We are trusted investment banking advisors to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and public and privately held companies around the world. Our services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, private funds and capital markets advisory, and valuation and fairness opinions. As one tightly integrated team of more than 1,000 professionals across 15 countries, we offer an unmatched perspective on the global private capital markets, backed by superb execution and a deep commitment to client success. With extensive industry knowledge and relationships, timely market intelligence and strategic insights, we forge deep, productive client relationships that endure for decades. Learn more at www.lincolninternational.com.
At Lincoln International, we know that the success of our global organization is a direct outcome of the strength of our people. We encourage diversity of thought and create talent density by attracting, retaining and engaging high performers from all demographics, backgrounds and perspectives. We value diversity, equity and inclusion as a catalyst to foster innovation and creative problem solving, access the best candidates and adapt to a highly dynamic, competitive environment. We know that employing a diverse team and valuing the unique perspectives of our people allows us to better understand and serve the needs of our clients.
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Key responsibilities
Reception & Office Management:
- Provide seamless Front of House support
- Meet and greet guests and take care of hospitality
- Proactively manage and order catering for meetings
- Manage the meeting room calendars
- Answer reception phone, take messages and retrieve voicemails
- Order kitchen, stationery and printer supplies
- Ensure tidiness of the meeting room, the reception area, the kitchen and the binding room and make sure they are replenished and organized
- Manage incoming and outgoing post and packages, arranging couriers
- Photocopying and scanning, printing and binding
- Proactively manage property management and service providers, ensure functionality of office and the office equipment (printers, binders, etc.)
- Local New employee onboarding in collaboration with IT, HR
- Arrange birthday cakes and occasion gifts
- Coordinating and managing cleaning staff
Team Assistance:
- Supporting Managing Directors (currently 1) and her Team:
- International calendar management throughout multiple time zones
- Global travel management including visas
- Expenses
- Enter Salesforce contacts and meeting notes
- Organizing meetings and events with co-workers and clients
- Vacation cover for Tech Team Assistant
Please note that this position is initially limited to 15 months, but with the perspective of converting to a permanent contract!
Key Competencies
Background:
- Completed commercial or business training
- Minimum 2 years professional experience within a professional services environment, ideally M&A, private equity or similar
- German language skills at native speaker level and fluent, very good written and spoken English skills
Technical:
- Microsoft Office (Outlook / Word / Excel / PowerPoint)
- Concur (expenses)
- Salesforce (CRM)
Communication:
- Good interpersonal skills and an ability to build mutually respectful relationships with colleagues
- Written and spoken communications are clear, accurate, concise and appropriate for the audience and the task at hand
Results focussed:
- Takes pride in work and is consistently focussed on completing allocated tasks and meeting goals to an agreed quality and technical standard
- Takes active responsibility for ensuring own work is produced to a high standard
- Readily accepts stretching tasks and goals and actively seeks ways to overcome challenges and obstacles
Planning and Organising:
- Takes ownership of duties and tasks assigned
- Plans ahead, adapting readily to unexpected changes and is able to deal with peaks and troughs in workload with limited input and guidance
- Ability to manage several tasks at the same time and prioritise multiple work-streams
- Uses downtime in a productive and proactive manner
Meetings/relationships:
- Ability to build meaningful relationships at all levels
- Ability to be team focussed and exude excellent self-presentation skills
Remuneration
- 55,000 – 60,000 € annual salary
- Bonus discretionary, depending on company and individual performance
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