Executive Assistant to Cfo

Closing date: 23 April

We’ve never been ‘just a bank’. Just like you should never be ‘just an employee’. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen.

**It starts here. With Bendigo Bankand you.**:
The **Executive Assistant** to the **Chief Financial Officer** (CFO) you play a crucial role supporting and assisting the executive, anticipating their needs in real time and foreseeing needs across several teams. You will manage and plan the day-to-day workflow for the Executives that leverage your support and hold responsibility for booking and managing travel and associated activities.

As one of the first points of contact, you will prioritise the urgency of tasks and intercept unnecessary interruptions or distractions and ensure that overall general business continues to move forward with ease. You will coordinate and present relevant information to the Executive as needed in a concise format with a keen eye for attention to detail.

Within your role, you will assist to easily make decisions and communicate the outcomes or actions of those decisions to the broader executive team and also enterprise wide. The outcome is a seamless transition from one activity / initiative / meeting to the next, as well as appropriate execution of decisions.

The role may also assist in coordinating and supporting the execution of organisational wide projects / initiatives.

A 12-month fixed term commencing in July 2025, but it may start earlier or end earlier depending on the department need and return of the incumbent.

We are open locations in our Head Offices in Bendigo, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth.

We offer flexible work options that put our people first, and a hybrid model of minimum two days per week in the office, increasing to 60% in July 2025.

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**What you’ll bring to the role**:
To be successful we are looking for:

- **Experience working in an executive/senior management support position (essential)**:

- **Broad understanding of and experience with a Finance Division / Department including reporting cycles and general operations (essential)**:

- High level of discretion and confidentiality
- Ability to understand and anticipate the needs of the Executive and the Leadership Team
- Ability to manage strong professional relationships to senior internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent planning, time management and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal), and ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organisation and a diverse stakeholder group
- Experience in the preparation of agendas, minutes and briefing notes
- Intermediate to Advanced skills in MS Word, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Pro (PDF).
- Adaptable and flexible, identifying efficiencies, better approaches and practices

**So, why work for us?**:
**Want to be more than just a number?**Join a team that truly values you and the diverse contribution you make, every day.

You’ll also get access to a great range of benefits, including:

- Flexibility means different things for different people. Whether it’s hybrid work, flexible hours, a compressed work week, job-sharing or something different, our flexible work options are designed to put people first
- Health and wellbeing support, including discounted gym memberships, private health insurance options, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family members
- Opportunities to take your learning to the next level through our corporate university ‘BEN U’ or at an external provider of your choice

**Still in two minds?**

**We’re making better, bigger. And we’ll get there with you.**:
Now’s the time to set your sights even higher - on the future you and the future career you deserve.