About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values – Protect, Improve, Grow – underpin everything that we do at CLS and define and shape a supportive and inclusive working environment in which everyone is encouraged to be open and forward-thinking.
Job information:
- Functional title – Communications and Marketing Assistant
- Department – CEO Office / Communications and Marketing
- Corporate level - Associate
- Report to – Executive Director, Communications & Marketing
- Location - London
What you will be doing:
A hybrid role providing essential administrative support to the CEO office, particularly focusing on the Communications and Marketing team.
CEO office administrative support
The CEO office comprises the following teams: Communications and Marketing, Strategy, Innovation and Policy. In this role, you will support the CEO office team with:
- Budgeting – coordinate the procurement process, including raising purchase orders, onboarding suppliers, managing invoices and tracking payments against the budget.
- Risk management reporting - coordinate materials for the quarterly risk assessment reporting process
- Project support - provide administrative assistance for various projects and initiatives aimed at optimizing processes across the organization
- Policies and Procedures – oversee the review cycle for all policy and procedure documents, ensuring compliance with internal guidelines and timelines.
Communications and Marketing administrative support
- Campaign coordination - manage the content calendar and monitor the progress of marketing campaigns
- Meeting coordination – organize and manage agendas for team and stakeholder meetings, including scheduling logistics and necessary materails
- Content management – support the upkeep of content across the CLS website, social media platforms, team SharePoint libraries and the marketing toolkit.
- Event support – provide support with logistics and execution of CLS event programme.
What we’re looking for:
- Previous experience in a team administrative role
- Tenacious, creative and curious – if something isn’t working, come up with solutions rather than the problems.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workloads effectively.
- Confident liaising with stakeholders at all levels
- Good team working and collaboration skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Professional qualifications / certifications
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- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software, with an appetite to develop skills (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite)
- Prior events organization experience would be advantageous
- Knowledge of digital channels and CMS would be advantageous
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate diversity and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Affinity Groups (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about DE&I.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.
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What We Do
In 2022, we celebrate 20 years of delivering unprecedented levels of risk mitigation, liquidity optimization and operational efficiencies.
Trusted by thousands of counterparties within the global FX ecosystem, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivaled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so you can put your capital and resources to better use.
Our complementary products are designed to enable you to manage your risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
