Executive Assistant - Global Markets London, England
Job description
Executive Assistant - Global Markets
London
As a Barclays Executive Assistant - Global Markets, you will provide comprehensive assistance to the Rates Sales teams. Our Global Markets business teams provide market insights, execution services, and tailored risk management and financing solutions to institutional and certain secondary market clients. You will be providing crucial support in a fast-paced environment. This position carries a high level of accountability.
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.
We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.
What will you be doing?
• Being accountable 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 set up
- Taking accountability for 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, as well as providing cross-cover for other assistants in the wider team
• Good attitude towards ownership of tasks
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
- Solid team player with willingness to help
- Ability to work accurately and effectively under pressure whilst remaining calm and composed
• Great attention to detail
- Patience and awareness
- Discretion and confidentiality
- Able to work to deadlines
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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