Executive Assistant

2 Months ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Executive Assistant role involves engaging with senior executives, clients, investors, and officials. The role manages a dynamic schedule, oversees global travel logistics, and coordinates high-level meetings and events. The Executive Assistant ensures the CEO's time is optimized by prioritizing tasks and commitments and leads meeting preparation and execution while identifying opportunities for organizational enhancement. The role also handles expense reporting and provides proactive administrative support.
Must have:
  • First point of contact for the Group CEO to stakeholders.
  • Planning, scheduling and organizing internal & external meetings.
  • Extensive and ever-changing diary management.
  • Identifying areas of improvement and making recommendations.
  • Acting as an effective gatekeeper for the Group CEO.
  • Expense submission and management.
  • Keeping meetings focused and planning and coordinating them effectively.
  • Preparing presentations/paperwork for internal and external meetings.

Job Details

Summary

Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet. We’re a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it’s only right that we ended up with the name ‘Kuda’ which means ‘love’ in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa.

We’re giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices.

We’ve raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we’re rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK.

Role Overview
This role involves engaging with senior executives, clients, investors, and officials. Manages a dynamic schedule, oversees global travel logistics, and coordinates high-level meetings and events. Ensures the CEO's time is optimized by prioritizing tasks and commitments. Leads meeting preparation and execution while identifying opportunities for organizational enhancement. Handles expense reporting and provides proactive administrative support.

Responsibilities:

  • First point of contact in the office of the Group CEO to internal and external stakeholders which can include top-level executives, customers, board advisors, investors, government or regulatory officials, clients, and visitors
  • Planning, scheduling and organising internal & external meetings, including venue bookings and international itinerary management.
  • Extensive and ever-changing diary management and assisting the Group CEO effectively with meeting attendance.Leading meetings and workshops with meticulous planning and coordination.
  • Identifying areas of improvement across the organization and making actionable recommendations.
  • Acting as an effective gatekeeper and personal timekeeper for the Group CEO, orchestrating schedules and planning essential travels.
  • Expense submission and management.
  • Keeping meetings focused and planning and coordinating them effectively.
  • An effective gatekeeper for the Group CEO.
  • Preparing presentations/paperwork for internal and external meetings.
  • Arranging board, investors, exec and other internal management meetings (including the odd client meeting)
  • Setting key performance indicators to measure and improve team performance.
  • Providing hands-on support to transform ideas into reality and monitor their progress.
  • Minute taking for meetings.
  • Providing direct support for the Group CEO and at times to the Senior Management team as required.
  • Steering strategic business initiatives from genesis to fruition.
  • Pinpointing and addressing core issues within business processes.
  • Presenting the chief executive and other senior leaders with detailed company operations analysis.
  • Evaluating risk factors when making critical business decisions.
  • Completing special projects and initiatives with skilful oversight and support.
  • Teaming up with top-tier executives to chalk out and prioritize strategic business moves.
  • Perform other duties as may be required/requested from time to time

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About The Company

A few years ago, a small team of people determined to transform banking launched a savings app for Nigerians. That app was the first step toward Kuda. Kuda is a full-service digital bank. Our mission is to make banking accessible, affordable and rewarding for all Africans. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round recorded in Africa, and completed Series B funding round in 2021, led by some of the world's most respected institutional investors.

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