15th January, 2025
Personal Assistant to the Group Financial Controller & the Director of Treasury & Tax
Location : Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Salary Range:
£35,000 - £37,500
Hiring Process: Round 1 - Screening interviews with Clare Hudson and Pikkam Lee-Sarkar Round 2 - Individual interview with Leah Donnelly and Jo Bates
Summary
Halma is a global group of life-saving technology companies, driven by our purpose to grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. Named as one of Britain's Most Admired Companies, our companies provide innovative products and services that help solve many of the health, environmental and safety problems facing the world today. Halma employs over 7,000 people in more than 40 companies around the world, with major operations in the UK, Europe, USA, and Asia Pacific.
We are seeking to hire a highly organised individual to support the Group Financial Controller and the Director of Treasury & Tax in a fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding work environment. You will learn, grow, and develop while contributing to the success of the team and colleagues. The successful candidate will be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and SharePoint and will be expected to operate confidently and pro-actively with senior executives and key internal and external partners.
Duties and Responsibilities
You will support the Group Financial Controller and the Director of Treasury & Tax with some support for the broader teams. The successful candidate will also need to maintain a high degree of confidentiality with sensitive information. Professionalism, passion for being an assistant, a positive can-do attitude, and being flexible with changing priorities and differing work styles are a must.
Specifically, the successful candidate will:
Utilise time management skills to prioritise work according to urgency while maintaining a willingness to adjust expectations and priorities as needed and/or requested. Handle communication for assigned executives, including the coordinating of schedules for meetings with key partners, both internal and external. Provide proactive support in relation to diary management, travel and meeting preparation. Plan and book travel for assigned executives and their teams. Assist executives in meeting preparation and projects. Communicate ideas for greater efficiencies and then implement those ideas quickly. Be available for occasional off-hours support. Participate in professional development as scheduled and/or as requested. Possible travel to support remote meetings, on an as-needed basis. Meeting planning including sourcing venues and working with sites on meeting logistics, event coordination/management, and materials coordination and support.
Qualifications, Education and Experience Guidelines Secondary degree or comparable experience. Minimum 5+ years of experience as an assistant to C-suite executive level personnel, ideally having supported more than one person at a time. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint required. Knowledge of SharePoint and Teams a plus. Strong written and verbal skills. Key attributes: Positive; self-motivated; task-oriented; good communicator; adaptable; quick thinker; fast execution; takes initiative; willingness to learn and develop new skills; great team player; attention to detail; great listening skills; always a step ahead; disciplined; ability to analyse data and information; enjoys accountability and collaboration.
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