We have a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate looking for their first role within HR. Working in a small team of six people for this Global Retailer based in the West End this is a forward thinking role with lots of variety which will offer you the opportunity to develop your skills in a friendly yet extremely fast pace environment.

Providing full administration support to the team, duties will include;

• Providing full administration support to the Talent Development Manager from coordinating activities to production of materials and record management.
• Ensures that HR data is managed efficiently, maintaining up to date, compliant records for all employees.
• Ensure that the HR System inputs are timely and accurate for the life cycle of an employee.
• To maintain HR records that are compliant with General Data Protection Regulations.
• Coordinates the administration elements of the recruitment process delivering accurate and timely documentation and communication.
• A point of contact for HR enquiries from both internal and external customers.
• Plans and organises HR induction processes.
• Ensures invoices are signed off and paid in a timely manner.
• Assists in the delivery of salary and benefit review activities; ensuring accurate and timely documentation and communication.
• Arranges travel and visas for the team.
• Confirms and organises meeting arrangements.
• Provides general admin support for all members of the HR team.
• Updates notice boards and communications.
• Maintains Health & Safety Training records

The Person

This role will suit a graduate who ideally has some office experience but more importantly has the ability to demonstrate common sense, a can do approach and initiative. Due to the general sensitive nature that comes from working in a HR environment, attention to detail, a mature and professional manner along with excellent communication skills is essential. You will need to have good MS Office skills to include Excel as well as first class written and verbal communication skills.

This leading Investment Firm with over £900 million of assets is currently seeking a Sales Support Executive to join their busy and super engaging team. Working with this great team, you will support them with all client administration. They are looking for a candidate with an exceptional approach to this role, who understands that the needs of clients (both internal and external) are at the heart of everything they do and key to the success of the business. Within the sales team, a can-do attitude and a supportive approach are essential attributes. A wealth of financial services experience is not a prerequisite in applying for the role but a desire to develop skills and knowledge within a demanding work environment is critical. Due to the nature of the information you are dealing with first class attention to detail and accuracy is essential.

Duties will include but not be limited to

• Data Champion for the department
• Ongoing management of the CRM system (Salesforce)
• Producing daily activity and pipeline reports
• Manipulation of data, extracting data from Salesforce and presenting this on Excel reports and PowerPoint presentations, using graphs and other tools when required
• Generating client specific illustrations
• Managing the agenda and taking minutes for weekly meetings
• Assisting with events
• Analysing data from events and other sources, importing this into Salesforce
• Review and streamline internal processes for the sales and marketing team

If you are looking for a role where you can be an integral part of a team whilst developing your skills further and being well rewarded for your hard work and commitment then please apply today. This is truly a great team to work with, super sociable and inclusive in every way.

Please note this in an initial six month maternity contract but is likely to be extended.

This leading Fin-Tech company based in the Docklands is looking to recruit Audit Analysis for both day shifts, 9–5pm and evening shifts, 2–10pm. This role will work closely with their key clients to identify any risk or challenge that may impact the business across several international markets. Attention to detail and accuracy is essential for this role.

The successful candidate will be performing a range of diverse audit activities that impact proxy voting across several international markets.

Key responsibilities:

• Proactively engages in audit work to identify and resolve business risks/challenges.
• Ensures that the activities are carried out in an efficient and cost-effective manner, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing agreed changes.
• Maintains and develops professional relationships with all international business areas.
• Assists the Global Audit Manager in coordinating external audit, internal audit and advisory engagements.
• Maintaining and reporting management information.
• Provide project and technical support for implementing new audit processes.
• Ensuring proxy meetings are accurately set up.
• Auditing proxy voting to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Ensuring power of attorney documentation is accurately processed.
• Auditing letters of representation to ensure clients are correctly represented at proxy events.

Preferred qualifications:

• Educated to a good standard, degree level preferred however not essential.
• Professional qualifications such as Internal Audit, Accounting, Quality Assurance and/or Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment – preferred however not essential.
• Experience of working in a financial service environment in Asset Servicing, Custody Servicing or Proxy Voting would be an advantage.

Skills/competencies:

• Attention to detail, ability to maintain performance under pressure and to tight deadlines is essential.
• Ability to accurately perform reconciliations incorporating significant volume and across a diverse range of processes is essential.
• A minimum of two years hands-on experience performing operational processing, auditing or reconciliation.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office software including Excel.
• Well organised with good prioritisation skills.
• Exposure to brokerage, proxy or financial business operations is preferred.
• Knowledge of global proxy rules, regulations and processing would be helpful but not essential.

 Please not the 2–10pm shift will always be homebased. The day shift will require you to be office based once the pandemic is over!