PA / Business Support Assistant - Avencia Consulting : Job Details

Personal Assistant / Business Support Assistant

Leeds / Hybrid

£Excellent + Exceptional Benefits + Bonus

What part will you play? If you're looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you've found it. The work we do at here gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you'll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We're always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

The Claims department aims to be market leaders in the provision of an efficient, cost effective and professional service to our brokers and clients. We aim to be pro-active and flexible in the management of claims whilst maintaining our integrity.

The UK claims function aims to be the market leader in the provision of an efficient, cost effective, creative and professional service to our brokers, policyholders and clients. We strive to be proactive and flexible in the management of claims whilst maintaining our integrity. Our vision is to be the most customer focused, nimble and value adding claims team in the market.

What you'll be doing:

• Diary management for the UK Claims Leadership Team (Claims & Legal Services Director, Head of Insurance Claims, Head of Legal Expenses & Tax Claims and Claims Operations Support Manager), including arranging all aspects of internal and external meetings as required
• Coordinating the organisation of multiple meetings chaired by the UK claims leadership, including meeting pack preparation & collation, minute taking and following up on action points
• General administration for the UK Claims Leadership, including phone calls filing, scanning, opening and distributing post, attendance records, archive management and staff expenses
• Arranging Presentations / events / away days - liaising with relevant departments and external contacts/companies to arrange as necessary
• Be able to extract and interpret claims information to ensure compliance with internal and external regulation and procedures
• Arranging Travel and Accommodation both within the UK and overseas
• Creating packs for reports which are used for senior leadership meetings.
• Assist the UK claims leadership in wide ranging and varied project work
• Miscellaneous secretarial duties as and when needed

Our must haves:

• Have worked in a similar position
• Have strong written and spoken communication skills
• Be computer literate and possess strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Have experience of working within a corporate environment and knowledge of the insurance industry would be advantageous

Who we are:

A Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.We're all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think furtherWhat's in it for you?* A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…* 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave* Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer* There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!Are you ready to play your part?Choose 'Apply Now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.