Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer
Location: Hybrid (Central London - 80 Strand & Remote)
Company: Pearson Finance – A FTSE100 lifelong learning business

About Pearson Finance

Pearson Finance is one unified team, committed to driving Pearson’s performance through financial excellence, strategic insight, and operational efficiency. We bring together world-class finance skills with a commercial mindset to deliver value across the business. Our mission is to enable confident, data-driven decision-making while continuously improving processes and mitigating risk.

We are trusted advisors, process champions, and strategic partners helping to shape and execute Pearson’s broader goals.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly capable and motivated Executive Assistant to provide high-level support to our Chief Finance Officer (CFO). This is a pivotal role that offers a front-row seat to the inner workings of a global finance function.

You will manage a broad range of responsibilities, from complex diary and travel coordination to internal communications and team operations. You will play an essential part in supporting the CFO and ensuring the Finance team functions efficiently and professionally.

This role is hybrid, with time split between remote home working and regular days in our central London office at 80 Strand.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively manage the CFO’s inbox, calendar, and communications — handling sensitive and confidential matters with absolute discretion.
• Coordinate complex global travel arrangements, including visas, itineraries, and logistics in compliance with company policies.
• Plan and support executive and team meetings: scheduling, agenda setting, minute taking, and follow-ups.
• Serve as the central point of contact between the CFO and internal/external stakeholders, including senior leaders and Board members.
• Oversee onboarding of new joiners, manage expense claims, and maintain key administrative processes, including completing expense claims, budgetary information and requisitions for the CFO’s office.
• Ensure foundational team management practices are in place (e.g. quarterly feedback sessions, role profiles, training schedules).
• Manage and administer the Finance recognition platform (Kudos), including awarding points and campaign coordination.
• Lead the planning and delivery of Finance-wide events, such as global town halls, roadshows.
• Support internal communications in partnership with the Finance Strategic Communications lead.
• Promote a positive team culture by embodying Pearson’s values (We ask What If; We ask Why; We earn Trust; We Deliver Quality; We Mark Our Mark) and ensuring the needs are met of not only the CFO but her wider team.

About You

Your Experience & Education:

• Proven experience supporting a senior executive in a complex, fast-paced, and global organisation.
• Strong understanding of the operations and expectations within a FTSE100 company, including Board-level interactions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams).
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills — with the ability to build relationships and work seamlessly within and across teams.
• Discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive, high-stakes matters.

Talent Profile:

• Proactive : A natural self-starter who anticipates needs and acts without waiting to be asked.
• Prioritisation: Highly organised able to prioritise effectively with minimal supervision
• Resilient : Adaptable under pressure and able to respond quickly to change.
• Highly organised : Strong prioritisation and time-management skills.
• Strategic connector : Able to build relationships across internal and external networks to support the CFO.
• Exceptional communicator : Confident, tactful, and effective at all levels of the organisation.
• Event & communications savvy : Experience coordinating in-person and virtual events and supporting internal communications.
• Flexible & agile : Comfortable managing multiple time zones, cultures, and competing tasks.

Your rewards & benefits

We know you’ll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We know one size doesn’t fit all, so our workplace programs meet the different needs of our diverse teams, and their families, too.

Please see our attractive UK benefits here: Pearson Jobs – Benefits