Investment Banking Team Assistant - maternity cover

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment banking firm is seeking an Investment Banking Team Assistant for maternity cover in London. The role involves providing comprehensive administrative support to a dynamic team, requiring strong organizational skills and experience in a similar environment. Candidates should be proactive and able to manage multiple tasks effectively in a busy office setting.

Benefits

25 days holiday pro-rata

Competitive salary + discretionary bonus

Contributory pension scheme with employer matching

Comprehensive private medical and rewards scheme

Access to discounted gym memberships

Group life insurance and income protection cover

Access to mental health and wellbeing resources

Open plan working environment

Involvement in the Company’s Charitable Foundation

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a PA, administration, or client services position.
• Ability to cope well under stress and make decisions in pressurized situations.
• Flexible approach and proactive attitude toward tasks.

Responsibilities

• Organizing travel and accommodation for the Investment Banking team.
• Managing diaries and internal/external meetings.
• Preparing presentations and marketing documents.

Skills

Time Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Multi-tasking

Education

Experience in Financial Services or Banking

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Posted:

23.05.2025

Expiry Date:

07.07.2025

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Role Profile: Investment Banking team assistant (maternity cover)

Company:

Liberum, a wholly staff-owned investment banking business founded in 2007, has built a reputation in providing an insightful, highly personalised and honest service to our clients. Companies receive unrivalled advisory work from our trusted and experienced banking team. Institutional investors have access to our seasoned equity sales team and highly respected research analysts, along with the best access to corporates, innovators and expert thought leaders. Traders seeking high or low-touch execution from multiple venues with performance benchmarking use our execution services consistently. Liberum’s success is a result of our people and the collaborative way we work.

Location:

Ropemaker Place, Level 12, 25 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9LY

Purpose of the Role:

Liberum is seeking an efficient, motivated assistant to provide comprehensive administration support as a maternity cover to the Investment Banking team of 30. Reporting to the Investment Banking Senior Executive Assistant, the ideal candidate should have experience in a similar environment in a PA, administration or client services position. Working in a busy office, they should have excellent time management, communication and organisational skills, as well as being highly accurate and hardworking. This is a great opportunity to work for a successful and collaborative department in an innovative investment bank.

Reporting to: Investment Banking Senior Executive Assistant

Key Responsibilities:

1. Organising travel (flights, trains, cars), accommodation, visas and various logistics for site visits and ad-hoc trips
2. Invoicing, retainers, debtors, outstanding payments and expenses – working closely with the finance team
3. Correlation and preparation of corporate information for management and board meetings
4. Diary management, phone cover and internal and external meetings for the IBK team
5. Client take-on procedures including company searches, background checks and setting up watchlists to comply with required regulations
6. Project managing contact information, marketing events, company announcements, research documents and distribution lists on our internal CRM singletrack system
7. Arranging corporate events including Awards dinners, conferences, PR events and sporting experiences
8. Preparation of presentations, pitches, credentials and marketing documents
9. Collating info for updating and maintaining the Company website, intranet content, case studies and corporate marketing documents with the latest and accurate information
10. Production of internal client broker reports and daily trading alerts
11. Assisting with the development of peer analysis information and shareholder analysis reports
12. Keeping various logs on file (training, call logs, meetings, corporate target lists and pitches)
13. Organising committee meetings and taking minutes
14. General office assistance, ongoing support and liaising with the various departments in the firm

Key Relationships:

Board members and management team

Front and back-office staff

Clients

Skills, Attributes and Credentials:

• Previous experience supporting a similar team within Financial Services, Banking or Professional Services
• Well-presented and hard-working to a high-quality threshold with an ability to deal with all levels of seniority
• Outgoing, team player and able to interact with colleagues across the different departments and provide exemplary support to the team (and others where needed)
• Able to make difficult decisions in highly pressurised situations and cope well under stress
• Flexible approach to tasks and workload (working some out of hours as and when required)
• Demonstrates a proactive and innovative attitude to tasks with a can do attitude
• Effective at multi-tasking and managing own time effectively within a busy office
• Prioritise efficiently key tasks and heavy workloads to meet strict deadlines
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and good general IT skills
• Detail oriented and logical

Employment Terms:

• Contract fixed term 12 months - maternity cover
• 40 hours per week 8:30 – 17:30 based in the City of London
• 25 days holiday pro-rata
• Competitive salary + discretionary bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer matching, with Hargreaves Lansdown
• Comprehensive private medical and rewards scheme with Vitality
• Access to discounted gym memberships with Virgin, PureGym or Nuffield
• Group life insurance and income protection cover
• Access to staff discounts, car leasing and cycle to work schemes
• Access to mental health and wellbeing resources
• A great open plan working environment with a great team
• Involvement in the Company’s Charitable Foundation