Receptionist - London

What Makes Us a Great Place to Work

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the top ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

Role objective

Working in a professional and friendly team you will be responsible for supporting the smooth running of our reception facilities, providing an exceptional level of customer service to both external clients and visitors, and Bainies. This is a busy and varied role involved in wider aspects of the office community and operations. The Reception team covers three desks over ten floors in a multi‑occupancy space. The team plays an integral role as champions of our office space, upholding exceptional levels of service and customer care.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

• VISITOR MANAGEMENT
  • Meet and greet clients and visitors to Bain at the ground floor building reception and direct accordingly, ensuring relevant Bain host informed of arrival.
  • Meet and greet London and visiting Bainies on the 1st floor internal Bain reception.
  • Meet and greet all visitors to subtenants in the building and direct accordingly.
  • Prepare tenant visitor list for GF desk.
  • Maintain Bain’s professional standards policy.
  • Manage the temporary access pass system, issuing appropriate passes to visiting Bainies, contractors etc.
  • Monitor Bainie access to the building and be responsible for adhering to access protocols.
  • Work closely with building security and FM team to ensure access control system (passes and gates) are always fully operational.
  • Ensure all visitors sign NDAs, the NDA log is maintained, and all professional standards principles are adhered to.
• SWITCHBOARD
  • Answer all incoming phone calls in a friendly and professional manner, ensuring correct protocol for all types of calls and directing accordingly.
  • Help with queries both globally and locally.
• OFFICE AND ROOM BOOKING MANAGEMENT
  • Working closely with the EA/MA teams and the broader office community to proactively manage and uphold agreed office booking principles whilst maximising space utilisation.
  • Manage office bookings using Outlook to ensure agreed booking cascade is adhered to.
  • Work with bookers to ensure space is booked when needed for the period of time needed (default being open plan seating).
  • Promote use of room booking panels to “Check in” and “Check out”.
  • Promote good office hygiene.
  • Monitor internal room bookings with particular attention to catering requests; liaise with the Catering team where needed.
  • Support the Client Suite team during busy periods.
• OPERATIONAL TEAM SUPPORT
  • Have good working knowledge of both FOH and OS operating model such that support and cover can be provided to those teams when required (busy periods, sickness, holiday).
• LIFESTYLE SERVICES
  • Manage bookings and appointments for therapists.
  • Advertise Lifestyle Services to the office.
• GENERAL
  • Track arrival and departure of visiting Bainies for HR safety and security and finance systems.
  • Provide travel support for visiting Bainies: booking taxis and printing boarding passes.
  • Support out of hours arrivals for visiting Bainies.
  • Offer assistance with Bain reception queries, both globally and locally.
  • Awareness of procedures in the event of a fire or other crisis for which training will be provided.
  • Build relationships across the office, ensure you are front of mind for all FOH enquiries.

The above duties are not an exhaustive list, and this role description may be subject to change, depending on current requirements within the business.

About You

• Team orientated but with the self‑motivation to work independently.
• Exceptional customer service and communication skills.
• Highly organised with ability to prioritise.
• Ability to remain calm when working under pressure.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Friendly and approachable.
• A good problem solver.
• Ability to multitask.
• Proactive.

Qualifications Essential

• Minimum 24 months experience ideally within a Professional Service/Corporate customer services/Reception role.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Outlook.
• Experience of working in a demanding client driven reception or support team environment, preferably professional services focussed.
• Minimum A level standard education.

Hours

Our Reception and Office Services desks are open from 8am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday with 2 shifts covering 8am – 4:30pm and 9am – 5:30pm. A reasonable amount of flexibility is therefore required to meet business demand.