Team Assistant - French Speaking - Birmingham

Paragon Personnel Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Personnel Ltd is recruiting a French-speaking Junior Assistant for a global financial company in Birmingham. You will provide administrative support to 25+ Junior Bankers at Analyst to Junior VP level, with full in-house and remote training and supervisory guidance.

This demanding role suits someone with a customer service or admin background, able to handle a high-volume workload, work independently, and adapt to a remote-managed environment.

Qualifications

• French speaking or fluent; customer service/admin background preferred.
• Experience handling high-volume workload.
• Proactive, independent, process-driven and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Diary and calendar management for bankers (Associate level+).
• Coordinate meetings across multiple time zones.
• Manage high volume calls and emails, relay information timely.
• Arrange travel, visas, flights and hotels.
• Process expenses and invoices.
• Provide day-to-day support and cover colleagues on leave.

Skills

Calendar management

Email & phone handling

MS Office

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team player

Tools

Zoom

Job description

Description

A global financial company is seeking a FRENCH Speaking junior assistant. As a Junior Assistant they will be responsible for providing extensive administrative support to 25+ Junior Bankers at Analyst, Associate and Junior VP level.

This role works within a team of assistants supporting various bankers within an industry group team. The Junior Assistant will be provided with full in house and remote training alongside ongoing support from their Team Supervisor during the engagement. This would suit someone with a Customer Service/Admin background with experience of dealing with a high-volume workload. This is a demanding role which requires extensive support from a highly competent, proactive, independent, and process driven individual. Experience of working in a remotely managed environment is a bonus. Languages is a bonus

As a division, our strategic objectives include:
To be the world’s pre-eminent investment bank – trusted advisor, financier, and risk manager for our clients on their most important transactions
Build long-term relationships with clients and bring them world-class execution by “delivering the firm” over time
Drive superior returns for our stakeholders
Be the employer of choice for all career levels by providing a highly dynamic, meritocratic, diverse and rewarding workplace

The duties of the role include:

• Diary and calendar management for bankers (Associate level+)
• Coordinating and scheduling of meetings and conference calls across multiple time zones
• Managing high volume of phone calls and emails, relaying information in a timely and accurate manner
• Coordinating room bookings for internal/external meetings and VCs across multiple locations
• Coordinating travel arrangements for the team, including: Visa applications, International flight and accommodation bookings
• Car bookings
• Expense management and preparation
• Invoice processing
• Taking on ad hoc tasks while maintaining workflow
• Supporting teams in day to day issues, needs and queries
• Providing phone / holiday coverage for colleagues

Skills

• Excellent Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook skills
• Able to manage competing time-sensitive priorities and tasks
• Demonstrates dependability and high attention to detail along with the ability to multi-task
• Displays a consistent, professional degree of communication skills in person, on phone, via Zoom and by email at various levels
• Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels, internally and externally
• Must be a team player that works well under pressure within a changing environment
• Flexible and adaptable to work and support across multiple teams
• Be resourceful and able to use own initiative in solving issues
• Proactive attitude when managing diaries
• Discretion to deal with confidential business matters
• Friendly, polite and approachable with a “can do, muck in” attitude

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm (1 hour lunch break). Flexibility with hours is essential.
Pay rate £16-18 ph inc Holiday