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Personal Assistant

Personal Assistant

Absa Group Limited • Johannesburg, ZA
17 days ago
Job description

Job title : Personal Assistant

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : December 31, 2025

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Job Summary

  • The individual is expected to work with a senior manager / s or director to provide secretarial and administrative support. They act as the first point of contact for the manager / s during their absence. The individual will need to maintain a high degree of confidentiality at all times and to interact with stakeholders at various levels in order to deliver on the work outputs.
  • Job Description

    Key Accountabilities

    Business Enablement through provision of support to the Leadership team :

  • Diary and Meeting Management including where required room bookings / ordering catering and working with IT to ensure appropriate set up.
  • Drive and support with collating agendas and PowerPoint decks for meetings including, but not limited to quarterly Team meetings.
  • Organization of team events (internal and external) including scheduling, invitations, venues, catering, equipment etc.
  • Accountability for travel arrangements and processing of expense claims.
  • Manage and review filing and archiving systems in line with Records Management policy.
  • Assisting with Requests for IT equipment / software / building access.
  • Arranging everything for new joiners such that all is operational on day 1.
  • Supporting People initiatives such as CSI, Training Academy, Birthdays and Team Build events.
  • Ordering of equipment, stationery, flowers, etc.
  • Ad hoc record keeping and reporting as required.
  • Support the team with the ad hoc projects and initiatives such as Process Mapping.
  • Update key Strategy documents – scorecards and timelines document.
  • Assist the Head of FSSA with Team Communications.
  • Operational Support :

  • Administrative and operations support : Provide administrative and operations support and advice against standard operating procedures.
  • Provide support to the team as required to ensure team performance on an ongoing basis
  • Compliance and Risk Management -Fulfil all activities in adherence to relevant control and compliance requirements, and quality standards.
  • Effectively fulfil all required administrative duties, including tracking and reporting as may be required.
  • Take ownership when dealing with customer requests, offer solutions and concludes complaint constructively.
  • Maintain financial files and records by safely and systemically storing source documents on files / system.
  • Address ad-hoc queries from internal and external stakeholders, ensuring a clear understanding of requests while responding effectively, ensuring high quality work and by meeting the required deadlines.
  • Perform general administration duties with regards to finance duties.
  • Role / Person Specification

    Preferred Education and Experience :

  • Degree or Diploma in related field (NQF Level 5 / 6)
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
  • 3 – 5 Years’ relevant experience in Financial Services
  • Knowledge and Skills :

  • Good organizational skills
  • Computer literate
  • Strong business knowledge
  • Basic accounting background
  • Understanding of financial reporting processes and related controls
  • Ability to understand financial data
  • Good analytical capabilities
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Multi-tasking and prioritization of deliverables
  • Technical Competencies :

  • Excellent skills and knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (Outlook; Word; Excel; PowerPoint)
  • Education

  • Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC) : Office Administration (Required)
  • End Date : November 9, 2025

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