Finance & Executive Assistant

We require a highly organised and efficient individual to support the MD and Finance Manager in critical aspects of the business. This is a new role created as a result of significant business growth.

Primary responsibilities will be to establish processes; coordinating the various business activities of the MD and Finance Manager, maintaining highly confidential information and files. You will work closely across all Company teams and be an enthusiastic team player.

Salary: D.O.E.

Type: Permanent, full time

• Proactive diary management & forward planning
• Providing high-level administrative support on a range of tasks
• Arranging travel and accommodation, and organising Visas where required
• Processing expenses for Senior Management & MD
• Preparing documents in advance of meetings
• Office Management including but not limited to: ordering stationary, setting up new members of the team with IT equipment and over-seeing the office maintenance
• Organising Staff Benefits (social events and other)
• Finance Support including but not limited to purchase ledger processing (working closely with the sales team), petty cash, updating currency balances workbooks and supporting the Finance Assistant

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following experience and skills:

• Previous experience working as an Assistant supporting at executive level 
• Ability to work to deadlines; using own initiative to manage a heavy workload with at times conflicting priorities 
• Excellent communication skills; written and spoken English (additional languages an advantage) 
• Microsoft Office skills (excel, word and PowerPoint) 
• Ability to quickly learn new systems (IT and internal procedures) 
• Understanding principles of FEX; able to process international payments 
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles; ability to ‘work with numbers’ 
• Interest in wildlife and/or travel an advantage