Oliver Wyman - Executive Assistant - Abu Dhabi

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in ‎60+
cities across nearly ‎30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry
knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management,
and organization transformation - www.oliverwyman.com
Oliver Wyman is looking for an experienced Executive Assistant (EA) in Abu
Dhabi to provide administrative support to up to ‎3 of our Partners.
The Opportunity:
This is an exciting opportunity to join Oliver Wyman as an Executive Assistant
in our Abu Dhabi office, supporting between ‎1 and ‎3 of our Partners.
Responsibilities:
As Executive Assistant you will provide executive level administrative support
between ‎1-‎3 of our Partners. You will be responsible for supporting Partners
on all aspects of daily administration, including diary management, scheduling
internal and external meetings, conference calls, video conferences and making
international travel and accommodation arrangements.
Executive Assistants at Oliver Wyman also play a pivotal role in supporting
Partners with client development and marketing activities, including RFPs and
contract negotiations. You will become familiar with their clients and their
sales goals, Practice themes and Oliver Wyman 'products', enabling you to
confidently arrange client meetings, to maintain the list of client contacts
and business activities in the CRM database and to also track and maintain
sales activity/pipeline.
The Partners you support will also entrust you to proactively identify clients
that have not been contacted or met with recently and to optimize client
meetings whilst travelling in another international locations, as well as to
customize client mailings and to prepare client proposals.
This role is a permanent, full-time role - you will work: 9am-6pm Sunday-
Thursday, with additional hours as needed.
Who are we looking for?
* You will be an experienced Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant, with at least ‎3 years ' experience of supporting multiple senior stakeholders
* You will have gained your Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant experience from within a management consultancy, financial services or professional services/corporate organization - experience of working for a Global firm will be advantageous
* Experience of providing administrative support for RFP's / bids and tenders is required
* Experience of using a CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics, in particular) is desirable
* Fluent English and Arabic are essential
In addition:
* You will have a strong service-focus, be able to work within a fast-paced environment and be dedicated to meeting the expectations of all staff through securing effective relationships with clients and executing deliverables to the highest standards
* You will be skilled in using Excel and PowerPoint and experience of using SharePoint and Google Drive will be a definite advantage
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant who is
looking for their next career move and who is keen to add to the culture of
our Abu Dhabi office.
Please send us your application in English.
Why Oliver Wyman?
At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we
do it! We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse
perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share
these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be
brave and achieve the amazing with us!
At Oliver Wyman, we do not unlawfully discriminate against anyone and we are
particularly mindful of the requirements to prohibit discrimination based on
nine protected characteristics namely: age, disability, gender reassignment,
race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, marriage and civil
partnership and pregnancy and maternity - we want you to bring your authentic
self and be someone who enjoys working within a diverse and talented team.
Additionally, we pay close attention to work/life balance and family life,
military status and personality type.