Executive Assistant - Banking & Government Relations

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

As we continue our journey of rapid growth, you’ll be the central to the work of busy external facing teams, based in our HQ in London, providing administrative, planning and coordination support our Global Head of Banking & Expansion and our Global Head of Government Relations, both based in London, and also ad hoc support for the wider team. 

This is a really exciting opportunity to introduce strong organisational processes and to partner with truly diverse global and regional external facing teams within Wise.

Your Mission:

• Manage complex diaries across multiple time zones with internal and external stakeholders, coordinate travel arrangements and support on tracking and reporting expenses;

• Support with tracking action lists and follow-ups;

• Lead internal communications and cross-team collaboration (e.g. organising regular team calls, socials or offsites);

• Support with external communications;

• Coordinate signatures of important documents like contracts and NDAs; 

• Help manage the GR and Banking Budget process; 

• Assist with the regular planning sessions across Wise that need Banking & GR input. 

A Bit About You:

• You have mid/senior level experience as an Executive Assistant in a high growth company, ideally supporting a global team with multiple demands. 

• You act with total discretion and can be trusted with confidential and/or sensitive matters.

• You’re excellent at managing up and building relationships, and leveraging these for better outcomes.

• You’re a self starter and love to work autonomously. You’re able to identify gaps and streamline processes with minimal guidance from others. 

• You use your initiative and sound judgement to make decisions in a rapidly changing environment with competing priorities. 

• You’re organised, work well under pressure and are able to juggle multiple responsibilities with unwavering attention to detail at all times.

• You have excellent communication skills. You match your communication style to the specifics of the situation, and audience. 

• You’re proficient in using Google Suite and other collaboration tools, such as Slack. You’re able to conduct basic data analysis using Google spreadsheets.

Additional Information

Please note, for this position we would require someone to be based onsite at our London offices.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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