Bain and Gray
German-speaking Executive Assistant

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Reference: TP7515
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000
Location: West End, London
Hybrid working + benefits + amazing bonus
A highly impressive global executive search and advisory firm is seeking a polished, dynamic, and well-versed German-speaking Executive Search EA to come and support one of their highly impressive Partners. Working in the global industry team, you will be supporting one of the top fee earners and working in a team that's hugely successful, fast-paced, and has exciting growth plans in the next year. Working in a friendly team of EAs, you will ensure the smooth running of their everyday work and ideally have had exposure to project work.
Main responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain the Principle’s diaries and schedules.
- Book travel arrangements, to include flights, accommodation, visas, etc.
- Handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
- Arrange Christmas and summer parties and company events.
- Help and cover and work well with the EAs.
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I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
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StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
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Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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The person:
- Fluent German speaking
- Ideally, a bachelor's degree or equivalent qualifications are required
- Ideally, 3 + years of executive search experience and/or project coordination experience, on top of ideally 5 + years of PA/EA experience, ideally in financial services and/or professional services.
- Exceptional multi-tasker able to manage multiple complex projects concurrently
- Outstanding organization, time management, prioritization, and attention to detail
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment while maintaining composure
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence to build relationships across levels/functions and communicate effectively
- Collaborative team player able to maximize team performance
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Ability to learn databases, systems, and software quickly
- Demonstrated ethics, integrity, confidentiality and discretion in the workplace


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Bain and Gray is an equal opportunities employer. We continually strive to improve our processes around our diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy.
Bain and Gray specialise in PA and administration recruitment throughout London. Typical roles include Team Assistants, Receptionists, PAs, Office Managers and EAs across all industry sectors. We are a boutique agency and as a result, are unable to respond individually to the large volume of applications. If you are already registered with Bain and Gray, please do not hesitate to contact the consultant you deal with directly.
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