Key Responsibilities will include:
- Extensive diary management for the MDs including client meetings, dinners, internal calls and logistical arrangements such as room bookings and video conferences
- Booking international business travel, including flights, transfers and accommodation as well as handling travel documentation as necessary
- Inbox management as required by bankers
- Expense processing through Concur for the team to include junior bankers late working meals and taxis
- Maintaining the Jefferies in-house CRM system
- Handling ad-hoc administrative tasks as required.
- Fostering key relationships with staff across the firm
- Highly motivated and proactive, able to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, thinking innovatively using their initiative
- Strong team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Candidate Specification
- A quick learner with the ability to learn the business needs as well as Jefferies’ relevant policies and procedures
- Basic numeracy stills essential together with a comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office including PowerPoint and Excel:
- Able to develop and maintain good working relationships throughout the firm with a flexible approach
- Previous experience of supporting senior bankers as well as a team of juniors is essential
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent spoken English and Italian
Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
Skills Required
- Previous experience supporting senior bankers and a team of junior bankers
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office including PowerPoint and Excel
- Excellent spoken English and Italian
- Basic numeracy skills
- Experience with Concur for expense processing
- Experience maintaining an in-house CRM system
- Strong attention to detail
- Highly motivated, proactive and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships and a flexible approach
Jefferies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jefferies and has not been reviewed or approved by Jefferies.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as competitive with meaningful upside, with potential for significant earnings depending on group performance and strong years. A formulaic, performance-linked bonus model ties payouts to individual fees or P&L, reinforcing a pay-for-results dynamic.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-building support is broad, including primary and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, subsidized emergency child and eldercare, and a $25,000 stipend for qualified surrogacy, adoption, or fertility support. Added resources like family support programs and parental-leave coaching further strengthen caregiver benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks extend beyond standard coverage, including discount programs, commuter benefits, legal plans, charitable matching, and education assistance such as tuition support and scholarships for employees’ family members. Location-specific perks like gym stipends and free cafeteria lunch are also described as available in some offices.
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What We Do
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for 60 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company. More about our company can be found at www.jefferies.com.
