Personal Executive Assistant (Spanish & English Speaker) in London

This Executive Assistant role provides executive level administrative support to senior staff in the CRA Competition team located in London. Our business depends on serving clients and a successful candidate will be a critical face to our customers and will be counted upon to communicate professionally, to demonstrate initiative and responsiveness, and to organize the meetings, calls, travel and billing that underpin a successful professional services business.

This position is an excellent chance for someone to learn the art of professional service business development by working closely with senior members of a thriving practice. This position requires occasional overtime as dictated by project work.

When we ask our employees what they found rewarding and enjoyable about building their careers with CRA, they often describe the interesting and challenging work, culture of learning and intellectual rigor, sense of collegiality, and environment where ideas and initiative are rewarded. Additionally, we offer competitive compensation and benefits, professional development and training workshops, wellness and well-being benefits, and office social and volunteer activities.

• Provide administrative support to a number of VPs and other senior staff: maintain calendars, draft routine correspondence, project organization, coordinate detailed travel arrangements, maintain files, organise internal and external meetings and social events, and provide administrative backup for other executive assistants/admin support.
• Provide project support: assist with client billing, circulate conflict checks, draft client engagement letters; process expense reports, invoices, and time-sheets in a timely fashion by working closely with the finance department.
• May include leading local onboarding: welcome new hires and coordinate onboarding activities, including office tours and attaining security badges.
• May include acting as an internal and external liaison with corporate departments (Human Capital, Information Technology, Financial Administration, Communications, etc.).
• Logistics for company meetings/team building events, point person for office needs, ordering supplies.
• Minimum 5 years relevant work experience in a similar role.
• Experience in professional services preferred (consulting, law, accounting, financial services).
• Experience with Oracle’s financial reporting system preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Well organized, flexible and capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

The position is for 5 days a week initially in person in the London office.

CRA’s robust commitment to offering training annually through formal and informal programs encourages you to thrive as an individual and team member. We offer a comprehensive total rewards program including a superior benefits package, wellness programming to support physical, mental, emotional and financial well-being, and in-house support for foreign nationals and international business travelers.

As part of our focus on equity and inclusion, we work to ensure a fair and consistent hiring process. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.