EA to CEO and CFO

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work in our Head Office at London Pancras Square a minimum of 3 days per week, and also remotely

Contract Type: Permanent

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide high‑level, proactive, and confidential support to the CEO and CFO of our FTSE 125 organisation. Based at our London St Pancras headquarters, this is a pivotal role enabling two senior leaders to operate at their highest strategic level.

What You Will Be Doing

• Providing seamless, confidential support to the CEO and CFO, proactively managing fast‑moving priorities and complex schedules
• Handling correspondence and communications on behalf of the executives with professionalism and clarity
• Organising high‑level internal and external meetings, preparing agendas, briefings, and materials
• Preparing the executives for Board, ExCo, investor, and leadership meetings by collating pre‑reads and highlighting key actions and decisions
• Planning and optimising international and domestic travel, ensuring efficient, well‑structured itineraries
• Liaising confidently with investors, partners, senior stakeholders, and government or regulatory officials
• Preparing and editing high‑quality presentations, reports, documents, and executive communications
• Maintaining secure, compliant document management using platforms such as SharePoint
• Building trusted relationships across the Executive Leadership Team, Board, Investor Relations, and broader organisation
• Acting as a key internal and external representative for the CEO and CFO, providing clarity and direction on their behalf
• Identifying opportunities to streamline workflows and improve executive efficiency
• Supporting the wider leadership team with ad hoc administrative needs
• Ensuring smooth operation of virtual meeting technology and troubleshooting when required

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience supporting senior executives within a corporate environment, including complex diary management
• Exceptional organisational, prioritisation, and time‑management skills, with the ability to work autonomously and manage multiple demands
• Strong interpersonal, relationship‑building, and influencing skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including managing senior stakeholders
• High emotional intelligence, strong judgement, and the ability to anticipate needs
• Advanced proficiency across Microsoft Office and collaboration tools (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, OneNote)
• Impeccable attention to detail, accuracy, and a solutions‑focused mindset
• Ability to remain calm, flexible, and proactive in a fast‑paced, commercially sensitive environment
• Absolute discretion and integrity when handling confidential information
• Experience working in a global organisation, ideally within a listed company environment

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact. 

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.

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