The Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) Events team partners with business stakeholders to ensure the strategic positioning and flawless execution of events, deliver consistent and best-in-class relationship and business development opportunities for our clients and ultimately impact bottom line revenue.

As an Event Management Coordinator in CIB team you will focus on supporting our cross-asset Markets business working with regional sales and marketing, as well as product teams to deliver a number of key investor conferences and events both within the UK and Europe.

Job responsibilities

• Works closely with the event managers and team members to provide full assistance on conferences and events
• Works on the event-specific databases, manages event collateral, delegates management and supports the event planners to deliver events as required
• Maintains inventory of stock for the department and order branded conference materials
• Delivers stand-alone event included as part of the role
• Understands and applies complex internal processes and controls to adhere with company policies and industry regulations
• Assists in the development and reconciliation of event budgets and stay within strict parameters, negotiates costs with suppliers
• Manages and instructs internal and external vendors and suppliers, ensuring quality and value standards are maintained
• Executes quality output under tight deadlines and work extra hours as needed – early mornings and late nights may be required as necessary

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Relevant experience in events, marketing or a related field (ideally with a financial institution or professional services organisation)
• Superior oral and written communication and analytical skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail is imperative in this role
• Proactive, self-sufficient, resourceful and motivated
• Highly motivated, flexible, enthusiastic, innovative and creative with required determination to achieve results through initiative and common sense
• Strong sense of time management, prioritization and ability to execute against deliverables
• Willingness to be a team player and consistently interact with peers, partners, management, relationship managers and clients
• Ability to work in a fast-pace environment with dynamic priorities
• Comfortable working in a matrix management organisation structure