Executive Assistant to the CEO & Co-Founder at Kuda Bank

About the role

• If successful, you will assist with extensive diary management, inbox management, travel and accommodation, gatekeeping, meeting organisation, and document management including creating presentations, project support and more. An interesting and varied role for someone who is ready for a career-boosting challenge and ready to start working ASAP.
• The ideal candidate will have recent Executive Assistant experience supporting to C-Level, be well-versed in diplomacy, tact and confidentiality, be tech-savvy, particularly in Ms Office Suite and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. A financial services background would be advantageous though all professional services environments will be considered.
• To execute this function, the role holder will have the following responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Always be presentable as the face of the company, and the first point of contact in the office of the CEO to internal and external stakeholders which can include top-level executives, customers, board advisors, investors, government or regulatory officials, clients and visitors.
• Planning, scheduling, and organising internal & external meetings, including venue bookings and international itinerary management.
• Extensive and ever-changing diary management and assisting the CEO effectively with meeting attendance.
• Expense management and submission.
• Being an effective gatekeeper to the CEO.
• Preparing presentations/paperwork for internal and external meetings.
• Arranging Board, Investors, Exec and other internal management meetings (including the odd client meeting)
• Minute taking
• Providing direct support for the CEO and at times to the Senior Management team as required.
• Travelling to other locations, local and international, as may be required. Must be comfortable with the knowledge that regular travel to various parts of Africa may be required for this role.

Requirements

• At least 3 years experience as an Executive Assistant to C-Suite executives, with proven capability of engaging with top-level internal and external stakeholders
• At least 10 years PA/EA experience
• Excellent spoken and written English, with the ability to effectively communicate at all levels
• Excellent corporate minute-taking skills and ability to create board packs
• Knowledge of FCA policies and/or regulations as they may apply to your role and as may be required to effectively discharge the duties as it pertains to the office of the CEO
• Experience in a fast start-up, scale-up or SME environment
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good knowledge of database systems and processes
• Clear understanding and demonstrable experience in maintaining a high level of confidentiality through role execution
• Basic knowledge of UK Health & Safety and Data Legislation
• Time management and organization skills, with the ability to manage a fluctuating and diverse workload
• Flexible and willing to travel

Business skills

• Demonstrate strong and effective communications skills
• Excellent influencing and networking skills as well as the ability to deal diplomatically with politically sensitive issues and situations
• Be able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-moving environment
• Demonstrate excellent time management and organizational skills
• Be a strong team player and lateral thinker, comfortable working collaboratively, virtually and independently
• Financial Services/ FinTech or entrepreneurial role is desirable
• Good listening, questioning and information-gathering skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong numerical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Have sound judgement – being able to identify when to escalate complaints or situations upwards for instance
• Project Management experience is desirable
• Flexibility and availability out of hours
• Solutions-driven and innovative
• Additional languages spoken at the professional level would be advantageous

Benefits

At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
• Career Development & Growth
• Access to world-class L&D
• We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option
• Competitive annual leave
• Competitive Pension
• Perkbox
• Life Assurance
• and more…