Administrative Assistant

Job Description

Position: Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Provide high-level administrative support to the hedge fund sales team.
• Assist in client onboarding process
• Maintain hedge fund sales proprietary client management data base
• Coordinate domestic and international travel, including airfare, hotel arrangements, and car service
• Maintain teams calendar, schedule all meetings and conference calls, field e-mails and phone calls, handle meeting conflicts
• Client interaction; act as liaison with clients and their assistants.
• Manage multiple calendars while anticipating needs
• Prepare and submit expenses via SAP Concur
• Coordinate internal and external meetings and conference calls
• Work closely with team members when they are traveling
• Coordinate print and production of documents and materials
  
  

Required Background/Skills:

• Superior time management, organization, and adaptability skills with a strong attention to detail
• Highly motivated and proactive self-starter
• Quick learner with the ability to multi-task
• Ability to deal with confidential information with a high level of discretion
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience using SAP Concur preferred
• Experience working in a trading floor environment preferred
  
  

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of administrative experience preferred
• Strong computer skills with proficient knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  
  

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $95,000 to $115,000

The salary offered will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies offers, for eligible employees, an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays and paid parental leave.

About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply. This includes applicants from historically underrepresented groups, including women, racial and ethnic minorities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, military veterans, and individuals with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.

All e mployees must follow Jefferies’ COVID-19 protocol policy , which is subject to chan ge.