Category: AF Invest CEO - OF8300
Posted by: Alexander Forbes
Posted on: 17 Jun 2025
Closing date: 25 Jun 2025
Location: Johannesburg
Purpose Of The Job
This role provides principle administrative support for the CEO and CFO of AF Investments and AFI EXCO members on day-to-day deliverables and it involves working closely with other key stakeholders as determined by the Chief Executive Officer.
Overview
This opportunity provides a 6month learning opportunity, building perspective of the Alexforbes Investment business as a whole, as well as the overall customer value chain, including intermediaries and partner businesses.
This role requires a flexible self-driven person comfortable with ambiguity and with a very strong can-do attitude. A high level of integrity, maturity and confidentiality is required. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through their own efforts and promotes process improvement.
Administration & Support
- Performs administrative duties for an executive, including presentations, minutes and other tasks.
- Performs administrative duties for AFI Committee meetings i.e. minutes, updates/changes and signoff on same.
- Coordinates resources to gather information and may prepare first draft of various reports.
- Prepares presentations i.e. formatting and design
- Manage and monitor appointments, calendar, commitments and travel arrangements to ensure schedules are effectively organized
- Responsible for ensuring relevant matters are included on board and Exco agendas.
- Administrative support for Investments governance forums and committees
- Performs administrative duties, including presentations, minutes and other tasks.
- Coordinates resources to gather information and may prepare first draft of various reports.
- Ensures Chief Executive Officer is equipped with necessary documentation to proceed with meetings.
- Administrative support for Investments governance forums and committees
- Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
- Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks, and output quality.
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve divisional results.
- Accepts and lives the Alex Forbes values
- Recruitment: Complete the RAF (Recruitment Authorisation Form) and Upload the Job Spec for approval.
- Staff Movements and Structure: Complete the Workforce Movement Form before payroll cut-off (This includes intra and inter transfers).
- Leave Approval: On behalf of Executive, approve/decline all leave requests as advised by CEO. Before payroll cut-off dates.
- Office Onboarding: Complete the JML online form. Arrange the laptop; building access (parking and building); telephone and systems access. Complete two weeks prior to commencement.
- Builds and maintains relationships with executives, senior management and other PAs
- Matric
- 3 - 5 years of experience as an Executive Assistant
- 3 years of exposure to the Financial Services Industry
- 3 - 5 experience in Administrative support
