Executive Assistant - CFO

Location: Nuneaton, United Kingdom; hybrid with a minimum of two days per week in the office and travel to London as required

Company

Holland & Barrett is a large, fast-moving retail organisation focused on health and wellbeing products and services.

What you will do

• Manage a complex CFO diary, balancing priorities, preparation time, travel, and changing business needs.
• Anticipate meetings, information, and decisions required by the CFO and ensure everything is prepared on time.
• Act as a trusted point of contact for senior stakeholders, managing access, urgency, and requests with discretion.
• Take ownership of urgent or ambiguous problems, identify the right stakeholders, and drive issues to resolution.
• Coordinate Board activity, senior meetings, events, and UK and international travel.
• Work with the Head of CFO Office and support the Team Assistant to maintain joined-up executive support and effective cover.

Requirements

• Recent experience supporting an executive-level leader in a complex, fast-paced organisation.
• Experience working in a large organisation where priorities, structures, and plans change quickly.
• Excellent judgement, discretion, and confidence managing competing priorities.
• Proactive problem-solving skills and the ability to act without complete information.
• Confidence to challenge constructively and make decisions within the remit.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time permanent employment with 37.5 hours per week.
• Flexible and sustainable working patterns with balance around occasional out-of-hours executive requirements.
• 25% H&B employee discount.
• Company pension contribution.
• Exclusive benefits, advice, and savings from a range of retailers and providers.
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace and colleague wellbeing.