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Executive Assistant, Maternity Cover

Employer
Macquarie
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
24 Jan 2021

Job Details

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic Executive Assistant like you to apply your existing experience and develop your career. This is a fast-paced role requiring a positive, confident, and proactive approach in a pressurised environment.

Macquarie Asset Management is seeking an Executive Assistant with your experience to support their Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets division, supporting a team on a 1 year maternity cover contract.

Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

  • extensive calendar management, including booking meetings, managing conflicts and booking rooms/catering etc
  • making travel and accommodation arrangements and organising visas
  • processing purchase orders and invoices using Coupa
  • processing the team’s monthly Amex / personal expense claims using Concur ensuring all deadlines are met
  • producing and coordinating documents for board papers and meetings including printing, binding, scanning
  • general ad hoc requests and support including organising events for the team
  • providing support for other Executive Assistants as required.

 

To be successful in this role you will have a minimum of 5 years work experience supporting senior directors and a team within a fast-paced office environment.  You will have strong Outlook experience and be able to manage several calendars, working across different time zones.

You will also have excellent Microsoft Office knowledge; be able to manage information flow in a timely and accurate manner; have exceptional organizational and time management skills; and have excellent attention to detail and verbal and written communications skills.

 

The ability to balance conflicting priorities and make decisions accordingly and having a proactive and enthusiastic attitude, with the ability to anticipate needs of team members and act as necessary are also essential. Good judgement and discretion when dealing with confidential matters and being able to working as part of a team will be beneficial in this role.

If you are ready to take on a new role in a busy team, we look forward to hearing from you.

About Macquarie Asset Management

Macquarie Asset Management is a large scale, global asset manager, providing clients with access to a diverse range of capabilities and products across infrastructure, real estate, natural resources, private credit, fixed income, equities, multi-asset and liquid alternatives. As at 30 September 2020, Macquarie Asset Management had $A554.9 billion of assets under management.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

Macquarie understands the importance of diversity and inclusion - our long history of success has come from being different. At Macquarie we value the innovation and creativity that diversity of thought brings. The one thing we all have in common is our focus on high performance. If you're capable, motivated and can deliver, we want you on our team.

Macquarie is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, race (including colour and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief.

We recognise that flexibility comes in a variety of forms. Talk to us about what flexibility you need.

Company

Working at Macquarie

We believe in providing a positive environment for all our staff that is innovative and inspiring. For our female staff, Macquarie’s senior leaders are actively involved in increasing the representation of females in management positions.  In June 2014, we launched a mentoring programme for females, with the following two objectives:

  • Address female retention rates at Senior Manager level and improve our diverse pipeline of talent;
  • Engage female Senior Managers by providing tools and support around their personal development;

The programme pairs up Senior Managers with Directors, who meet on a monthly basis, and are supported by active group sessions (bi-monthly) with an external facilitator.

We select some of the brightest minds to help us in solving complex challenges for our clients.  We recognise that recruiting talent from varied backgrounds is essential to improving our understanding of the marketplace, and enhancing creativity and problem-solving capabilities in our businesses.

Because of this, our commitment to you is to create a diverse and inclusive workplace regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or cultural background.

We make this commitment not only because it is the right thing to do but it opens up a world of opportunity, securing the future of our people, our success and our business

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