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Business Development Executive Assistant

Accenture

3 days ago

New

Employment type

Full-Time

Salary

Salary undisclosed

Department

Administration

On-site


Midrand, GP, South Africa

Skills

There are no skills listed for this role.


About the role

Description

This role is with our

Partners in Performance

 team, part of Accenture.

Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom. 

We provide:

Challenging work that really makes a difference

Help to unleash the potential of our consultants who are out in the field creating better, sustainable businesses

Help build a strong central team who can provide outstanding service

Impact a truly global team.

Stretch development challenges that will grow you quickly

Grow with the growth of the company

Unlimited career opportunities to meet your personal aspirations

We promote based on people’s delivery and ability not their tenure.

And to cap it off you will:

Work with really talented, down to earth, fun people

Work in an entrepreneurial environment without bureaucracy

Purpose and Responsibilities of the Role

This role requires maturity and experience working with senior management team members. You will be a good influencer, professional and comfortable liaising with a diverse range of people including prospective and current clients and their EAs, as well as staff from contractors to Senior Directors.

This role will suit a proactive individual with an ability to work autonomously as well as in a team. The successful candidate should have a desire to work closely with their Director(s) to develop their business and embrace the challenge of establishing relationships and setting up meetings with new and existing clients. They should have exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to analyze and problem-solve as well as attention to detail and a strong customer service attitude. Managing diaries with clients’ busy schedules will require diplomacy coupled with tenacity. Being organized, efficient and self-motivated is a necessity.

80% Business Development support for Director - Participate as a key member of the business development team and drive activities

  • Support business development activities:
    • Follow up on introductory emails and determine best approach to secure meetings with new contacts (calls, email)
  • Company and contact research to:
    • Create and maintain CRMs data - companies, contacts, opportunities and tasks associated with Business Development activities 
    • Assist with Business Development campaigns (under guidance of Principals)
  • Schedule and participate in account plan meetings, take notes, circulate account plan reports

20% Other duties

  • Monthly and weekly BDEA meetings contribution and participation
  • Assisting in organizing events for LATAM employees
  • Travel and accommodation coordination
  • Special needs (get to know what will help the Director be successful in their role)
  • Calendar management
  • Time and Expense entry

This role will suit an organized, proactive and efficient sales professional. It should be seen as an opportunity to utilize and further develop your skills in a fast-paced, professional environment. You will need to demonstrate the following competencies:

  • Confidence dealing with people at all levels, particularly by phone and email  
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills, translating into strong communication both written and oral
  • Exceptional organization, prioritization and time management skills
  • Accurate, strong attention to detail
  • Ability to think logically about process flow
  • Flexible attitude and team approach
  • Enthusiastic, can do attitude
  • A desire to learn and develop
  • An interest in the substance and commercial impact of PIP’s work

Candidate Background:

  • 6 years plus experience providing high level administration/executive support at Senior Executive level

  • Bachelors Degree

  • Excellent organisation, planning and high level administration experience

  • Any exposure in the sales/business development support space would be highly regarded

  • Experience using Salesforce or other similar CRM highly regarded

  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

  • Adaptability, tenacity and resilience 

  • Prior experience working remotely and from Director/Partners   

  • MS Office skills

  • Professional Services Industry sector experience would be highly regarded

Desirable 

  • Experience using Salesforce or other similar CRM

  • Experience working remotely from immediate leader

Systems Skills

Computer literate; proficient in using Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and an ability to learn additional software quickly. Whilst an advanced knowledge of MS Excel is not required, there is a need to be familiar with the software and able to format reports, making them more readable for others.

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture. 

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at 

www.accenture.com

 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.


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On-site

Administration

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