Executive Assistant

Date live: 07/20/2026

Business Area: Coverage and M&A

Area of Expertise: Business Support & Administration

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000121501

Salary / Rate $ 80,000.00 - $ 115,000.00

Barclays is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Executive Assistant to provide dedicated support to the Investment Banking Technology team. This is a high visibility role requiring exceptional organizational skills, strong judgment, and the ability to manage a fast paced and dynamic workload. As a key partner to senior leadership, you will ensure smooth daily operations by overseeing complex calendars, coordinating extensive travel, preparing detailed expense reports, and providing both executive and personal support.

To be successful as an Executive Assistant, you should have experience with:

• Managing calendars, scheduling meetings, and prioritizing the executive’s time
• Coordinating travel and ensuring adherence to T&E policies and Compliance approvals
• Drafting and editing emails, memos, reports, and presentations
• Multi-tasking while simultaneously maintaining organized files
• Work onsite from 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., with flexibility for after-hours needs

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Discretion with confidential information
• Proactive problem solver with strong organizational skills
• Familiarity with CRM
• Flexible, adaptable, and team oriented

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in San Francisco, CA .

Minimum Salary: $80,000

Minimum Salary: $115,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To manage the executive’s schedule, handling correspondence, preparing presentations and reports, and providing other administrative support as needed.

Accountabilities

• Management of senior executive members calendars and overseeing their timely responses to meeting invitations and requests.
• Planning and arranging travel itineraries, including flights, accommodation, and ground transportation, ensuring timely and efficient travel for the executive.
• Proactively anticipating the needs of the senior executive, prioritising tasks, and ensuring timely completion.
• Management of day-to-day administrative tasks, such as expenses, maintaining filing systems, and ordering office supplies, annual leave records management, distribution list management and organisation management tasks.
• Management and facilitation of senior executive members meetings.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understan…