Float Team Assistant Investment Banking
Posted 1 day ago by Robert Walters
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Float Team Assistant in Investment Banking will provide essential administrative support within a global financial services firm, focusing on managing communications, scheduling, and travel arrangements. The role requires a proactive and organized individual who can handle multiple tasks efficiently while maintaining professionalism under pressure. The position is contract-based for 12 months and involves a hybrid work setup. Candidates should have prior experience in investment banking or financial services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage internal/external communications, maintain client contact details, schedule meetings and calls, and provide phone cover for senior bankers.
- Proactively maintain calendars, resolve scheduling conflicts, and act as gatekeeper for VP-level diaries.
- Book and coordinate travel, process expenses via Concur, prepare itineraries, and ensure compliance with policies.
- Maintain client records, assist with events, and handle ad hoc tasks such as ordering business cards or project support.
- Provide phone and administrative support to colleagues during absences, ensuring smooth team operations.
Key Skills:
- Confident, professional, and people-oriented.
- Calm under pressure with strong time management.
- Proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and discreet.
- Excellent communication skills and a strong team player.
- Tech-savvy: Microsoft applications (Windows 10), CRM systems, Zoom, and online travel and expense tools (e.g., Concur).
- Previous experience in Investment Banking or financial services.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Float Team Assistant Investment Banking
Location: London, United Kingdom
Role Type: Contract - 12 months
Work Setup: 3 days in office possibly 5
Who We Are
Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.
Who You Will Work With
Our client is a global financial services firm that manages wealth, navigates complex markets, and designs strategic financial objectives. The firm provides risk management solutions across a variety of sectors, emphasizing long-term relationships, and innovative approaches to financial challenges.
What you'll do:
- Administrative Support: Manage internal/external communications, maintain client contact details, schedule meetings and calls, provide phone cover for senior bankers.
- Diary Management: Proactively maintain calendars, resolve scheduling conflicts, and act as gatekeeper for VP-level diaries.
- Travel & Expenses: Book and coordinate travel, process expenses via Concur, prepare itineraries, and ensure compliance with policies.
- CRM & Event Support: Maintain client records, assist with events, and handle ad hoc tasks such as ordering business cards or project support.
- Event management: Closing events, social/team events, etc.
- Buddy/Absence Cover: Provide phone and administrative support to colleagues during absences, ensuring smooth team operations.
What you bring:
- Confident, professional, and people-oriented
- Calm under pressure with strong time management
- Proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and discreet
- Excellent communication skills and a strong team player
- Tech-savvy: Microsoft applications (Windows 10), CRM systems, Zoom, and online travel and expense tools (e.g., Concur)
- Previous experience in Investment Banking or financial services
What's Next
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