Personal Assistant to Group Financial Controller

About the role

To provide professional comprehensive and flexible secretarial and administrative support to the Group Financial Controller (GFC) as well as two senior leaders to maximise their contribution of effective leadership. Also including providing holiday cover for the GFC PAs. Based in our Strand office the Group Financial Controller reports directly to the Executive Director Group Finance.

Key Accountabilities

Effectively manage the Group Financial Controllers calendar for meetings and appointments.
Plan and coordinate all accommodation and travel arrangements including UK and overseas travel.
Coordinate executive meetings conferences and largescale events for senior leaders.
Act as the point of contact for general enquires on behalf of the Group Financial Controller as appropriate.
Manage all correspondence on behalf of the Group Financial Controller reviewing and prioritising all communications delegating where appropriate and drafting responses.
Organise 11 meetings with the respective team members.
Attend meetings and provide secretarial duties including preparing presentations.

About you

Substantial Personal Assistant or Executive Assistant experience supporting at CSuite level.
Highly organised proactive and able to prioritise workload to ensure effectiveness.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong attention to detail.
Can work efficiently under tight deadlines whilst ensuring an element of flexibility to meet changing demands.
Proven ability to handle confidential and sensitive information discreetly.
Strong analytical capabilities and problemsolving skills.
Can build relationships and networks with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including communicating at senior levels within the organisation.
Commercially astute and aware of the broader business picture.
Advanced proficiency in MS Word Excel and PowerPoint.

About us

National Grid lies at the heart of a transforming energy system spanning the UK and the US. Our businesses supply gas and electricity safely reliably and efficiently to millions of customers and communities. But we also drive change through engineering innovation and by incubating new ideas with the power to revolutionise our industry.

As the world changes to embrace cleaner energy and businesses shift to operate in a more responsible way we are leading that charge. We are focused on finding ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe to investing in renewable energy generation in the US.

We connect people to the energy they need to live their lives. We continually strive to find a better way. We Bring Energy to Life.

What youll get

A competitive salary betweendependent on capability

As well as your base salary you will receive a bonus of up to 10 of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan salary sacrifice car and technology schemes support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

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