Commercial Assistant / Executive Assistant

Argus is where smart people belong and where they can grow. We answer the challenge of illuminating markets and shaping new futures.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an efficient Commercial Assistant to support four senior leaders at Argus across Consulting and Business Development. This role will provide senior leaders with a high level of administration and diary coordination to support a complex and varied workload.

What will you be doing

You will be a professional, confident, approachable and capable Commercial Assistant with a proactive attitude with the ability to build relationships with the senior leaders and the company, delivering an efficient and high-quality service to the leaders

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively manage complex diaries, ensuring clashes are resolved, coordinating agendas, and troubleshooting where needed
• Assist in producing high-quality reports, documents and presentations using advanced computer skills for our Global Head of Consulting
• Produce weekly and monthly reports with the ability to synthesise information from different business units
• Organise travel and accommodation arrangements, primarily for the four key stakeholders, but potentially for team members on an ad hoc basis
• Prepare expenses for submission

• Organise invoices/bills/POs requiring management approval
• Arrange annual appraisal meetings and follow up documentation
• Proactively track, file, and archive key business information, including contracts and business documents, to ensure we can easily reference data in the future and meet audit requirements, looking for ways to improve current systems.
• Support Practice Development initiatives within the teams, as required
• Handle personal tasks when required.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable senior level EA experience working with complex diaries in commercial industry, delivering a high quality service to the leader
• Excellent communication skills with a confident attitude
• Excellent IT skills and experience working with a database
• Experience co-ordinating meetings / events/ offsites and managing travel schedules globally
• Experience working with confidential information, applying discretion and using judgement
• Highly organised and efficient with experience prioritising effectively to meet deadlines
• Reliable with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure, and to manage multiple projects
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and being able to deal with ambiguity
• Work closely with other teams such as Infrastructure, Security & Applications teams.
• PowerShell knowledge

Attributes

• Professional, confident and approachable with the ability to build relationship with senior leaders and team members

• Proactive approach with the ability to apply initiative and to work independently

What’s in it for you

Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented, entrepreneurial professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognizes and rewards successful performance and as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.

Competitive salary and company bonus scheme

Group pension scheme

Group healthcare and life assurance scheme

Hybrid working environment (three days in office)

25 days annual holiday with incremental increase up to 30 days

Subsidised gym membership

Season ticket travel loan

Cycle to work scheme

Flexible benefits platform (ability to buy additional medical cover, life assurance, dental cover, holiday, critical illness, travel insurance & health screening)

Extensive internal and external training

About Argus

Argus is the leading independent provider of market intelligence to the global energy and commodity markets. We offer essential price assessments, news, analytics, consulting services, data science tools and industry conferences to illuminate complex and opaque commodity markets. Headquartered in London with over 1,500 staff, Argus is an independent media organisation with 30 offices in the world’s principal commodity trading hubs.

Companies, trading firms and governments in 160 countries around the world trust Argus data to make decisions, analyse situations, manage risk, facilitate trading and for long-term planning. Argus prices are used as trusted benchmarks around the world for pricing transportation, commodities and energy. Founded in 1970, Argus remains a privately held UK-registered company owned by employee shareholders and global growth equity firm General Atlantic.

Argus is committed to ensuring career and personal growth for all its staff and provides extensive training and career development opportunities, as well as participation in employee-led initiatives, including a women’s network. Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Partnership and Inclusivity.

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