Investment Banking, Administrative Assistant

Business Overview

Our Global Corporate & Investment Banking business focuses on building long-term relationships with more than 5,000 large U.S. and multinational corporations, financial institutions and financial sponsors. We provide strong advisory expertise, capitalizing on powerful mergers and acquisitions, corporate banking, treasury, debt and equity product expertise to deliver integrated financial solutions.

The ideal Administrative Assistant will not only be responsible for administrative support, but also have a willingness to learn, be resourceful and independent, and take on additional responsibilities over time. They should possess excellent organizational skills, the ability to effectively handle multiple priorities and a strong work ethic.

• Provides administrative support in a complex team environment to both senior and junior banker
• Coordinates internal/external meetings and conference calls
• Handles a high volume of phone calls and interacts with high level business leaders in a professional and effective manner
• Responds and follows up on client requests
• Maintains complex and extremely detailed calendars and prioritizes meeting requests and related logistics
• Coordinates a high volume of travel arrangements and processes expense reports
• Maintains understanding of firm policies and handles certain issues independently
• Responsible for participation in general administrative duties (copying, filing, faxing, archiving), ad-hoc projects, committees and or group events
• Orders supplies and keeps inventory well-stocked

Qualifications

• Requires excellent interpersonal and communication skill
• High attention to detail
• Ability to maintain high standards despite pressing deadlines
• Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
• Strong knowledge of general business and corporate cultures
• Ability to handle highly sensitive, confidential and non-routine information
• Self-starter with excellent anticipation skills; problem solving; follow up
• Demonstrated dependability and sense of urgency about getting results
• Demonstrates high degree of integrity and confidentiality
• Strong organizational skills
• Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels
• Comfortable working in a sometimes hectic, high-pressure environment
• Ability to display a consistent, professional degree of communication
• Ability to work well under pressure, adapt to unexpected events, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment
• Must have excellent judgment; independent thinker and resourceful

Prior Experience In Financial Services Support Preferred

Enterprise Job Description:

Performs diverse, advanced and confidential administrative support functions including composing, signing and releasing routine but somewhat complex correspondence. Usually relieves management of administrative details; gathers, compiles and reports information relevant to/for department; may manage a number of different and often conflicting objectives, projects or activities at one time. Communicates with executives and line management to gather or convey relevant information. May be involved in high-level client contact and exposure to sensitive information, and must use considerable tact, diplomacy and judgment. Advanced administrative and analytical skills. Thorough knowledge of a variety of software programs.