Team Assistant, Portfolio Advisory Group

Description

Company Overview

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm specializing in turnaround and interim management, performance improvement and business advisory services. A&M delivers specialist operational, consulting and industry expertise to management and investors seeking to accelerate performance, overcome challenges and maximize value across the corporate and investment lifecycles. Founded in 1983, the firm is known for its distinctive restructuring heritage, hands-on approach and relentless focus on execution and results.

Overview of the Role

We are looking for an outstanding Team Assistant to work within our PAG (Portfolio Advisory Group) team - someone who remains calm, on top of their workload, and always has a sense of humour. The right candidate will have some experience of dealing with busy professionals, working with tight deadlines and being one step ahead of their team’s needs.

This role requires someone who is versatile, willing to be flexible, as well as friendly and confident.  You must have excellent communications and organisation skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Submitting weekly timesheets
• Completing expenses
• Printing, binding and scanning of documents
• Booking venues for lunch and dinner meetings
• Assisting in the organisation of any internal and external events
• Diary management when required
• Coordinating office lunches, meeting rooms  
• Ad-hoc travel booking - hotels, flights, cars, visas
• Various administrative tasks
• EA Holiday Cover

Essential requirements:

• A couple of years’ experience in an admin function
• Must be able to interact and communicate with all levels of the organisation
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be organised and detail oriented
• Ability to work independently and within a team
• Pro-active nature
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Voluntary Inclusion

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor or any other characteristics in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our Inclusive Diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.