Secretarial & PA

· Significant previous experience working in a demanding personal assistant position is essential, ideally within the financial sector

· High degree of professionalism, proven ability to work in complete confidence and operate with complete discretion at all times

· Excellent organisational skills

· Able to prioritise effectively in a busy environment, able to multi-task and respond to new tasks in an organised and effective manner

· Able to work to tight deadlines and to manage the expectations of others effectively

· Able to deal with high volumes of work whilst maintaining high levels of accuracy with strong attention to detail

· Takes ownership of tasks and will pro-actively take the initiative for new tasks and anticipate needs

· Willingness to assist others and have a good flexible approach. Good team player

· Flexibility to work over and beyond 'job description'

· Prepared to work outside normal business hours if required

· Proactive, able to work on own initiative

· Level headed with a calm manner

· Excellent working knowledge of MS Office packages at advanced level (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

· Excellent organisational and time management skills- able to effectively prioritise multiple tasks

· Excellent written and verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills