Team Assistant

We are seeking an experienced Team Assistant to join our Marine, Energy, and Technical Lines (METL) team at Guy Carpenter and help keep a busy day‑to‑day running smoothly. This role is based in London and is hybrid, requiring you to spend at least three days per week in the office. What can you expect? Provide ongoing administrative and business support for approximately 40 METL colleagues in the London flagship office. Your main duties will include booking travel (flights, hotels, etc.), managing visitors, arranging itineraries, handling expenses, and booking meeting rooms. We will rely on you to: Deliver an effective and responsive administrative service to the METL team. Maintain and manage a busy diary, organising internal and external appointments while balancing priorities, global time zones and focus time. Prioritise executive calendars and determine the importance of tasks, meetings and assignments. Monitor inboxes, respond to emails where appropriate, and flag messages for later discussion. Coordinate and arrange business trips, including itineraries, flights and accommodation. Engage with internal and external colleagues and clients across the UK and internationally. Reconcile expense claims and credit‑card statements. Act as a gate‑keeper to ensure non‑essential tasks receive low priority. Plan client meetings and events, and coordinate with event planners. Undertake ad‑hoc projects as required. What you need to have: Experience in a similar Team Assistant role, demonstrating multitasking, organisation and prioritisation skills. Strong planning and organisational abilities for yourself and others. Ability to meet tight deadlines. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Attention to detail. Approachable and sociable personality. Sound IT knowledge, particularly MS Outlook, Teams and Zoom. Ability to develop and maintain relationships. Professional handling of confidential information. What makes you stand out: Experience working within the insurance and financial services industry. Why join our team: Professional development opportunities, challenging work and supportive leaders. A vibrant and inclusive culture that encourages collaboration and impact for colleagues, clients and communities. Career progression and comprehensive benefits and rewards that support well‑being. At Guy Carpenter, you can be your best. We work on challenges that matter with colleagues who help bring out our best. Our collaborative environment empowers you to focus on your personal and professional success, learning from top specialists in the reinsurance industry and leading you towards a rewarding, impactful career. Guy Carpenter is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), a global risk advisory and reinsurance specialist and broker. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With an annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90 000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through perspective. Marsh McLennan is committed to a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for any candidate with a disability to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com. R_330267 #J-18808-Ljbffr