Team Assistant (Finance Team)

Job description

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Team Assistant/ Personal Assistant who will be responsible for providing administrative and organisational support to defined members of their department. This will be defined by the director and could cover marketing, medical or sales responsibilities.

Key responsibilities

Effectively and efficiently manages meetings

·  Provides support to the department ensuring that all meetings are given appropriate time and are prioritised where necessary
·  Pro-actively finds solutions to time management issues

Manages travel and accommodation requirements in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

·  Takes full responsibility of travel management from flights through to accommodation for both domestic and international travel providing details well in advance of travel date
·  Is aware of travel SOPs and ensures that the department operate within them

Provides proactive administrative support on a day to day basis

·  Processes all incoming mail and calls making sure that information is prioritised as it is passed on
·  Presents a positive impression of the department with external visitors by collecting them from reception and offering refreshments
·  Offers proactive support in the preparation of presentations by providing technical support, input and proof reading
·  Creates and maintains up to date filing systems and databases such that all relevant information can be easily retrieved

About You

To excel in this role you will need to have:

·  Experience of working in an administrative environment or qualification in business administration/office management
·  Previous experience of working in a related area to that of the department, is desirable
·  Understanding of all key computer packages (word, excel, PowerPoint, e-mail)
·  GCSEs level in English and Maths at grade C or above
·  Strong time management skills and the demonstrated ability to organise own workload and deal with conflicting priorities
·  Ability to challenge and remain calm under pressure
·  Strong Interpersonal skills and experience of building relationships across a wide variety of people
·  Ability to work alone on tasks pro-actively seeking, recommending and implementing solutions to arising issues

What Sanofi can offer you

·  A role with expose to multiple business units and senior management, will the ability to progress your career within Finance or across other functions
·  We offer a generous package including flexible benefits, and are committed to helping you have a healthy work-life balance throughout your career with us
·  The role is office based in Reading, Thames Valley Park
·  This is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

About Sanofi

Empower Life Everyday

At Sanofi we work across human health from vaccines to rare diseases, and consumer healthcare. This creates opportunities to work across different areas to build a diverse and exciting career. Sanofi has the capabilities and resources to support your aspirations to fulfill your ambitions and be the best you can be.

Our purpose at Sanofi is to work passionately every day to understand and solve healthcare needs of people across the world. Our ambition is by 2025, to be a top 3 innovative, global and diversified human healthcare company. One that embraces transformative technologies and is focused on its area of excellence, which means we're not there to try to solve everybody's problems. We want to focus on those areas where we know we are making a difference.

The values we are live by are teamwork, courage, respect and integrity.

At Sanofi diversity and inclusion is foundational to how we operate and embedded in our Core Values. We recognize to truly tap into the richness diversity brings we must lead with inclusion and have a workplace where those differences can thrive and be leveraged to empower the lives of our colleagues, patients and customers. We respect and celebrate the diversity of our people, their backgrounds and experiences and provide equal opportunity for all.