Leela Adler
Marrickville,NSW
Summary
Professional assistant with experience in managing executive schedules, coordinating meetings, and handling confidential information. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Reliable in adapting to changing needs and trusted for efficiency. Skills include calendar management, travel arrangements, and effective communication. Known for organisational skills and proactive problem-solving.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Career Break
My Household
10.2021 - Current
- Launched a brand new website for startup from conception to completion including branding, logo, images, fonts, colours, execution and going live.
- Created engaging social media content, boosting online interaction.
- Managed household finances responsibly, ensuring adequate funds for necessities and special events.
- Built positive and nurturing environments to support child social and emotional growth.
- Changed over 7000 dirty nappies
- Functioned well despite an average sleep deprivation of 133 nights over 3 years
Personal Assistant - Investment Banking and Capital Markets
Credit Suisse
10.2014 - 10.2021
- Assistant to 2 MD's, 2 Directors and 2 AVP's as well as providing cover as required
- Complex diary and travel management - including itineraries, foreign currency and visas
- Managing an extremely high volume of internal and external calls and meetings
- Handling ever changing schedules for multiple bankers at short notice
- Preparing and submitting expenses in an accurate and timely manner
- Using the firms systems to submit PO and invoices for processing and to maintain call reports
- Extensive telephone coverage for a large team, ensuring all bankers and assistants phones are covered
- Extensive knowledge and maintenance of primary bankers contacts and client base, developing rapport with both internal and external stakeholders on an ongoing basis
Executive Assistant to Head of FSG EMEA
Barclays Investment Banking
03.2011 - 10.2014
- PA to Head of FSG, 2 Directors, 1 VP, 1 AVP and 2 Analysts as well as providing cover as required
- Complex diary and travel management
- Manage high volume of meeting requests
- Preparation and submission of expense reports in a timely and accurate manner
- Manage high volume of personal work for Head of FSG in addition to regular workload
- Stay on top of Compliance and regulatory requirements affecting my role
- Coordinate visa and passport submissions for bankers where needed
- Managed executive calendars, scheduling meetings and appointments and coordinating travel arrangements to optimize time.
Executive Assistant - Float Temp
Barclays Investment Banking
11.2010 - 03.2011
- Provide cover to permanent assistants during holidays and other absences
- Ensure seamless transition so that bankers needs were met on an ongoing basis
Senior Business Development Coordinator
Macquarie Bank Limited
08.2005 - 08.2010
- Coordinate team of 6 Business Development Managers and Head of Sales
- Including: booking travel, diary management, booking appointments, managing marketing materials, timely and accurate expense management, reporting, promotional products, sharepoint
- End to end coordination of road shows, functions and events (golf days, cocktail functions, racing carnivals, annual tax road shows)
- Manage broad reaching client email communications via fastmail and campaignlogic
- Successfully coordinated over 10 national road shows
- Designed national reporting dashboard for product campaigns
- Promoted from Senior Associate to Associate Manager (Level 3) in 2009
Education
Business Writing Essentials course -
Thinkspace
Sydney, NSW01.2009
Project Management course -
Thinkspace
Sydney, NSW01.2008
Introduction to Event Management -
AMI (Australian Marketing Institute)
Sydney, NSW01.2007
Advanced Microsoft Excel and Time Management Courses -
Thinkspace
Sydney, NSW01.2007
South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) -
Norwood Morialta High School
Adelaide, SA01.1998
Skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Event management
- Strong team player
- Advanced computer literacy
- Superior organisational skills
- Time management
- Strong work ethic
- Creative thinking capacity
- Attention to detail
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Multitasking
Timeline
Career Break
My Household
10.2021 - Current
Personal Assistant - Investment Banking and Capital Markets
Credit Suisse
10.2014 - 10.2021
Executive Assistant to Head of FSG EMEA
Barclays Investment Banking
03.2011 - 10.2014
Executive Assistant - Float Temp
Barclays Investment Banking
11.2010 - 03.2011
Senior Business Development Coordinator
Macquarie Bank Limited
08.2005 - 08.2010
Business Writing Essentials course -
Thinkspace
Project Management course -
Thinkspace
Introduction to Event Management -
AMI (Australian Marketing Institute)
Advanced Microsoft Excel and Time Management Courses -
Thinkspace
South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) -
Norwood Morialta High School
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