Senior Executive Assistant to the Group Managing Director (GMD) at Elizabeth Maddeux

Job Summary

• The Senior Executive Assistant to the Group Managing Director is a high-impact strategic role with a diversified global organization operating across Financial sectors and multiple investment sectors.
• This role goes beyond executive assistance. It requires a strategic operator capable of initiating, coordinating, and driving corporate strategy for deep market penetration across multiple industries and geographies.
• The successful candidate will serve as a strategic partner to the GMD and provide cross-continental executive coordination support to Continental and Country Business Leaders across Africa, North America, Europe and Asia.
• Female candidates are preferred to support gender balance within executive leadership support.

Strategic Scope of the Role

• The role demands demonstrated experience in initiating and coordinating corporate strategy across the following industries:
  • Financial Services (microfinance bank, fintech)
  • Green Energy
  • Agriculture & Livestock Production
  • Real Estate
• The candidate must possess proven capacity to drive deep market penetration strategies across these sectors.

Key Responsibilities
Corporate Strategy & Market Expansion:

• Initiate, coordinate, and track execution of corporate strategy across multiple industries.
• Drive structured market penetration initiatives across global regions.
• Provide strategic intelligence and business expansion insights to the GMD.
• Think creatively and out of the box in developing innovative business growth strategies.

Executive & Global Leadership Support:

• Provide strategic support to the GMD and global business leaders.
• Represent the GMD in high-level external business meetings and executive presentations.
• Prepare board-level documentation, strategic briefings, and executive presentations.
• Coordinate strategic priorities across multiple international business units.

Global Operations Coordination:

• Drive and coordinate general operations across Marketing communications, Relationship development, Sales coordination, Client and stakeholder relationship management
• Ensure operational alignment across Africa, North America, Europe and Asia.

Performance Tracking & HR Collaboration:

• Collaborate with the Human Resources Department to track daily and weekly team performance.
• Monitor project delivery timelines and escalate performance gaps.
• Maintain executive dashboards and performance reporting frameworks.

Client & Stakeholder Management:

• Maintain strong executive-level client relationships.
• Support international relationship development efforts.
• Ensure excellence in communication and engagement across global stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Management or related field.
• MBA or Master’s degree is a strong advantage.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Executive Management with at least 5 years supporting a C-suite executive.
• Prior experience within the financial services sector is strongly preferred.
• Exposure to global operations is highly desirable.

Language & Communication Requirement:

• Must communicate fluently and professionally in English (written and spoken).
• Ability to communicate in French (written and spoken) is a significant advantage due to global operations.

Core Competencies:

• Advanced strategic thinking capacity
• Strong multi-industry business acumen
• Deep understanding of financial services and investment ecosystems
• Exceptional coordination and organizational skills
• High emotional intelligence
• Strong executive presence and diplomacy
• Excellent client management skills
• Ability to manage confidential corporate information
• Global business exposure mindset
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced environments.

What We Offer

• Salary: N750,000 - N1,000,000 / month
• Career development opportunities.
• Health Insurance.
• Employer Contributory Pension.
• Supportive team culture and enabling environment.
• Opportunity to work within a global ecosystem.