Legal & Compliance Assistant

My client, a global investment firm are looking for a Legal & Compliance assistant to join them to support a very busy team within Legal and Compliance.

This is a demanding but rewarding role, so the successful candidate will be professional, positive, proactive, and highly motivated with the ability to multi-task. Someone who is process driven and organised will do well in this role. Previous experience of working as an assistant in financial services or exposure to a legal/compliance environment would be required. Hybrid working available.

What you’ll do:

• Extensive diary management
• Co-ordinate and streamline documents and assist with the signing process
• Collate meeting documents/packs for internal committee meetings and assist with drafting agendas and updating minutes
• Maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information
• Regularly liaise with law firms and third-party advisers
• Updating/amending PowerPoint presentation materials
• Regularly liaise with US legal and compliance team
• Assist with Domestic, European and International travel, to include visa applications
• Coordinate internal legal and compliance training sessions
• Process expenses
• Provide absence cover support for buddy group members and the wider assistant team when required
• Perform general ad hoc tasks 

Who you’ll be:

• 3+ years’ experience in a previous Personal Assistant or Executive Assistant role
• Experience working within a legal and/or compliance environment
• Knowledge of Concur and Workday systems preferable
• An excellent team player with strong organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure, dealing with multiple deadlines and changing priorities
• Flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced environment with the ability to remain calm and think outside the box
• Excellent communicator with strong verbal and written skills who has supported a large team
• Experience organising complex travel across global time zones