Executive Assistant

Brevan Howard Asset Management

Brevan Howard Asset Management

Administration
Singapore
Posted on Feb 12, 2025

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE:

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Manage and maintain executives’ calendars, including arranging calls, meetings and travel plans.
  • Proactive coordinate of global travel logistics, including booking flights, accommodation, and transfers and ensuring full details are available for stakeholders when on the move.
  • Schedule and coordinate communications across multiple calendars, accommodating availability for internals and externals.
  • Understand stakeholders priorities and team demands to optimise stakeholder time management.
  • Respond to invitations as and when required, booking restaurants and tickets.
  • Meet and deal with guests in the office, making sure meeting rooms are reserved and refreshments are served.
  • Provide proactive administrative support and project management where required.
  • Deal with post and shipping logistics for small and large items, in the UK and worldwide, dealing with the customs documents, packing lists and commercial invoices.
  • Support stakeholder team members, when required by the stakeholders, with various administrative tasks as needed to enhance productivity and efficiency.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

WORK EXPERIENCE/BACKGROUND:

Essential

  • Previous experience working in an administrative or support role at Executive level
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word and Excel)
  • Strong organisational and time management skills
  • High levels of self-motivation and a proactive mindset
  • Strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to support multiple stakeholders
  • Excellent influencing and communication skills
  • Flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and responsibilities.
  • Bookkeeping and budget management experience

Desirable

  • Familiar with the industry

TECHNICAL/BUSINESS SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:

  • Exceptional organisational and time-management skills
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
  • Ability to multitask, prioritise workload and work under pressure
  • High attention to detail
  • Reliable and proactive approach to work
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Confident decision making
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting
  • Ability to exercise tact and discretion when dealing with confidential matters