Executive Assistant

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
This role is a full-time Sydney office-based position, supporting the Compliance Conduct and Operational Risk Team.

As an Executive Assistant**_ _**in the Compliance Conduct and Operational Risk (CCOR) team**_,_** you will be responsible for providing all support needs to the Head of CCOR Risk Management and their seven direct reports. This support can sometimes extend to their broader team members as required.

Reporting into the Business Support Manager, you’ll be reliable and motivated, whilst demonstrating a high level of reliability and teamwork, together with your strong problem-solving skills, confidentiality, and social awareness.

A friendly and dedicated 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 when needed. You will be managing support across a number of responsibilities, people and timeframes, whilst being adept across systems, policies and procedures, in a highly focused and responsible 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 domestic and international travel, whilst adhering to T&E policies
- Handle regular activities without prompting, and set expectations in advance for issues or delays
- Work cooperatively with other Executive Assistants across different businesses
- Lead and coordinate on ad hoc projects as requested

**Required qualifications, capabilities and skills**:

- Minimum 3-5 years working as an Executive Assistant, ideally within an Investment Bank or other global financial service industry
- 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
- Highly professional with tact and good judgement 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**

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.