PA to Finance Director VOIS
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What you’ll do
Location: London
The successful candidate will provide proactive, professional and confidential executive assistance and administrative support to the CFO of VOIS and their wider team as required. The successful team member will play a key part in supporting the Finance Director in their Board role, as part of the General Management team and their broader leadership team.
The team is operating in a very rapidly changing environment and is keen on bringing on-board a colleague with a pro-active and strategic mindset, who is able to always be a step ahead and have the gravitas to become the CFO’s business partner and to support them to achieve their goals.
Finance Director support
- Extensive diary and calendar management in a timely and professional manner
- Owning activities, including, but not limited to, travel arrangements, system approvals, purchasing orders and tracking annual spend, etc.
- Ensuring Finance Director’s full preparation for all meetings, including agenda and presentations, pre-read and follow-up actions with priority given on all ExCo and Board level reviews
- Leadership team agenda management and all hands coordination
- Support on ad-hoc requests/cycle requests
- Ability to understand the business area and proactively support the Director to achieve their day-to-day and long-term objectives
Relationship Management
- Building and developing meaningful relationships with stakeholders and administrators across Group and markets
- Acting as professional point of contact on behalf of Directors to internal and external visitors
- Professional and resilient at all times internally and externally
Team assistance with:
- Supports the team to deliver activities related to programmes/projects through active involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost and quality requirements, comply with project standards and maximise benefit delivery
- Team forums and meetings, arranging hotel conference facilities, catering, delegate registration for meeting and travel to delegates
- New joiners and leavers management
- Team organisation charts maintained, and all distribution lists kept current
- Travel arrangements
Who you are
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Superb organisational, prioritisation and communication skills
- Strong secretarial / general administrative experience
- Track record of project, programme and vendor management
- Comfortable working under pressure and taking full ownership of work, both on a 1-2-1 and at a team level
- Ability to communicate and to build meaningful relationships across all levels and audiences both internally and externally, including vendors and suppliers
- Proactive, positive and can-do attitude and ability to learn quickly
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Experience in working as a senior member’s partner and building a trusted relationship with them
- Advanced Microsoft Office suite capabilities
- Concur, Success Factors and CWT knowledge will be considered an asset
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.
What's in it for you
- Yearly bonus: 5%
- Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/carry over 5 days/year
- Charity days: 5 days/year
- Maternity leave: 52 weeks, the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
- Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%
- Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
- Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan
- Hybrid working - twice a week in the office
Who we are
We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.
Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.
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Together we can.