Team Assistant - New York

About 17Capital

17Capital is a private credit manager, specializing in NAV finance for the private equity industry. It provides non-dilutive capital to high-quality private equity management companies, funds, and institutional investors as part of their toolkit for value creation and portfolio management.

Founded in 2008, 17Capital has completed over 130 investments, deploying more than $20 billion alongside leading private equity franchises globally.

For more information, please visit www.17capital.com.

17Capital’s Values

Our values are the basis on which we build strong relationships with our clients, our investors, and each other. They are the foundation of our business and integral to our continued ability to pioneer success.

• Build trust – We behave and act in ways that earn trust.
• Embrace “different” – We embrace new ideas and constantly strive to discover new ways of doing things.
• Make things happen – We are agile and responsive in a way that delivers success for all our stakeholders.
• Strive for excellence – We act with professionalism and adhere to our high standards.

Overview

The purpose of this role is to provide a wide range of efficient and effective professional and value-adding executive and administrative support and service to senior members of the 17Capital London team. Through a highly proactive and organised approach, you will be key in enabling senior team members to focus their time according to their business priorities.

Please note this is a temp to perm opportunity.

Roles and Responsibilities

Diary management

• Extensive diary management for all meetings and travel (including international).
• Arrange all internal and external business meetings, including applicable client, supplier, and third-party events, business lunches, and team away days.
• Coordinate events such as logistics, liaising with external providers, technology, catering, communications, agendas, supporting documents, notes, and follow-ups as required.
• Meet and greet clients and external visitors as and when required.
• Log all data (meetings, calls) in the CRM system and maintain consistent data accuracy.

Travel management

• Organise all aspects of travel and itinerary arrangements for when the senior executives travel.
• Coordinate visa requirements and foreign currency.

Correspondence management

• Regularly liaise and build relationships with clients and their executive support as appropriate to ease diary management (e.g., relationships with recruiters, suppliers, clients, and third parties).

Other

• Manage expenses, retain paperwork, and process credit card statements and receipts.
• Provide secondary support to cover other EAs as and when required.
• Support event management of company events as and when required.

The above responsibilities list includes key duties, but the role is not limited to those listed.

Skillset Required

• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and organise work and juggle conflicting priorities.
• Strong attention to detail in every aspect of work.
• Ability to cope under pressure and meet deadlines when required.
• Strong communicator, both written and spoken.
• Ability to build and maintain successful relationships at all levels, both internal and external.
• Ability to analyse problems and identify potential solutions using strong judgement.
• Capable of identifying, designing, and delivering process efficiencies.
• Quickly identify issues and dependencies that might affect successful delivery of objectives, using innovative and creative thinking to develop solutions.
• Integrity, trust, and discretion when handling highly confidential and sensitive information.
• Good level of professionalism and judgement.
• Good time management and prioritisation, including the ability to categorize work by urgency and impact.
• Ability to work with senior clients, including frequent communication with executive assistants and inclusion of clients/LPs and GPs on emails.

Knowledge/Experience

• Strong track record of working with senior executives and their management teams.
• Finance, Legal, or other professional services background preferred.
• Experience in client liaison, including administration of events and client entertainment.
• Advanced level of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

We Offer You

• Career development.
• Opportunity to learn and grow while making a meaningful contribution to the continued expansion of 17Capital during an exciting time of the firm’s overall growth.
• Competitive reward and benefits.

The base salary for this position is expected to be between $75k and $95k. Salaries may vary based on factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications for the role, as determined by the Company at its sole discretion. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as discretionary incentive compensation.