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Events Planning Assistant

Employer
Fitch Ratings
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 2, 2019

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Job Function
Operations
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Fitch Group is a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries. Fitch Group is comprised of: Fitch Ratings, a global leader in credit ratings and research; Fitch Solutions, an industry-leading provider of credit risk products and services; and Fitch Learning, a preeminent training and professional development firm. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

Fitch complies with all laws governing employment in each jurisdiction in which it operates, and provides equal opportunity to all applicants and employees. All applications will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, and other status protected by applicable laws.

Fitch Learning is a leader in financial services training. With unrivalled breadth and depth of training, the company delivers learning solutions for apprentices and graduates, to those with 10+ years' experience in Financial Services. The business is split into three divisions:

  • Professional Qualifications - regulatory and exam training including CISI, CFA and CQF
  • Corporate Solutions - bespoke blended learning solutions, incorporating innovative digital learning solutions with quality classroom training
  • Public Courses - a wide range of specialist courses, open to the public


About the CQF Institute
Part of Fitch Learning, the CQF Institute is the awarding body for the Certificate in Quantitative Finance and provides a platform for educating and building the quantitative finance community around the globe. Promoting the highest standard in practical financial engineering, the Institute offers its members exclusive access to educational content featured on the Institute website, keeping its members up to date on the latest quant finance industry practices.

Role Purpose

To provide operational support to the CQF Institute. As operations assistance you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth delivery of events. Overseeing the day to day running of the institute events.

Role Responsibilities
  • Planning and execution of global events
  • Management of event life cycle
  • Management of event speakers
  • Liaising with external partners on event requirements
  • Manage free event registrations
  • Manage workshops and conference registration and revenue reporting
  • Liaise with sales and marketing to promote events
  • Oversee event on the day logistics (venue, catering, collateral)
  • Supplier management
  • Invoicing - suppliers, speakers
  • Management of CQF Institute inbox
  • Produce post event reports
  • Management of premium membership revenue
  • Identify / research new event opportunities
  • Other ad hoc support activities as required

Role Requirements
  • Degree educated or equivalent
  • Events planning experience required
  • Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office


Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch's credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interests or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts for you and your Family Members prior to commencing employment. If you, or your Family Members, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, they must be sold before beginning work. In certain roles, employees and their Family Members may be limited to investments in diversified mutual funds only.

For more information about this policy, please visit the code of ethics and conduct page - http://www.fitchratings.com/web/en/dynamic/about-us/code-of-ethics-and-conduct.jsp

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