Executive Assistant

Join us as an Executive Assistant where you’ll go beyond traditional diary management to play a key role in delivering transformation across Global Transaction Banking. You’ll help roll out large-scale training programmes for colleagues, managing engagement documentation, attendance, and weekly metrics. Alongside this, you’ll support core operations by handling Coupa requests, reviewing third-party contracts, and overseeing statements of work. Working at the heart of the Transformation Office, you’ll collaborate with Business, Technology, and Operations to help Barclays achieve its ambition to transform the way we deliver business value.

Essential Skills / Basic Qualifications

• Proven experience as a seasoned Personal Assistant / Executive Assistant within financial services

• Advanced proficiency in Excel with extensive hands-on experience

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex calendars and ensure timely responses to meeting requests

• Skilled in planning and arranging detailed travel itineraries for executives

• Able to proactively anticipate executive needs, prioritise effectively, and deliver to tight deadlines

• Experience managing a wide range of administrative tasks including expenses, filing systems, office supplies, annual leave records, and distribution lists

• Experience coordinating and facilitating executive meetings

• Highly self-motivated, organised, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision

• Knowledge and practical understanding of Agile methodologies

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role is based in London

Purpose of the role

To oversee the smooth operation of the bank's business activities by handling a wide range of administrative tasks.  

Accountabilities

• Management and facilitating of the cost close out of projects, ensuring any outstanding issues/cost commitments are dealt with in a timely manner.
• Supporting identified payroll and related input processes and procedures i.e., receive and verify wage input sheets from operations, escalate queries and print and distribute pay slips.
• Provision of administrative support with regards to the implementation of the talent development strategy, policies, and procedures.
• Maintenance of accurate and organised records, including financial documents, reports, and other administrative files.
• Management of office supplies, equipment, and inventory, ensuring availability and ordering as needed.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.