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• Location:

London - 30 Gresham Street

• Department:

Banking(IBP)

• Division:

IBP Private Equity Group

• Employment Type:

Full time

• Salary:

Competitive

Executive Assistant (12 month FTC) (8896)

Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

Job Description

Team description:

Investec Direct Lending provides financing to businesses (typically with EBITDA £2m-£75m) in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe (specifically Benelux and DACH regions) for both financial sponsor and non- financial sponsor backed owners. Finance provision is typically event driven and includes growth capital, acquisition finance & management buyouts, leveraged finance & syndicated debt, refinances & recapitalisations and structured corporate lending. Our core capabilities include originating, structuring and arranging capital for financial sponsors, entrepreneurs and owner-managers and, thereafter, portfolio and balance sheet management.

We have been supporting UK and European businesses for more than 15 years and currently have over £2.5bn AuM supporting 130+ clients. This is managed by a team of more than 40 people across origination and portfolio roles.

We have a proactive, flexible and solutions-driven approach and seek to customise debt solutions that fit the client's needs. Structures are typically senior secured debt and unitranches, integrated asset-based & cash flow solutions, subordinated debt and minority equity, working capital and capex/acquisition facilities with the ability to provide underwrites and/or bridge structures where a client need exists.

This established platform provides our **empowered investment professionals **a wide platform to optimise origination efforts and to **deliver financing certainty, **rapidly, to clients all day, every day across the business lifecycle.

Description of role and key resonsibilities:

An exciting opportunity to work closely with the Co-head of PECG (Private Equity Group) and Head of IDL (Direct Lending) looking after a wide area of Investec's investment banking activities.

The successful candidate will be passionate about people, highly organised, commercially minded, and most importantly able to discern the confidentiality and sensitivity required in this role, having the confidence to take ownership and accountability for all administrative support as required.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Diary management, event scheduling and ensuring that the Co-head of PECG and Head of IDL is fully prepared for each meeting.
• Managing the process to create high quality presentations.
• Acting as first point of contact for internal and external stakeholder communication.
• Fielding and directing email requests where necessary and assisting with incoming inquiries.
• Management meeting support work i.e. managing dates of meeting and actions, liaising with representatives responsible for preparing papers, preparing agendas, distributing meeting packs and taking minutes.
• Managing correspondence on behalf of the Co-head of PECG and Head of IDL as appropriate and / or prepare for him to review.
• Arranging and facilitating team events and town halls.
• Responsible for all travel arrangements for the Co-head of PECG and Head of IDL and others in the team as required.
• Ensuring all meeting rooms are set up with appropriate hospitality and equipment and to be on-hand to respond to any issues.
• Processing expense claims.
• Carrying out work of a personal nature as required.
• Sourcing and ordering stationery and office equipment.
• Plan, coordinate and organise projects.
• Maintaining filing and records (electronically and physically) to ensure they are accurate and up to date.
• Building relationships with all relevant stakeholders (both internal and external) that would interact with the the Co-head of PECG and Head of IDL.
• Through those relationships gaining understanding, trust and commitment to appropriate action.
• Perform any other administrative duties related to the teams as required including accounts payments, facility bookings, building access etc.

Core skills and knowledge:

Working with multiple stakeholders the ideal candidate needs to have extensive experience supporting at Exec level in an EA/PA role.  Due to the sensitive nature of this role, treating information and documents within the business as confidential is imperative.

They will bring with them:

• A positive disposition.
• Exceptional organisational and inter-personal skills including strong verbal, oral and written communication; polite, assertive, able to adapt to the audience and with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Must be pro-active with the ability to plan and organise.
• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks, deadlines and stakeholders and manage their own time and take the initiative where required.
• Flexible – able to work to get the task done as and when required.
• Excellent computer skills in all Microsoft packages (and the ability to learn new systems).
• Advanced PowerPoint skills will be highly preferable

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

Here is a selection of what we offer;

Wellbeing

Wellbeing Subsidy, Corporate Gym Membership, Virtual GP, Peppy Health App (Fertility, Menopause and Early Parenthood), Optional Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Monetary

Non-contributory Pension & Discretionary Bonus

Life & Income Protection

Life Assurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection

Travel

Season Ticket Loan & Electric Vehicle Scheme

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

We want our people to feel empowered to be themselves in an environment that supports them, enabling them to perform in “out of the ordinary” ways. Our culture places belonging and inclusion at its centre and our work environment is integral to this. If you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, as well as supportive and flexible working arrangements to help you succeed with us, please let our recruitment team know.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!

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Location

London - 30 Gresham Street

30 Gresham Street, London, England, GB, EC2V 7QN

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Lindsay Russell

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• Benefits

Pension

Private Medical Cover

Virtual GP

Gym Discounts

Psychologist Service

Annual Leave

Life Assurance