Personal Assistant

Yorkshire Building Society Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Building Society Group is seeking a proactive Personal Assistant to support the Lead Strategy and Sustainability Officer. This role involves extensive diary management, inbox handling, and stakeholder engagement, set in a vibrant finance environment. Candidates should possess strong organizational skills and prior experience at a senior level, ideally within finance. Flexible working options and a focus on personal development are highlighted, alongside competitive benefits including a bonus and comprehensive healthcare.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Up to 15% bonus

11% pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Access to retail and health discounts

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a senior PA supporting at senior Exec level.
• Highly organized with great attention to detail.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage extensive diary with often last-minute changes.
• Full inbox management and proofread documents.
• Plan and prepare for conferences and events.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Experience as Senior PA

Experience in Finance or Professional Services

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Personal Assistant to Lead Strategy and Sustainability Officer

Our Finance function is on a journey of embedding new ways of working to ensure we remain ambitious, agile and nimble and we are always looking to do things better!

We have a great opportunity for a proactive and self-starting PA to provide 1:1 support to our busy Lead Strategy and Sustainability Officer (LSSO). You will be part of our fantastic Finance PA team, as well as the wider ExCo PA team, giving you great exposure to our executive leadership team in a fast-paced environment.

About the role

Key responsibilities for the LSSO PA role are:

• Extensive diary management often with last minute changes
• Full inbox management with accountability for completion of LSSO actions
• Proof reading documents and drafting meeting agendas on behalf of the LSSO
• Arranging travel within the UK
• Being the main gatekeeper and point of contact for key stakeholders
• Planning and preparation for conferences, events and speaking engagements, ensuring timely and thorough briefing calls and material provided for the LSSO.
• Overseeing IT issues for the LSSO, as well as supporting with colleague work journeys on the HR system, team events and ad hoc admin.
• Work well and collaboratively as a key member of the Finance and Chief Officer PA teams.

About You

• Strong experience as a senior PA supporting at senior Exec level. Experience working in finance or professional services is desirable.
  
• Highly organised with great attention to detail and strong communication skills. Must be able to work at pace, remain calm under pressure and build excellent relationships. You must be highly organised, experienced in working on multiple priorities at the same time, and confident working at pace in a busy environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to exchange information at all levels, internally and externally, and represent YBS in a credible and professional manner is important as you will be dealing with stakeholders across the business and externally.
• You must be able to use advanced Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

About us

At YBS we don’t have shareholders, we have members. We care about people and that includes you. So here, you’ll be respected for who you are, you’ll be able to bring your whole self to work, and you’ll have everything you need to build a long and rewarding career.

Flexibility We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

Development. We want you to feel challenged here. Whatever your ambitions, we’re committed to helping you develop your skills and move ahead in your career journey. From day one, we’ll set you up for success with a brilliant induction and full training plan, all designed to get you up to speed quickly.

Inclusivity. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and able to be themselves. If you’ll go the extra mile to help our members, you’ll fit right in and feel you belong here.

About our Benefits

We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:

• Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
• Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
• Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
• My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts,

Interested?

If you’re interested and have the relevant experience, please apply via the link attaching your up-to-date CV.