Personal Assistant to 2 x Audit Director London, England
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
London, England
36855 - 40950 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Monday 03 July 2023
Salary Range
£36,855 - £40,950Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
A full time role based in London, Bristol or Edinburgh
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Retail Financial Control & Reporting Senior Manager
SALARY: £29,484 - £40,950
LOCATION(S): London, Bristol, Edinburgh
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
As Personal Assistant you’ll be the first point of contact for the Directors, dealing with colleagues and senior leaders at all levels, both internal and external to LBG. You’ll be at ease building and maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
We're looking for an exceptionally organised, reliable, and proactive individual. You’ll be able to prioritise your own workload, to work well under pressure and to have attention to detail. We value your ability to forward plan, to ensure effective use of your and the Directors’ time. You will routinely work with confidential information and a high degree of discretion and trustworthiness is essential to be successful in this role.
You'll be providing full secretarial and administrative support; ensuring the highest levels of speed, accuracy, and decision-making at all times to help manage the Directors’ demanding workloads.
What you’ll be doing:
- Arranging and prioritising appointments and coordinating meetings in line with the Group’s hybrid future ways of working approach,
- Manage inbound correspondence (email, Teams etc) and prioritise and action this as necessary. Respond to correspondence without reference, by prior agreement with the Directors
- Ensure papers and documents and briefing papers are produced and / or reviewed in advance of meetings, liaising with other teams/ offices where necessary
- Gather and provide information on a wide range of topics, including material for various Committees and legal entity Boards
- Minute taking at key meetings as required
- Smooth day to day running of operational activities e.g. HR online, holiday planner, structure charts, reporting and key records etc
- Administer HR processes with the utmost discretion
- Organise travel itineraries
- Organising events, off-sites and conferences
- Identify, recommend and implement changes to operational procedures, to improve efficiency and service quality of Group Internal Audit
Why Lloyds Banking Group?
We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!
What you'll need to have...
Essential:
- Experience working as a Personal Assistant in a large, corporate environment with a track record of supporting Directors at Divisional Executive Committee level
- Very strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and work independently
- Good verbal and written interpersonal skills and excellent relationship management
- Discretion and trustworthiness and adherence to LBG’s values
- Strong organisational awareness and an ability to learn quickly
- Ability to professionally represent Group Internal Audit with a wide and diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
- Strong Microsoft Office skills and good attention to detail
Desirable:
- Background in financial services
About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 24 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
