Executive Assistant

Date live: 10/06/2026

Business Area: Cross Markets

Area of Expertise: Business Support & Administration

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000134257

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

Join Barclays as an Executive Assistant, where you will provide executive support to the growing population of senior leaders across Cross Markets in NY. In this role, you’ll be expected to manage scheduling and communication for Cross Markets senior management in NY, as well Head of Cross Markets when travelling to NY, and act as a go-to contact for the wider teams on administrative issues.

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

• Managing scheduling for senior management

• Organizing and preparing for meetings, including gathering documents and attending to logistics of meetings

• Answering and responding to phone calls, communicating messages and information to management

• Prioritizing emails and responding when necessary

• Coordinating travel arrangements and team building activities

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Previous executive assistant experience supporting senior management

• Ample stakeholder management skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Exceptional organizational skills

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 New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $80,000

Maximum 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 provide administrative and organisational support to executives, managers, or teams. To manage schedules, acting as a trusted point of contact, ensuring seamless coordination, efficient task management, and a professional presence for their assigned individuals or teams.

Accountabilities

• Management of executive, managers or team calendars and overseeing 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 or team.
• Proactively anticipating the needs of the executive or team, 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.

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 understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alon…