Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant VACANCY

Start date: Flexible

Reporting to: CEO

A fast-growing consumer lending company operating in Zambia, South Africa, Uganda, and
Kenya is looking to employ an Executive Assistant to join their team. The company delivers personal lending products through online, mobile phone and branch channels. The company is well supported by strong shareholders and a board of directors with vast experience in entrepreneurship and lending.

They are looking for a young and energetic individual with leadership ambitions. This role entails assisting two senior executives based in the South Africa office with professional duties. The position was created in response to the rapid growth of the company.

The ideal candidate must be willing to take on a wide range of disparate responsibilities - much like the executives do! Numeric competence is important, along with a passion for people. A healthy spirit of adventure and sense of humour would be helpful.

Responsibilities:

1. Deep dive projects:

• Leading specific special projects across the multiple countries;
• Diving into operational problems and scoping simple solutions;
• Pulling together tech, data and operations to come up with business efficiencies and
  innovations;

2. Assistance with leadership interactions:

• Following up on meeting decisions and outcomes;
• Consistent, concise communication across countries;
• Company event planning;
• Format information for internal and external communication memos, emails,
  presentations, reports, speeches;
• Compiling board and exco packs;
• Stakeholder management;
• Travel planning.

3. Cost controls:

• Assisting authorisers with expenditure management.

Profile:

• University degree - any degree;
• Strong academic background, specifically numerical orientation;
• Future executive leadership potential;
• Passion for Africa and willingness to work in the developing world context;
• Energized by regular travel;
• Willingness to get hands dirty in the details of the business - this is not a boardroom role!