UK & Europe Opportunities

We believe that one of the key strengths of Canaccord Genuity is our culture of partnership, collaboration and excellence. We are driven by our clients’ success and we are relentlessly committed to helping them achieve their financial goals. When our clients succeed, we succeed.

Working at Canaccord Genuity offers performance-driven individuals an opportunity to do the most rewarding work of their careers. Our employees experience the best of both worlds: access to global resources and capabilities, with the responsiveness and agility of an independently owned firm.

In the UK, Europe & Crown Dependencies, we offer employment opportunities in our Wealth Management and Capital Markets businesses. Our Wealth Management business operates out of offices across the UK, as well as Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Our Capital Markets business is headquartered in London, with an additional location in Dublin.

To learn more about the careers in our UK & Crown Dependencies Wealth Management division, please click here.

We invite you to learn more by making a submission using the Speculative Application link at the bottom of this page or by emailing cg-hr-uk@cgf.com

Open Positions

Summary/Overview

Working within our Advisory Investment Banking team this exciting role will provide the opportunity to contribute to the smooth running of the business and its facilities; whilst also providing administrative support to the Tech & Healthcare and wider Advisory Teams within Investment Banking. The role will include managing front of house, greeting clients and visitors and specifically ensuring that the overall welcome is both professional, warm and timely.

Reports to: Personal Assistant

Roles and Responsibilities:

PA duties:

  • Meeting and greeting clients and arranging refreshments.
  • Answer the phone, screening calls and taking messages as required.
  • Provide refreshments and lunches for client and any internal meetings.
  • Provide administrative support to the wider Advisory Team as and when needed, and holiday cover for the other Personal Assistants.
  • Update information in the CRM (Dealcloud) for instance client meetings, calls and marketing target lists.
  • Work closely with the Personal Assistants supporting them on any ad-hoc requests and support on company events (in particular internal events).
  • Support the team on coordinating any IT issues with IT helpdesk.
  • Printing and binding documents as required by team members.
  • Supporting the set-up, running and tracking of internal and external events.

General Office support:

  • Creating and maintaining security passes for the office including temporary passes.
    Booking couriers.
  • Coordinating with our Facilities team with any ad-hoc H&S and facilities queries, reporting any maintenance and engineering issues.
  • Replenish, tidy and set up meeting rooms as required (including IT set up) ensuring office environment is maintained.
  • Liaising with suppliers and with ground floor reception.
  • Monitor and order stationary and other supplies and managing contracts with suppliers, managing other orders for office including ad-hoc lunches.​

Experience and other skills required:

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
  • Strong multi-tasking and proactivity.
  • Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, Excel especially preferred.
    Strong attention to detail.
  • Professional telephone manner.
  • Must be a team player and happy to turn your hand to anything needed by the team.
  • Available to attend the office 5 days a week, with flexibility required to start at 8:00 depending on client meetings.

Canaccord Genuity Limited aim to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation where everyone receives equal treatment regardless of age, colour, disability, gender, race, sexual orientation, hours of work, marital status, national origin, political opinions or religious beliefs. All decisions on employment practices are objective, free from bias and based upon work criteria and individual merit. To monitor the effectiveness of our efforts in regards to offering equal opportunities, we would be grateful if you would provide the relevant information requested on the application form. The information requested will be detached by us upon receipt of your application and will not be used during the selection process.

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Please submit any speculative applications here. Your details will be retained for three months in line with General Data Protection Regulation and our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If, in that time, your CV is suitable for a vacancy, we will get in touch to discuss your experience in more detail. Please note that we advertise when we are accepting applications for our Intern positions and Analyst programme. 

Any applications that are sent through via our speculative applications route will not be considered for these roles and should be submitted as outlined in the relevant advertisement. 

Canaccord Genuity Limited aim to promote an environment free from discrimination, harassment and victimisation where everyone receives equal treatment regardless of age, colour, disability, gender, race, sexual orientation, hours of work, marital status, national origin, political opinions or religious beliefs. All decisions on employment practices are objective, free from bias and based upon work criteria and individual merit. To monitor the effectiveness of our efforts in regards to offering equal opportunities, we would be grateful if you would provide the relevant information requested on the application form. The information requested will be detached by us upon receipt of your application and will not be used during the selection process.

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