Executive Assistant - 12m FTC London, England, United Kingdom

The role’s primary responsibility will be supporting the Global Head of Discretionary Macro and Fixed Income and DMFI Business Development team. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, professional, and capable of managing a diverse workload and prioritising tasks in a fast-paced corporate environment.

What you’ll do:

• This is a role with many hats; this candidate will be responsible for extensive scheduling and calendar management, preparing agendas for meetings, and managing expenses.
• They will arrange domestic and international travel, accommodations, itineraries, and all correspondence related to arrangements including flights, hotels, car service, meetings, restaurant reservations, and generating concise reports and dashboards.
• They will support Business Development related activities; archiving, organising, and updating all internal notes, communications, and candidate materials within the CRM database.
• This candidate will be responsible for working with the heads of BD and Risk to prepare materials for biweekly meetings.
• This candidate will serve as the operational hub for DMFI Business Development, ensuring the hiring pipeline progresses smoothly; they will also log and organise all incoming resumes/CVs, maintain real-time status updates, capture interview notes, prepare meeting materials, and manage relationships with search firms and other external vendors to deliver a first-class candidate experience and proactively flag bottlenecks or next steps for key stakeholders.

What you’ll bring:

• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple streams of information & tasks.
• Process-oriented with a very strong attention to detail.
• Efficient time management and strong sense of urgency.
• Exceptional organisational and time-management skills.
• Self-starter with strong ownership of processes and end products.
• Personable, mature, and poised.
• Self-motivated and ambitious.
• Team player.
• Professional and a culture carrier.
• Experience with Navan.
• Experience with organising events.

Who we are:

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalise on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity, and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture:

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate, and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative, and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships, and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

Individuals seeking employment at Schonfeld are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm, we are committed to creating a hiring process that is not only fair but also welcoming and supportive.