Location
London Development Centre

Company
AEGON Scottish Equitable – Sales

Department
Sales

Closing Date
1 July 2009

Target salary
Dependent on experience

Department summary

At AEGON UK, our goal is to be the best long-term savings and protection business in the UK. The role of Partnerships Sales within AEGON Scottish Equitable Sales is to maintain and develop strategic relationships with key accounts, improving profitability and turnover to a level in line with our strategic direction. Partnerships Sales provides a first-class service and has the flexibility to direct administrative resources on the activities that have the most impact on performance.

Responsibilities

As a PA within the London Development Centre, you’ll:

• provide a comprehensive and confidential PA support service to the management team
• play an active role in helping to deliver the department’s goals and objectives
• manage internal and external relationships for the Partnerships team
• check processes, track budgets and maintain an audit trail
• organise and support the management team on a daily and long-term basis
• manage diaries and travel for the management team
• arrange meetings, prepare agendas and take actions at monthly management meetings
• be responsible for the Personal Expense Management System (PEMS) expense submissions, PowerPoint presentations and email management
• co-ordinate events such as one-to-one and team meetings and sales conferences with Corporate Events
• collate and compile monthly sales reports, chasing sales teams against deadlines if needed
• be responsible for general administration support to the Partnerships team, including travel, accommodation, diary management and campaign support
• manage various internal systems and databases, including Flex, Trent, holiday/absence system, staff changes, SID database and ACRE requests
• help with administration for new starters and staff leavers
• prepare invoices for payment
• prepare management information and reports for external/internal customers
• be responsible for financial control and risk management reporting, including preparing and maintaining expenses, budgets and other compliance issues

Requirements

Essential

To be a PA, you must:

• have strong consistent PA experience within financial services
• be a quick learner and be willing to take responsibility for your personal and professional development
• be able to anticipate problems and identify solutions
• have a good working knowledge of all MS Office applications and be willing to brush up your skills when they need it
• feel comfortable communicating at all levels and be able to build relationships with internal and external customers
• be able to organise and plan your own workload and the workloads of others
• have a head for numbers

Desirable:

It would also help if you:

• have worked in life and pensions before
• know about and understand the adviser marketplace

Contact details:

Zoë O’Donnell
HR Resourcing
AEGON UK
Edinburgh Park
Edinburgh
EH12 9SE

Or email direct to recruitment@aegon.co.uk