Business Assistant Location: Canary Wharf, Bank StreetRole Type: 3 months rolling Work Setup: Onsite - 5 Days in the office
Who We Are
J.P. Morgan is a global financial services firm offering investment banking, asset management, and wealth management. It provides innovative financial solutions and expertise to corporations, governments, and individuals worldwide.
As a Business Assistant in Trading, you will support a large team, including Managing Directors, by managing complex diaries, coordinating travel, and facilitating client interactions. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of business operations within a fast-paced environment.
What you'll do
- Manage complex executive diaries, coordinating meetings, board engagements, conference calls, off-sites, town halls and other senior stakeholder events.
- Arrange domestic and international travel, prepare detailed itineraries and oversee expense submissions in line with company policies and controls.
- Act as a primary contact for internal and external stakeholders, supporting client interactions, departmental activities and senior leadership requirements.
- Partner with Business Management and cross-functional teams to deliver administrative support, reporting, management information and operational activities.
- Maintain business processes including distribution lists, system administration, data management and other day-to-day team requirements.
- Anticipate changing priorities, provide support across the wider assistant network, and contribute to projects, training initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
What you bring
- Proven experience supporting senior executives within an investment banking, financial services or corporate environment.
- Advanced diary, stakeholder and travel management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands and work independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating professionalism, discretion and confidence when engaging with senior stakeholders and clients.
- Strong technical proficiency across Microsoft Office and business systems, with experience producing reports, presentations and management information.
- Proactive, highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to remain calm under pressure and deliver consistently high-quality work.
- Strong understanding of investment banking culture, governance and policies, with a collaborative approach and the confidence to challenge where appropriate.
- What's Next?
- If you are ready to take the next step, apply now.
- Successful applicants will be contacted directly by a recruiter to discuss the role further.
- We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience.
- If you require support or adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to help.
- Please feel free to contact us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss how we can support you.
- This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line.
- Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent.
- We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
