Executive Assistant - P&C (12-Month FTC)

The job holder will act as the main point of contact, supporting the UK CEO and other global line heads (Political & Credit Risk, Cyber, Property...)

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying "The Art & Science of Risk," SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry - actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others - as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by "The SCOR Way." Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

Job Summary

* Liaise with Company Secretary to co-ordinate Board and Committee meetings, and off-site strategy days.
* Ad hoc support where possible.
* Provide support monitoring expenses when required.
* Support Executives in their activity with external associations.
* Arranging workshops/offsite meetings including arranging venue, catering etc.

Responsibilities

• Extensive diary management for the UK CEO and other global line heads (Political & Credit Risk, Cyber, Property...)
• Arrange meetings (internal and external) and monitor diaries to ensure best use of time and avoid conflicts, giving special consideration to travel/time zone.
• Effective gatekeeping, forward planning, and scheduling.
• Inbox management for two executives, flagging urgent emails and filtering into subfolders.
• Extensive travel arrangements in coordination with other EAs across the world as required and in line with the Company Travel Policy. To arrange complex international travel and logistics across time zones, which may include flights, train journeys, accommodation, VISAs. Ensure trip details are diarised accurately.
• Coordination and submission of expenses in a timely manner ensuring that the required receipts are obtained, and company travel tools utilised effectively.
• Organise and coordinate Executive Committee events and other social events.
• Communicate with external contacts providing responses, including resolving and/or directing requests to more appropriate areas in the company.
• Coordination of regular meetings with Executives' direct reports and the wider team.
• Attend meetings with Executives and take action points.
  
  
  

Experience

• Proven Executive Assistant experience, ideally within the insurance market and within a Global environment

Personal Competences

• French language skills are highly desired
• Trustworthy and honest with high ethical and personal standards
• Ability to handle confidential sensitive items in a discrete manner
• Excellent organisational skills to assist with project deliverables
• Excellent communication skills for effective internal and external communication at all levels
• Clear written and oral communication skills
• Collaborative, with a teamwork attitude
• Initiative, innovative and self-starting abilities
• Analytical skills
• Ability to appropriately judge business situations and people
• Takes and assumes responsibility
• Co-operation with internal and external clients - to include global stakeholder management
• Demonstrates a proactive approach and plans ahead
• Demonstrates willingness to travel if required
• Customer relationship and servicing orientation
• French language skills are highly desired

Digital Competencies

Essential

• Excellent IT skills including MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams

Desired

• Knowledge of MS Publisher, Visio, Sharepoint and Project

Required Education

• Strong A Levels or equivalent