Executive Assistant

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
The role is a Sydney office-based position for a 12 month contract. Reporting into the Business Support Manager, you’ll be reliable and motivated, whilst demonstrating a high level of teamwork and flexibility, together with your strong problem-solving skills, confidentiality, and social awareness.

As an Executive Assistant**_ _**in Corporate & Investment Bank Payments**_,_** you will be responsible for providing all support needs to the Client Service and Implementation Teams. Duties can sometimes extend more broadly as needed across the business, including management of all invoices and any overflow support for the other two Assistants.

A friendly professional, you will be responsible for managing your stakeholders’ diaries and everyday needs, effectively and proactively prioritizing to ensure the team is able to seamlessly serve the needs of their clients. You will require mínimal direction whilst utilizing your strong attention to detail to navigate the support for the group.

You will be a strong communicator across both written and verbal, with an ability to work as part of a broader Executive Assistant population. You will be managing a multitude of responsibilities, people and timeframes, whilst being adept across systems, policies and procedures in what can be a fast-paced environment.

**Job responsibilities**
- Maintain detailed diaries across multiple time zones
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and manage the coordination and logistics of all meetings
- Screen incoming calls and determine the level of priority, while using caution in dispensing information
- Arrange and coordinate complicated domestic and international travel, whilst maintaining T&E policies
- Manage events as they arise and work within the team to achieve positive results
- Handle regular activities without prompting, and advise in advance with issues or delays
- Work cooperatively with other Executive Assistants across the group, in positive partnership to support each other to work as a team.
- Lead and coordinate on ad hoc projects as requested.

**Required qualifications, capabilities and skills**
- Minimum 3 years working as an Executive Assistant, ideally within Banking or other Financial Service industries.
- A positive, engaged individual who owns their role and takes full responsibility for outcomes.
- Strategically minded to pre-empt and / or resolve issues
- Advanced ability to organize.
- Tact and good judgment in confidential situations.
- Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent telephone etiquette and ability to manage competing priorities i.e. calendar management.
- Business/Secretarial College diploma or equivalent.

**ABOUT US**

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

**ABOUT THE TEAM**

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.