Japanese speaking Secretary and Business Assistant - People First : Job Details

The Skills You'll Need: Japanese, secretary

Hybrid 3 days in the office and 2 days WFH

Temp ongoing

Start: ASAP

Working hours: 35 hours/wk

Secretary and Business Assistant - What You'll be Doing:

Team Secretary 60%

• Managing the diary and schedules, arranging the schedules for meetings/conferences and business trips. Preparation for business trips, including the booking of flights, hotels and cars, if required.
• Making arrangements for entertainments, gifts and transportation for customers.
• Translating documents from English into Japanese and vice versa.
• Dealing with general affairs, which may include settling expense claims and internal expenses.
• Processing monthly reports, updating monthly management meetings and responsible for all other reporting documentation.

Business Assistant 40%

• Building up data base of customer information as a quick and easy access for customer profile.
• Creating spreadsheets and recording management expenses i.e. plan/actual expenses for previous fiscal year.

Secretary and Business Assistant - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Good communication skills in Japanese and English (verbal, listening and written)
• Preliminary secretarial experience, including looking after mid-level to senior managers.
• Advanced MS Office including Excel (preferable advanced level), SAP experience preferable.
• Ability to manage shifting priorities within strict timeframes and work under pressure.
• Experience of working within a multinational trading environment may be preferable.

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