Executive Assistant to UK Chief Financial Officer

Working Hours: This role is available on a part-time, job-share, or full-time basis.

Location: London

Closing date for applications: 23rd June 2025

The opportunity:

Our UK Chief Financial Officer is looking for an Executive Assistant who can take initiative, think on their feet, and resolve problems as they arise. This Executive Assistant role will be fast paced, working to tight deadlines, requiring flexibility and strong communication skills. The successful Executive Assistant will have excellent attention to detail, the ability to plan ahead meticulously and work with a high degree of integrity and confidentiality. This role will be perfect for someone who is adaptable, highly intuitive, confident, engaging, resilient, organised and resourceful. The ideal candidate will be a natural communicator and listener and someone that thrives in a fast-paced environment, anticipating potential issues and the needs of the UK CFO and Finance Executive Team.

Many of our employees work flexibly in a variety of different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.

What will you be doing?

• Work directly with the UK CFO to support all aspects of their daily work routine.
• Maintain the UK CFO's calendar, including scheduling meetings, appointments, speaking engagements, and travel arrangements.
• Serve as a liaison between the UK CFO and Finance Executive Team.
• Serve as a primary point of contact between the UK CFO and internal and external stakeholders.
• Determine priority of matters of attention for the UK CFO; redirect matters to relevant team members to handle, or handle matters personally, as appropriate.
• Keep the UK CFO advised of time-sensitive and priority issues, ensuring appropriate follow-up.
• Work closely with the Finance Strategic Execution Manager to ensure seamless collaboration and support.
• Routinely perform a wide variety of support duties.
• Sort and triage mail; maintain e-mail and other address directories.
• Organise function wide events including our bi-annual Finance Leadership Team offsites.
• Transcribe source material, and prepare documents, reports, tables and charts; distribute as appropriate.
• Prepare, reconcile, and submit expense reports.
• Maintain paper and electronic filing systems.
• Maintain confidential and sensitive information.
• Supporting wider Finance PA community as needed.

Who are we looking for?

• A detail-oriented self-starter with prior experience in a regulated financial services environment.
• Someone who exhibits sound judgment with the ability to prioritise and make decisions.
• Has sound integrity and always shows professionalism.
• Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas.
• Comfortable interacting with high-level executives.
• A team player capable of cultivating productive working relationships across the team and wider business.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Excellent organization and time-management skills.

What will you get in return?

Everyone's different. That's why at Zurich, we offer a wide range of employee benefits so our people can choose what fits them and their life. Our benefits provide real flexibility so our people can make considered choices and tailor their benefits throughout the year. Our benefits include 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme, annual company bonus, private medical insurance and the option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.

At Zurich we aspire to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world and the best global insurer. Together we're creating a brighter future for our customers, our people, and our planet.

Our Culture:

At Zurich, our sense of community is strong and we’re particularly enthusiastic about diversity and inclusion. We want our people to bring the whole of themselves to work and ensure everybody is made to feel welcome, regardless of their background, beliefs, or culture.

We have an environment that places real importance on our people's well-being from a physical, mental, social, and financial perspective. We work with our well-being partners and industry experts to provide the best advice and access to a wealth of lifestyle support.

We're enthusiastic about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity.

So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us.