• Status: Permanent / Full time
• Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm
• Site based role, Harwich / Colchester (Essex)
• Salary: Competitive / Negotiable DOE

Surya foods is a family owned and run food manufacturing operation in Harwich, Essex.

With brand new offices in Ardleigh, Colchester by Summer 2024, we are seeking an individual with a proactive, organised approach to provide support to our Chief Financial Officer.

As an Executive Assistant to the CFO, your role will be to support the CFO’s function & team, to provide the maximum efficiency and effectiveness for them to achieve intended outcomes.

Duties will involve assisting with all necessary projects/administration, managing extensive diary and travel scheduling, organising arrangements for meetings internally and externally and providing other business support administration with minimal direction.

Duties:

• Act as a single point of contact and support for the CFO, exercising high discretion and judgement when dealing with highly confidential and sensitive financial and commercial data.
• Gathering information from financial tools and assist in board packs & meetings
• Float tenders, assemble information for insurances & utilities contracts for the group
• Assist the CFO in team meetings, weekly / monthly reports and staff activity reports and report any variances from agreed schedules
• Support the CFO in banks data submission
• Coordinate with finance team and arrange for data records, storage and automation project
• Assist the CFO in compliances with companies house and HMRC
• The employee has a responsibility towards achieving any departmental targets/KPI’s as shared by the company

Essential Skills:

• Previous experience of supporting a CFO / C-Suite level in a financial function is essential
• Strong ability to multi-task
• High level of initiative and self-motivation
• Hardworking and diligent work ethic
• Excellent communication skills.
• MS Office experience (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
• Ability to maintain and manage relationships at senior levels
• FMCG knowledge is desirable but not essential