Receptionist

Receptionist– FinTech Investment Banking

Position: Financial Technology Partners is seeking a Receptionist/Junior Administrative Assistant.

Company Description: Financial Technology Partners (aka “FT Partners”) is the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on the financial technology sector. We broadly define the sector as the dynamic convergence of technology-based solutions and financial services. FT Partners was recently recognized as “Dealmaker of the Year” and “Investment Banking Firm of the Year” by the M&A Advisor.

The firm was founded by Steve McLaughlin, Managing Partner, formerly a senior investment banker in Goldman Sachs & Co.’s Financial Technology Group and Financial Institutions Group in New York and San Francisco. The firm’s Founder and senior bankers are all highly experienced investment bankers formerly with the financial technology, M&A and investment banking groups of Goldman Sachs & Co in New York, San Francisco, London, and Los Angeles.

Role Description: Financial Technology Partners LP, the only investment banking firm focused exclusively on the financial technology sector, is actively seeking an entry-level Receptionist/Junior Administrative Assistant for our office in London near Oxford Circus. In this role, you will be responsible for providing administrative support the London office team members including, but not limited to, meeting and greeting clients, maintaining the reception area and the meeting rooms tidy, arranging couriers, receiving and distributing post and deliveries, setting up internal and external meetings, managing calendars, arranging travel plans, and processing expense reports. The ideal candidate will have great communication and interpersonal skills, be proactive, self-sufficient and well organized. Additionally, he or she must have an excellent judgment to properly prioritize multiple and potentially competing requests and be confident with Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities include:

• Acting as the front of house receptionist, welcoming all guests and direct them internally
• Greeting guests, offering refreshments and giving an efficient front of house service
• Timely and accurate coordinating internal and external bookings in the meeting rooms, including logistical details, communication, and follow-up
• Sorting and distributing incoming post and deliveries
• Arranging outgoing post and couriers
• Updating internal contact lists
• Preparing monthly expense reports, identify and resolve all discrepancies
• Booking travel and hotels for staff members
• Providing team coverage where required (ie: holidays)
• Ordering office and kitchen supplies (stationery, milk, sugar, drinks) and catering for client and internal meetings, as needed
• Helping with events and logistics
• Running errands and help out whole team with ad-hoc requests
• Keeping an organized and neat office environment and ensure all office services run smoothly
• Maintaining and protecting confidentiality regarding all aspects of client and company information

General Requirements

• 1-3 years of related experience as a Receptionist or Administrative Assistant
• Experience professional services industry preferred
• Seeking work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Outlook
• Familiarity and/or ability to learn and work with corporate software tools (e.g. expense reporting, travel booking, CRM, etc.)
• Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills
• Excellent professional references
• Permanent United Kingdom work authorization required

Service Orientation

• Responds promptly to your internal customer needs; solicits feedback to improve service
• Responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.
• A positive, enthusiastic approach to work and collaboration.

Communications & People Skills

• Professional telephone and email manner
• Speaks clearly; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; able to read and interpret written information.
• Develop and maintain strong internal relationships

Planning, Organizing & Quality Management

• Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; demonstrates sense of urgency, detail-oriented.
• Ability to follow process and procedures; looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, monitors own work to ensure quality.

Teamwork

• Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; supports everyone’s efforts to succeed.
• Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.
• Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; upholds firm values.

Work Style

• Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• High degree of self-discipline and motivation. Able to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Self-directed with the ability to discern when to solve problems independently and when to escalate them
• An entrepreneurial spirit, ready to roll up your sleeves and dig into the complexities of any task or challenge.

Compensation

An attractive compensation package, consisting of a base salary, annual bonus, and benefits.

Why FT Partners?

• Managing Partner and Managing Directors formerly of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan
• Award-winning execution; Investment Bank of the Year / Boutique of the Year Awards (among many others)
• Executing both billion dollar and early stage / high-growth VC transactions
• Excellent career path, strong and competitive compensation
• Unparalleled deal flow with premier client base
• Access to world-class executives at high-growth companies
• Dominant footprint in the one of largest sectors: financial technology
• Top-notch financial sponsor relationships
• Close-knit, rapidly growing team

Selected transactions include advising:

• Heartland Payments in its $4.5 billion sale to Global Payments (NYSE: GPN)
• Assurance IQ in its $3.5 billion sale to Prudential (NYSE: PRU)
• Mercury Payment in its $2.0 billion sale to Vantiv (NYSE:VNTV)
• SquareTrade in its $1.4 billion sale to Allstate (NYSE:ALL)
• Finicity in its $985 million sale to Mastercard (NYSE: MA)
• Interswitch in its $200 million minority investment led by Visa
• Checkout.com in its $230 million minority investment from Insight, DST, GIC, and others
• CardConnect in its $750 million sale to First Data (NYSE:FDC)
• GreenSky in its $300 million minority investment led by DST, TPG, Wellington Management, and Iconiq
• Instamed in its $500+ million sale to JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM)
• BlueVine in its $102 million minority investment led by ION
• Stone in its $1.4 bn IPO
• FleetOne in its $369mm sale to WEX (NYSE:WEX)
• AvidXchange in its $300 million financing from MasterCard (NYSE:MA), CDPQ, Temasek and Peter Thiel
• Automated Trading Desk in its $680 million sale to Citigroup (NYSE:C)
• Custom House Ltd. in its $370 million sale to Western Union (NYSE:WU)
• Addepar in its $140 million financing from Valor Equity Partners, 8VC and Harald McPike
• Automatic in its $115 million sale to SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI)
• GoCardless in its $75 million minority investment from Adams Street Partners and Google Ventures

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Financial Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact recruiting@ftpartners.com.

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