Hi, I’m Helen...
Over the past two decades, I’ve worked in admin heavy, demanding roles for a variety of organisations in and around London. My work has ensured the smooth running of not only the day to day business but also numerous programmes, leading to better supported managers and leaders.
After finishing university, I began my career in HR as a database administrator for a large storage company in Central London. I went on to study for my CIPD and work on a pay grading project for the same company. Over the next ten years I worked for several large organisations in London in HR advisory roles, covering everything from recruitment, policy and procedure development and employee relations through to training and coaching, before specialising in Learning & Development whilst working for one of the UK’s national newspapers. The next seven years saw me immersed in the world of media running management and leadership programmes, these roles required me to cover everything from producing and presenting proposals for Management and Executive teams, through to diary management and even at one point finding out how 13 people liked their steak cooked!
After taking 18 months away from the professional world, to have and look after my twin boys, I came back to work as a freelance Virtual Assistant working from my office at home, drawing on my years of professional experience and transferable skills.
My first role was to help an Independent Financial Adviser to set up her boutique practice based in Central London. This has involved putting in place robust systems and processes, creating template documents and manuals, updating the website, assisting with recruitment and training new staff, as well as report writing, document creation, CRM and pipeline management, researching pensions and investments, liaising with central admin teams as well as clients and submitting business. Since then I have worked with a number of wealth management practices providing a similar variety of general administration and back office support.
I pride myself on being approachable, self-starting and discreet, with excellent communication skills. I love the variety my work affords me and providing outstanding admin support for my clients gives me huge satisfaction.
