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Grant Thornton
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Reading, Berkshire
Team Secretary
Overview
Join us and you’ll shape more than just your career. We believe we’re best positioned to make a meaningful impact on the economy. Every day we provide a diverse range of organisations with the kind of business and financial advice it takes to do this. Our ideas and insight empower our clients to make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable growth. Through our fresh thinking and agile working, we help businesses, communities and our people to flourish. Working in a dynamic and busy Audit team. This is a 12 month fixed term contract, ending in March 2021. What you’ll be doing: Secretarial duties Organising meetings including liaising with attendees, room/venues and related diary management etc. Organising all travel arrangements (both domestic and international) for team members via the Business Support Hub Efficiently dealing with telephone calls/ messages Monitoring/responding to e-mails on behalf of team members Acting as a secondary contact for absent team members Typing of correspondence to lengthy reports / proposals using Firm's templates and corporate style Producing PowerPoint presentations following corporate style Reformatting/ making amendments on documents Archiving documents once jobs are completed Administrative duties specific to audit Invoicing for the audit manager team Organisation of audit file reviews Filing of accounts with Companies House Producing bank audit requests Rolling forward accounts and producing iXBRL documents Managing our client take on General Assisting with projects e.g. events, mailings, research Ensures and maintains the strictest adherence to both client and staff confidentiality Adheres to Firm's risk management policies Carries out any other duties to meet with the needs of business Covers for other support staff as required Who we're looking for: Previous administrative experience of at least 2 years (Minimum criteria) Previous experience of MS Office Strong technical skills and experience of providing clients and stakeholders with quality services Highly organised Ability to multitask You should be commercially focused with the ability to deliver innovative solutions. You must also share our CLEARR values - Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility. We’re looking for people who have a strong connection with and share our core beliefs: • Profit with a purpose that leads to a sustainable business • We create sustainable value for our clients • We are better together • Our CLEARR values underpin all we do • We never compromise on quality The time you spend outside of work helps shape what you can bring to our firm. We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider all flexible working applications. Valuing you Your personal development plan will help you grow your skills. And you’ll be able to shape your career within your team or by moving across our business or going on secondments in the UK and across our global network of member firms. You’ll also enjoy a competitive salary and a flexible benefits package designed to meet your individual needs. Becoming a shared enterprise Our unique culture is built around collaboration. Everybody here plays their part. Over the past few years we’ve been making big changes - moving towards becoming a shared enterprise. We share ideas. We share responsibility. We share the rewards. Put simply, we’re better together.