Personal Assistant to Chief Financial Officer (FTC - 12 Months)

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. The company has grown from its first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business with over 80,000 colleagues and more than 440 stores in 17 countries.

What You’ll Do as a Personal Assistant

• Manage complex diary scheduling, calendar coordination, and meeting governance for the Director, ensuring priorities are effectively managed and confidentiality is maintained.
• Proactively oversee the Director's inbox, prioritizing communications, responding where appropriate, and ensuring timely follow-up on key actions and commitments.
• Prepare and coordinate meeting materials, including agendas, presentations, reports, briefing documents, and the distribution of information before and after meetings.
• Act as a key liaison between the Director, internal stakeholders, leadership teams, and external partners.
• Support leadership initiatives, programme management, and operational activities by coordinating projects, maintaining correspondence, and assisting with decision-making processes.
• Manage travel arrangements, expense reconciliation, purchase orders, document management, courier services, and other ad hoc business support activities.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 5 years' experience supporting senior executives in an Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant role within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement.
• Excellent organisational, planning, and multitasking capabilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• An adaptable, proactive, and collaborative approach with strong customer focus, resilience, presentation skills, and a commitment to continuous development.

What You’ll Get

Benefits include healthcare, pension, potential bonus, 27 days of leave plus bank holidays, optional additional leave purchase, Tax Saver Tickets, a fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference, education and, for some roles, criminal and financial checks.