Job Responsibilities:
- Manage diaries proactively, including meetings, conference calls, and events.
- Coordinate travel and entertainment bookings, ensuring compliance with policies.
- Handle internal and external client interactions and department scheduling.
- Collaborate with business management and key stakeholders across lines of business.
- Utilize internal systems for data entry, reporting, and information collation.
- Oversee distribution lists, technology usage, and administrative tasks.
- Understand group priorities and business expectations to become an integral team member.
- Partner with assistants across lines of business for coverage as needed.
- Engage in projects and training opportunities based on performance.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Professional client handling and relationship-building skills.
- Competency in diary management with good judgment and priority understanding.
- Strong executive communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Experience in arranging travel and creating accurate itineraries.
- Proactive and ownership-driven approach to tasks.
- High-level technical capabilities.
- Awareness of expense systems and cost control initiatives.
- Polished, professional demeanor with the ability to work under pressure.
- Positive, common-sense approach to time management.
- Flexibility and receptiveness to change.
- Attention to detail and high-quality result delivery.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Understanding of Investment Bank culture and political landscape.
- Strong team player with a solution-oriented mindset.
- Potential to act as a role model to peers.
- Familiarity with firmwide policies and ability to ensure adherence.
- Ability to escalate concerns or issues effectively.
- Experience in partnering across different hierarchies.
- Capability to optimize travelers' time and business costs.