Executive Assistant

Location: London

Length: 6 months

Hours: 35 Hours, Mon-Fri

PAYE only

Overall purpose of role

To provide full secretarial and administrative support to senior and junior bankers within Investment Banking.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage complex and detailed calendars.

• Screen incoming calls.

• Intensive diary management.

• Organise and arrange meetings, lunches and sometimes entertainment.

• Arrange and coordinate complex travel, including ensuring all business and compliance related approvals are in place.

• Assist the team with tasks as required and help new joiners settle in

• Processing expenses and reconciling corporate credit card transactions

• Working within the T&E policy ensuring guidelines are followed when booking travel

Essential Skills

• Financial services experience preferred

• Relevant EA experience, ideally supporting at Managing Director level

• Able to plan and prioritise own workload, effective time management skills and accustomed to working to tight deadlines under pressure

• Tact and good judgment in confidential situations; proven experience interacting with senior management

• Excellent attention to detail

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. These Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is 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. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.