Personal Assistant Banking & Insolvency

• A fixed thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a pension scheme.

• 26.5 vacation days for full-time employment.

• Full travel expense reimbursement for public transport. Do you come by foot or by bicycle? Then you will also receive a travel allowance.

• Healthy breakfast and lunch for a small contribution.

• In consultation, employees can exchange leave on an official public holiday for another public holiday that is of personal importance to them.

• Regular fun events. Think of office events and sports activities (such as padel, football, yoga, hockey, or running events).

Our people determine our success, and we believe it is important to invest in the professional and personal development of everyone who works at Houthoff. At Houthoff, you color your own career. We regularly reflect on your goals, growth, and development and offer various training opportunities.

For our Finance & Investment Management and Insolvency & Restructuring practice groups (our Banking & Insolvency teams), we are looking for an experienced personal assistant (PA). In this role, working together with your colleagues, you will work for 4 partners and 4 counsels and will be the point of contact for questions from your own practice, other practice groups, and other staff departments. In this dynamic and versatile working environment, in which advice is given, negotiations are held, and clients are guided through various issues, no two days are the same and you will make a difference with your contribution.

As a PA, you provide organizational and administrative support of the highest level. In our sometimes hectic working environment, you keep a cool head and make a difference by creating overview. You know how to prioritize and provide unambiguous answers to questions from other practice groups and departments. You also ensure an adequate transfer of information.

The following responsibilities also belong to this versatile role:

• Complex calendar management, preparation of meetings, email management, and organizational support for partners and counsels.

• Coordinating the monthly billing process, whereby you ensure timely, correct, and careful processing of invoices.

• Together with our compliance department, you are responsible for the KYC process.

• Administrative tasks related to file management and procedural files.

• Checking outgoing documents for spelling and grammar. You also check whether these documents have the correct layout in accordance with our corporate identity.

• Initiating improvements to (administrative) processes within the practice group.

• Contributing to a well-organized and engaged practice group, including by coordinating practice group-wide activities and events.

As a PA at Houthoff, you are able to effectively answer and process questions and assignments from our partners and counsels independently and pragmatically.

Are you doubting whether you meet all the requirements? Apply anyway! We like to look beyond just work experience; personality is very important to us. We would love to discuss this with you.

Houthoff is one of the largest law firms in the Netherlands with more than 600 colleagues. A close group with different and diverse backgrounds. Ambition, energy, and pragmatism are central. We always strive for the highest quality. Our clients are listed companies, large financial institutions, private equity houses, and governments, all of whom set high standards, desire inventive solutions, and want to work with passionate people.

At Houthoff, we believe it is important that you can be yourself. Additionally, there is room for you to contribute to this yourself. Read more here about our diversity and inclusion initiatives and our social involvement.

We are curious to meet you!

Have you become enthusiastic after reading the text above? Then apply immediately! 
Would you like to know more about the vacancy or about the team? Let us know!

Our Recruiter Eline Poelmann will contact you within a few working days. Still in doubt? You can get to know someone informally through a virtual cup of coffee with one of our Team Leads Practice Group Support, Krista Schouten or Jamie Wiesmeijer, ask your questions, and get a feel for the atmosphere of our office and our colleagues.

A pre-employment screening is part of the application and selection process. DISA performs the screening on behalf of Houthoff.

Acquisition in response to this advertisement is not appreciated.