Team Secretary for Corporate Equity Team (Maternity Cover 6m

Role Overview
The Corporate Equity Team acts in partnership with teams in generating, executing and managing corporate equity and quasi-equity transactions across a broad range of countries and sectors. This primarily involves advising teams and participating in transactions as a team member. The team currently comprises 4 senior bankers (one is based in Moscow) with private equity experience and 2 Support Staff.
The Unit seeks to recruit a Secretary on a 6 month short term/temporary contract, to provide secretarial and administrative support to three Bankers and to play a constructive contribution to the development and morale of the new Unit.

Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
* Information gathering e.g. research into business sectors, specific companies
* Assist with the preparation of project related material and distribution, in conjunction with other teams.
* Keeping the diaries; arranging internal and external meetings, seminars/conferences; receiving visitors.
* Making travel arrangements and hotel reservations; arranging visas as required.
* Producing and maintaining detailed travel expenses.
* Audio/copy typing of reports, letters and memoranda. Photocopying.
* Drafting business correspondence for Banker's signature, responding on behalf of Bankers to routine business enquiries.
* Preparing presentation slides (using Powerpoint).
* Proof reading/checking documents for Banker's signature.
* Maintaining and monitoring the Projectlink filing system.
* Liaising with Bankers when they are abroad.
* Screening of telephone calls for Bankers, where possible responding to and dealing independently with internal and external queries.
* Screening and sorting of mail into order of priority for Bankers.
* Ad hoc secretarial and administrative duties as required.

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications
*55 wpm typing.
*Excellent organisational skills and ability to work on own initiative.
*Good communication skills, including pleasant and efficient telephone manner.
*Computer literate: Windows NT: Outlook, Word and Excel, Powerpoint.
* Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
Desirable
*Knowledge of another European language (e.g. Russian, German, French) both written and spoken, would be useful/an advantage
* Knowledge of SAP useful but not essential

Competencies and Personal Attributes
*Ability to cope well under pressure and a capacity for hard work
*Ability to work efficiently and cheerfully as part of a team
*Reliable, flexible and willing to work overtime as and when required
*Excellent interpersonal manner, including tact and diplomacy
*Ability to build effective working relationships with clients and colleagues in a multicultural environment.
*Excellent time-keeper.