Business Assistant

Job Description
Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of investment banking? As a Business Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in supporting senior stakeholders, ensuring seamless operations in a high-energy setting. This is your opportunity to showcase your advanced assistant skills and thrive in a demanding yet rewarding environment. Join us and be part of a team that values confidentiality, diligence, and a strong focus on business and client deliverables.
As a Business Assistant in the Investment Bank, you will support senior leaders in a fast-paced environment. You will leverage your expertise to manage complex schedules, coordinate travel, and handle client interactions. We value flexibility, resourcefulness, and a strong work ethic, and we offer an opportunity to grow and make a meaningful impact.
Job Responsibilities

• Manage complex diaries, including meetings, conference calls, and events.
• Coordinate travel arrangements and ensure compliance with T&E policies.
• Handle client interactions and coordinate departmental activities.
• Collaborate with support groups and key stakeholders across the business.
• Utilize internal systems for data entry, reporting, and information collation.
• Oversee distribution lists, technology usage, and administrative tasks.
• Integrate into the business, understanding priorities and expectations.
• Partner with assistants across the organization for coverage.
• Participate in projects, presentations, and training as needed.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Proven experience in professional client handling and relationship building.
• Full competency in diary management with sound judgment.
• Strong executive communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience in arranging travel and creating detailed itineraries.
• Demonstrated proactivity and ownership in previous roles.
• High-level technical capabilities and system navigation skills.
• Strong awareness of expense systems and cost control.
• Professional demeanor, calm under pressure, and effective collaboration.
• Positive, common-sense approach to time management.
• Flexibility and receptiveness to change.
• High attention to detail and quality results delivery.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Understanding of investment banking culture and organizational dynamics.
• Strong team player with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Potential to act as a role model to peers.
• Familiarity with CIB/Firmwide policies and ability to ensure compliance.
• Experience in project involvement and training initiatives.

About Us
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.