organizing a wide range of meetings / meeting rooms (internal / external)
Acting as the main reference point both in presence and absence of managers
Welcoming and supporting customers on visits, providing hospitality as required
Establishing travel arrangements and itineraries
Collating and circulating meeting agendas/papers
Dealing with general correspondence as appropriate
Processing expense reports, facilitating invoicing through the Coupa system

What we're looking for:

Previous experience as a EA/PA supporting MD's/D's with strong verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge / skill / competency in tools such as Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Proven ability to multitask a highly productive, proactive/reactive individual with the ability to turn around tasks quickly
Solid initiative skills

Skills that will help you in the role:

Prior experience working within a faced paced and demanding environment, preferably Financial Services
Familiar using MS Teams, Coupa and Concur systems
Solid attention to detail and accuracy skills
Problem solving and decisionmaking skills

Where will you be working?
Based in our Manchester office, which is in the heart of the city centre. Offering a modern working environment, with restaurants, bars and gyms just a stone's throw away from the office.

Northampton was the birthplace of Barclaycard in 1966 and we've been based in Pavilion Drive since the building opened in 1997.

This state-of-the art energy efficient building holds up to 2,500 staff.

The office location is perfect for travel from the midlands and London alike as we are based just off the A45, it is easily accessible by both car and bus routes.

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