Junior Banker Assistant (Chicago, IL)

Junior Banker Assistant

Paladin Consulting is currently hiring a Junior Banker Assistant to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Chicago, IL. We work with companies that offer environments for our employees to contribute, learn, and advance their career. We treat you like you are part of the family.

Job Title: Junior Banker Assistant

Work Location: Chicago, IL

Duration: 6 month contract with option to extend or hire

Hours: Generally, Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm (1 hour lunch break). Flexibility with hours is essential.

Education/Experience Required: High school diploma required; Bachelor degree preferred

Job Description:

• Our Junior Banker Assistants are responsible for providing extensive administrative support to 25+ Junior Bankers at Analyst, Associate up to Junior VP level.
• This role works within a team of assistants supporting various bankers within an industry group team.
• The Junior Assistant will be provided with full training alongside ongoing support from their Team Supervisor during the engagement.
• This would suit someone with a Customer Service/ Administrator background with experience of dealing with a high-volume workload.
• This is a demanding role which requires extensive support from a highly competent, proactive, independent, and process driven individual. Experience of working in a remotely managed environment is a bonus.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating and scheduling of meetings and conference calls across multiple time zones
• Managing high volume of phone calls and emails, relaying information in a timely and accurate manner
• Calendar management for bankers (Associate level+)
• Coordinating room bookings for internal/external meetings and VCs across multiple locations
• Coordinating travel arrangements for the team, including Visa applications, International flight and accommodation bookings
• Car bookings
• Expense processing and timely expense management
• Invoice processing
• Taking on ad hoc tasks while maintaining workflow
• Supporting teams in day-to-day issues, needs and queries
• Providing phone / holiday coverage for colleagues

Skills & Qualifications:

• Excellent Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook skills
• Able to manage competing time-sensitive priorities and tasks
• Demonstrates dependability and high attention to detail along with the ability to multi-task
• Displays a consistent, professional degree of communication skills in person, on phone, via Zoom and by email at various levels
• Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels, internally and externally
• Must be a team player that works well under pressure within a changing environment
• Flexible and adaptable to work and support across multiple teams
• Be resourceful and able to use own initiative in solving issues
• Proactive attitude when managing diaries
• Discretion to deal with confidential business matters
• Friendly, polite and approachable with a "can do" attitude
• Zero to one year of experience