Executive Assistant / Strategic Planning Lead at Rand Merchant Bank

• In this role, you will be the engine room behind our leadership, helping to translate high -level strategy into execution while ensuring the IBD and Sponsors office operates with seamless precision.

Are you someone who can:

• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration, and innovation.
• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to enable strategic decisions and assist the business to address strategic problems.
• Plan, manage, and assist in the execution of strategy sessions and offsites.
• Assist with the development and roll-out of strategic projects and prepare for and facilitate workshops.
• Action items and monitor to ensure actions are completed by the right people at the right time.
• Take responsibility for the end-to-end management of projects, setting out the scope of work, developing a project plan, project-managing internal and external resources and driving the initiative to completion.
• Monitor and assist in adjusting strategic frameworks as required
• Write and co-ordinate strategy documents, presentation materials, speeches, briefing documents, meeting minutes, business emails, executive committee reports and other relevant documentation as required.
• Streamline processes.
• Quickly understand complex topics.
• Work accurately at an accelerated pace.
• Navigate complexity    

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Are personable
• Communicate well
• Are curious and Courageous
• Write well professionally
• Can work independently
• Are able to extract the essence of information from various sources
• Can work under pressure and be creative
• Can research and are resourceful (sources of information etc.)
• Can plan well
• Are resilient
• Can self-manage
• Have attention to detail
• Have an attitude to get things done accurately and on time

Why Join us? 

• You will have access to unparalleled opportunities to network and collaborate with the industry’s top thinkers.  If you are ready to take a step into a role that is as challenging as it is rewarding, we look forward to engaging with you.

Qualification and Experience 

• A relevant post graduate degree
• 3-5 years' experience in financial services

Deadline:6th March,2026