Executive Assistant to CEO

• Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things?
• Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on experience working in the embedded payments space?
• Do you want to have the opportunity to be supporting leadership in a fast paced, high growth fintech?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking to hire ambitious, and value-adding talent to join Modulr, the fastest growing payments business in the UK and Europe. This role is office based five days a week in west London office.

About us

At Modulr, our vision is a world where all businesses are powered by embedded payments.

Modulr enables thousands of businesses, from SMEs to Enterprise, across the UK and Europe to efficiently pay-in, collect and disburse funds instantly via a range of payment methods, accounts, and card products.

We have created an industry-leading platform with comprehensive online tools and API access, to meet the demands of daily business payments. We are connected to an expanding network of accounting and payroll platforms, including Sage, Xero, BrightPay and IRIS. Our payments expertise and extensive product capability also enables us to build tailored solutions to solve complex payment problems for hundreds of clients in a range of industries, including Travel, Merchant Payments, Lending, Wage Advance, and Investment & Wealth.

We are deeply integrated into the payment eco-system. In the UK, we are direct participants of Faster Payments and Bacs, and hold settlement accounts at the Bank of England. Our payment network connectivity includes CHAPS, Open Banking, SEPA, SWIFT and account issuance in 11 currencies. We are principal issuing members of Visa and Mastercard across UK and Europe.

Our regulatory permissions and governance structure underpin our business. We are regulated and supervised as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (AEMI) in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and in the Netherlands by De Nederlandsche Bank.

Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by the venture arms of payments giants PayPal and FIS, as well as growth investors Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog Capital and Highland Europe.

Modulr now has over 450 employees spread globally across offices in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, and Mumbai.

Modulr values

• Building the extraordinary and going that extra mile.
• Owning the opportunity, be passionate and proud of the time you invest.
• Move at pace, reach your goals faster with us supporting you each step of the way.
• Achieve it together, working as a team and being a Modulite.

The role

We are currently seeking an Executive Assistant to provide outstanding 1:1 support to the CEO across all areas of business support. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and ambitious business at an exciting time of growth. The CEO has a wide variety of business, charity, and social interests, and needs someone who has superb organisational skills who can keep up with the pace of the role.

Specific duties

• Sole responsibility for managing a complex set of engagements – both business and occasional personal.
• High volume of internal and external meeting planning and coordination.
• Liaising both internally and externally with Board members, key stakeholders, and clients.
• Facilitating the seamless running of every day – greeting guests, preparing meeting rooms, timekeeping etc.
• Reacting swiftly and efficiently to short notice changes.
• Having the tenacity to ensure all tasks are seen through to completion.
• Contributing to business success by understanding key priorities.
•  Providing proactive support for document creation and revision for senior management.
• Preparing and collating information for multiple subcommittees and board packs using PowerPoint collaborating with Governance Secretary closely.
• Co-ordinating travel, hotels, visa etc (utilising travelperk platform).
• Efficiently managing both business and personal administrative tasks for the CEO office.
• As with this type of role, ad hoc tasks as required.

 About you

The successful person will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role and we are looking for the following:

• Ideally 5+ years of experience in a similar position.
• Great commercial awareness.
• Be able to demonstrate upmost professionalism and be comfortable representing the business to our network, which includes regularly liaising with high-status guests and HNWIs’.
• First-rate written and verbal English, comfortable with drafting professional correspondence.
• Able to troubleshoot issues before they become problematic, and proactively anticipate priorities. 
• Proficiency in MS Outlook/Word/PowerPoint/SharePoint skills and willingness to learn new tech.
• Highly organised, efficient, and systematic.
• Ability to exercise discretion around sensitive and business issues.
• Supreme efficiency and attention to detail with the ability to adeptly multi-task.
• Patience, tenacity, and flexibility, with a calm and "unflappable" nature.
• Self-initiative solution driven and able to think quickly on your feet.
• "No task too small" attitude, happy to get stuck in and get things done.
• Ability to build positive working relationships and work well with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of seniority.

 What can Modulr offer you

You will be part of a cross disciplinary team(s), with co-workers located in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam, and/or India. We are friendly and sociable, challenging but rewarding. We want you to push yourself and for us to support you in your future as we scale up and grow. Our culture and values are putting you first and are about investing in your future.

• Share Options Incentive Scheme
• Company Bonus - the more successful we are together, the more company bonus we offer
• Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on a variety of benefits for you to choose from which suit your lifestyle and needs
• Perkbox - enjoy freebies and discounts on many other products and services
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + your birthday off - choose which days you take off to relax and/or spend time with loved ones
• Learning Opportunities – on joining Modulr you will embark on our 3-day onboarding programme, called ModStart, to be equipped with the Modulr know-how and arm you with the tools you need to be successful from day 1! But we do not want your learning to stop there so we will continue to provide you with the tools and capabilities through our learning channels, platforms, and Buddy allocation to allow you to grow and develop in Modulr.
• Modulr All hands - join your colleagues for our company wide events throughout the year
• Great workspace - Modulr thrives on innovation which is best done through in-person collaboration. This approach enables us to work together closely, exchange ideas, and create innovative solutions that drive our success. We have state of the art offices located in WeWork in Edinburgh, ScaleSpace in London, and WeWork in Amsterdam.
• Bike to work scheme

ModInclusion 

We believe that by seeing Modulr, and the world, from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all.​ We want you to know that the things that make you, you — like your identity, age, ability, and background — are things that we will always celebrate and support with open arms.  As such, we are keen to maximise the diversity of our workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.

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Last updated on Jul 31, 2024