Business Manager/Office Manager recruitment
Macquarie Capital provides advisory and capital raising services to corporate and government clients involved in public mergers and acquisitions, private treaty acquisitions and divestments, debt and equity fund raising and corporate restructuring with offices in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America, Europe, South Africa and the Middle East.
We are currently looking to appoint a Business Manager/Office Manager to assist the Chief Operating Officer in overseeing the business operations of our Macquarie Capital division in the Middle East.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Manage to 2 Executive Assistants
- Manage the process for new starters, leavers and transfers including interns and graduates
- Assisting with the resourcing of support staff if required as well as assisting with Regional Learning Professional Development matters
- Attend relevant office, facilities, IT and building management meetings
- Identifying and resolving any internal facilities and property maintenance issues
- Liaising with suppliers and researching the procurement of goods and services
- Organising and managing external suppliers e.g. cleaners and security
- Ad -hoc project management duties including events
- Business Resiliency Manager duties
- Ensuring staff are abiding by all Risk and Compliance guidelines
- Work closely with the EMEA Chief Operating Officer
- manage day-to-day operational issues and queries that relate to the Macquarie Capital Middle East Business in areas such as deal management, marketing/communications, HR, office infrastructure and other ad hoc queries
- build strong relationships across the organisation with transactional staff, other divisional business management teams, corporate communications/marketing, finance and overseas offices
- communicating and ensuring the Chief Operating Officer understands all of above, what is being achieved and planned as well as assist in communication to the broader Macquarie Capital management group when needed
To be successful, you will:
- have a number of years experience in a similar role
- be educated to degree level (or equivalent) or have other relevant professional qualifications
- have experience in business management/office management, within an investment banking environment, with product and market knowledge
- previous project management experience is an advantage
- have excellent communication skills, and the ability to build strong working relationships across different time zones
- have a questioning, logical and thorough approach to work
- have the ability to handle a variety of projects and deadlines simultaneously and be extremely organized, with excellent attention to detail and follow-through;
- be results focused, highly organised and show high levels of initiative
- have intermediate skills in MS Word and Excel
- be resourceful and have the ability to work independently as well as within a team
- thrive in a dynamic business where accuracy, hard work and flexibility are imperative
- have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- have the ability to exercise appropriate judgment and discretion, especially when handling confidential information;
June 22, 2012
• Tags: Accounting & Finance careers in the UAE, Business Manager, Office Manager recruitment • Posted in: Financial