Executive Assistant in London

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Travel Percentage :

0%

Are you ready to unleash your full potential? 

We’re looking for people who are passionate about payments to chart Worldpay’s path to being the largest and most-loved payments company in the world.

About the team

Our Executive Assistants within the People Office team provide administrative support to our Senior Leadership team.

You’ll be part of the high performing, responsive and collaborative Global support team reporting to the Executive Assistant Manager.

Our Executive Assistants are critical for holding everything together and promoting efficient collaboration.

You will participate in wide-ranging, confidential, and strategic tasks to support Worldpay's goals and take our company to the next level.

About the role

We are looking for candidates who enjoy taking on new challenges and who excel at being mindful of details. 

You will perform secretarial and administrative duties on behalf of an Executive Division Head.

The Executive Assistant will be supporting an Executive of the company within EMEA Sales.

The role will involve performing administrative duties for the executive and team to ensure timely responses and quick turn-around times.  

You will manage the schedule including arranging appointments, travel, meetings, expense management, conference calls, etc.

This is a fast-paced and responsive team and they are looking for someone who is technically savvy.

Key responsibilities:

• Performing various high-level administrative duties including executive and personal assistance to meeting planning, coordination of agenda, and handling meeting requests.
• Builds strong relationships with other Executive Assistants, enabling close collaboration across teams.
• Provide "gatekeeper" role, providing a bridge for smooth communication between the executive and stakeholders, demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust, and support with the Executive Team.
• Work requires analysis and use of initiative and independent judgment, ability to anticipate business needs proactively.  
• Remains knowledgeable of corporate policy. Often called upon to interpret and communicate executive intent to other employees.
• Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies to meet objectives.
• Works under minimal supervision with excellent customer service, time management and organizational skills.
• Edits materials for grammar, punctuation, clarity and sentence structure.
• Distributes prepared materials to appropriate parties, , executives, clients, etc. and revises as directed.
• Application of communication skills, both written and verbal, to share knowledge and updates effectively and efficiently as needed.
• Maintains files on correspondence, reports and other records and keeps the executive and the leadership team informed of meeting changes.

What you bring

• Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or Sr. Administrative Assistant
• Extensive knowledge of methods and techniques to perform general clerical administrative duties and proficiency in common industry applications. Specific expertise in MS Outlook, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint required
• Ability to follow-through on open items and strong attention to detail
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, communicate information to others effectively, and maintain accurate records
• Ability to adapt to change and react to evolving business needs
• Willingness to effectively manage executive calendar and set expectations as needed
• Willingness and ability to learn new company processes and policies quickly and translate that information to the executive
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with executives, employees, clients and public

What we offer you

• A competitive salary and benefits
• A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities
• The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in the payment industry
• Time to support charities and give back in your community

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