Ikano Bank – CEO Assistant

Are you an exceptional organizer with a passion for the financial industry? Do you strive in a fast paced and transforming environment, providing support to CEO and the management team? If so, we invite you to join our team at Ikano Bank as a CEO assistant.

Together we create solutions that simplify life for the many people

As an Executive Management Assistant, you will have a key role in supporting Ikano Bank’s CEO and management team. You will assist and support the management team on various tasks such as meetings, travel, coordination, and administration.

Your main responsibilities are:

• Provide comprehensive administrative support to our CEO, including managing schedules, meetings, communication etc.
• Coordinate and prepare materials for board meetings, executive preparations, and other engagements.
• Assist in preparations and proof readings linked to reports, correspondence, and other documents, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.
• Ensure proper preparation and follow up of meetings, including invitations, reservations, distribution of meeting material, filing of official documents etc
• Handle travel arrangements, expense reports and other logistics to facilitate an efficient operation for CEO and the management team.
• Ensure good accessibility by acting as a single point of contact, internally and externally.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism and discretion in handling sensitive information.
• Contribute to Ikano Bank co-worker engagement plans and activities

You’ll need some experience!

We believe you are passionate about people and business. You find energy and motivation in working both independently and together with others. You are creative and curious. You put an honor in serving and supporting with excellence. Sharing and living the Ikano culture and values comes naturally to you.

We believe you come from a background working as an assistant or similar. You have proven record of success, with at least 10 years job specific experience, preferably within the banking or financial services industry. You have exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, both in English and Swedish. To be successful you need experience in Microsoft Office (word, excel, ppt, outlook). Experience from working within a rapid growth company in an international environment is a plus.

We offer you

Ikano Bank is in the middle of its biggest transformation ever. With committed employees and innovative solutions, we are building a new bank, in ways of working, technology and processes, which will make us a fully digitalised, simple and caring bank for the many people. The transformation secures we always stay as the entrepreneurial and customer-centric bank Ingvar Kamprad once founded.

This position is more than what meets the eye. You will get a good insight in the business of the bank, interacting with many stakeholders. You will get the chance to push boundaries and influence your daily work. All as part of an open culture where we live our values, work hard, deliver, and have fun.

About Ikano Bank AB (publ)

Ikano Bank creates possibilities for better living by offering simple, fair, and affordable services, enabling a healthy economy for the many people and businesses. Its offer includes savings and loan products for consumers, sales support services for retailers, and leasing and factoring solutions for businesses. Ikano Bank operates in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK, Poland, Germany, and Austria and is a part of the Ikano Group who owns 51 % of the Bank. Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V., owns the remaining 49 % of the Bank. Ikano Bank’s head office is located in Malmö, Sweden and the company is registered in Älmhult, Sweden where the business was once founded.

Join us now – together we will find a better way

In this recruitment process, Ikano Bank is working with Academic Search. For more information please contact Researcher Lukas Grönroos; Lukas.gronroos@academicsearch.se or Senior Consultant Marcus Kleine: marcus.kleine@academicsearch.se.

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We will be evaluating candidates ongoing and look forward to your prompt application!

About Academic Search

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