Hybrid Executive Assistant to CEO, Business & Commercial Banking

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About the role

  • Executive Assistant providing comprehensive support to Lloyds Banking Group's CEO of Business & Commercial Banking. Managing reports, facilitating communication, and ensuring strategic alignment in operations.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare, analyse, review, brief and present a range of sophisticated reports and papers typically for the Board, Group Executive Committee or other senior committees, where appropriate investigating issues and solutions with the relevant business areas.
  • Handling the operation of the GEC, Board and Group Risk Committees BCB updates, writing and reviewing Executive and Board papers.
  • Owning monthly BCB Business Review & Support Meeting (BRSM), including agenda setting with CEO and writing and formulating multiple clear and succinct updates for Group CEO
  • Running the end to end BCB Executive Committee, including forward agenda setting with CEO and ensuring papers are clear and succinct with alignment to strategy and objectives.
  • Lead BCB offsites 3-4 times every year.
  • Work closely with the BCB Senior Leadership Team (BCB SLT) for smooth operation of BCB and ensure that the CEO BCB is promptly updated of key issues and opportunities.
  • Act on behalf of the Executive on specific issues or committees/project teams where duly authorised.
  • Undertake specific research on a wide range of subject matter, recommending solutions/actions where appropriate as directed by the Executive
  • Engage senior key customers including the Group Chief Executive Office, BU offices and other Group functions to stay on top of emerging matters and ensure BCB is appropriately represented and responsive to matters arising.
  • Champion and find opportunities for any change that will enhance colleague engagement, continuous improvement, particularly as these relate to efficient and effective governance of the BCB Business Unit
  • Build and maintain external and internal networks in order to influence the strategic agenda, identify and enhance business operations and build our profile
  • Liaison with Group Corporate Affairs to plan, co-ordinate and deliver both internal and external conferences, produce speeches, presentations and communications activities, cascades and events, ensuring appropriate messages are aligned to business strategy and communicated to key audiences/colleagues in area as necessary.
  • Ensuring CEO has regular drumbeat of activity both with colleagues and customers, encompassing variety of BCB teams and customer interactions
  • Lead and/ or direct ‘special projects’ ensuring alignment with Group and business strategy.
  • Lead, alongside People and Chief Operating Office, the performance management framework for BCB CEO LT
  • Organise the efficient day to day running of the Executives Office in conjunction with the PA in line with team needs and priorities, working closely with BCB, Group CEO and wider GEC offices.
  • Screen incoming information and communications including complaints directed to the Executive, responding, rerouting, prioritising as appropriate.
  • Employees of the Executive Office will need to work together to ensure compliance of SMR and Group policies and standards is met and maintained.
  • A key area of consideration is to ensure the Executive Office Shared drive is run and sustained to reflect the decisions and records including critical records within the office which formally sits with CEO reasonable steps
  • Ensure compliance with instructions, procedures, and guidelines together with all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements where appropriate implementing actions to protect the bank’s business at all time
  • Support the BCB CEO or equivalent in managing the office, maintaining records, and following the Executive Handbook, Group policies, and standards.

Requirements

  • Do you have deep commercial understanding of the Business & Commercial Banking business with strong data and analytical capabilities able to translate complex financial information into insight and executable plans?
  • Compliance with the regulatory system: high standards of conduct and behaviour, especially with regards to the interests of customers; and adherence to colleague fitness and propriety requirements; understanding of the importance of documentary evidence for key decisions.
  • Responsible delegation of responsibility; understanding of corporate governance.
  • Makes sound decisions; balances short term needs and long term goals, takes account of the CEO and wider customer agenda but knows the right thing to do, sets clear overall direction with simplicity and handles ambiguity
  • Emphasis on collaboration, shows a strong commitment to professional ethics and serving the Group and society.
  • Actively collaborates with customers partners, and team members, such as peers, customers, and regulators.
  • Possesses effective and concise interpersonal skills.
  • Strong background of forming relationships and gaining trust at the most senior levels of leadership.
  • Gains peoples commitment; knows self deeply and creates a complementary team, understands impact on others and influences well, generates understanding and commitment from others, builds trust and collaborative relationships through honest and open dialogue and makes time to mentor and develop others
  • Passionate about making a difference! Relentlessly overcomes obstacles, has drive and determination to succeed, creates innovation, confidence in own abilities, resilient and energetic!
  • Uses analytical tools and techniques, supported by comprehensive business experiences, to formulate and define business plans and strategies to support the CEO
  • Has a comprehensive understanding of the Group’s overall aims, structure policies and culture together with a detailed knowledge of the policies, operations, systems and key strategies in own business unit

Benefits

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual performance-related bonus
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Job title

Executive Assistant to CEO, Business & Commercial Banking

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£120,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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