Our client is a financial holding. Their offices are located in the city centre of Brussels and are therefore very accessible by public transport. Their human-sized and highly professional team is looking for a shiny and diligent individual to manage the smooth running of the office and to provide high level secretarial support to the Management Team, with a particular focus on the managing of the CEO’s complex calendar.
Job description
Executive Assistance
-Proactive calendar management
- To actively and proactively manage the team’s schedules, paying particular attention to the CEO’s, ensuring optimal priorities, anticipating constraints, and ensuring effective coordination among the various stakeholders
-Coordination
- Organization of recurring governance and business operations meetings such as:
- Board of Directors meetings
- Audit and Investment Committees
- Weekly meetings with the Chairman
- Monthly meetings with the Chairman
- Deal Flow Meetings
- Organization of recurring governance and business operations meetings, organizing recurring meetings with portfolio companies
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- Board of Directors meetings
- Monthly business progress meetings
-Executive Support as instructed by the CEO, CFO, or team members
- Following up on the CEO’s checklist, organizing meetings while considering priorities, context, and deadlines
- Anticipating and organizing associated logistics
- Transportation (plane, train, taxi)
- Accommodation
- Booking meeting rooms
- Ongoing communication with the Chairman’s Personal Assistant
- Communication and coordination of logistics with the Office Managers of other offices (Paris, Milan, and Luxembourg)
- Ensuring deadlines are met and following up on administrative actions related to management requests
- Communication liaison between various legal entities
Office Management
Facilities and Logistics
- Organizing visitor reception
- Coordination with the welcome desk
- Reservation of parking spaces
- Beverages/Catering
- Management of office supplies and supplier orders
- Organization of incoming and outgoing mail and packages (DHL)
Administrative SupportAccounting
- Providing occasional support to the accountant in their absence (this will be reviewed in Fall 2026 in light of the insourcing of accounting)
- Verification of incoming invoices: billing information, VAT number, internal validation, accounting allocation, Data entry of invoices into the accounting system, Payment tracking, Expense Management
- Administrative management of Mastercard credit cards:
- Collection of supporting documents and reconciliation of expenses
- SNCB platform management: gathering travel receipts and reconciliation of expenses
- Eurostar season ticket management Human Resources (under the supervision of the CFO)
- Preparation for the arrival of new employees: badges, IT equipment, phone subscriptions, access to financial tools and services, business cards
- Coordination of employee departures
- Management of the “Internships” email inbox. Operational Support
- Coordination with the IT team
- Updating internal tracking spreadsheets: vacation time, attendance, travel expenses, artwork, logins and access, subsidiary records
- Support for KYC procedures
- Filing and archiving of documents: legal documents, suppliers, bank statements, invoices
Profile
- The ideal candidate holds a relevant bachelor (Office management, Languages, etc.)
- You have an excellent level of French (C2 spoken and written) and are fluent in English(B2/C1 minimum)
- You have +/- 10 years of experience in a similar role and environment (corporate sector such as law firms or consulting)
- Good IT skills (MS Office and especially Outlook)
- Corporate presentation, courteous with a positive attitude
- Ability to interact at all levels, diplomatic skills, an extreme discretion is paramount
- Good common sense
- Very good interpersonal skills, smiling and dedicated
- A doer who aims at delivering a spotless service
- Quality minded, as this is a very high-level environment where it is crucial to aim at providing an outstanding support to all stakeholders
Offer
- A permanent and full-time contract
- Starting date: end of 2026/beginning of 2027
- Competitive salary and fringe benefits including monthly net allowance (€ 175), luncheon vouchers (€ 8,00) , health insurance (DKV), pension plan (in process of being implemented), yearly discretionary bonus, mobility plan (value of €950/month), cell phone and cell subscription, laptop, 23 holiday days
- Working hours: 37,5 hours/week (9.00 am-5.00 pm)
- Homeworking: 1 day/week
- Location: the offices are located in central Brussels and are therefore very easily accessible by public transport (no parking in the building but possibility to park nearby)
- The opportunity to work in a truly very high-level environment!