Senior Executive Assistant

 

Description:

Tilting the Lens is a strategic accessibility consultancy working globally with organisations to embed disability inclusion across their teams, systems, and outputs. We are disability-led and committed to reshaping how society understands accessibility and disability inclusion—moving beyond compliance to create equitable, human-centred, system change.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Executive Assistant with a strong finance focus to support our CEO and team across key administrative, financial, and operational areas. This role is designed for someone who is confident in navigating financial systems, supporting employee transactions across Europe, and clients globally. We encourage those who enjoy bringing clarity to complex systems, and value purpose-driven work to apply. We welcome candidates with a wide range of lived and professional experiences and are deeply committed to accessible hiring and working practices.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Operational Support

• Contribute to internal project coordination and planning cycles
• Book and manage travel for a remote team
• Maintain clear documentation and records across systems
• Manage digital tools such as Asana, Google Workspace, Toggl, and file storage
• Work closely with team members to ensure operational consistency and standardised processes
• Arrange and manage accessibility accommodations and vendors for company activations and events

 

Financial Coordination

• Manage day-to-day financial admin, including:
• Budget tracking across projects and operations
• Invoicing, reconciliation, and expense processing
• Reconciling VAT, VIES and other tax-linked statements
• Supporting contractor payments and liaising with our accountants
• Collaborate on financial forecasting and reporting for internal use and client work
• Assist in preparing financial documentation and submissions
• Contribute ideas for improving our financial processes and tools

 

Executive & Administrative Support

• Coordinate diaries, meetings, and inboxes, supporting the CEO in managing priorities
• Prepare materials, notes, and action summaries for meetings
• Help facilitate internal and external communications with clarity, access and care
• Support ongoing relationship management with partners, clients, and collaborators

 

Travel

• Local, national, and international travel may be required occasionally, on an ad-hoc or project-specific basis. Travel will be discussed in advance and in alignment with individual access accommodations and preferences.

 

Who You Might Be

We recognise that the path to a role like this doesn’t always follow a conventional route. We encourage applications from people with a variety of backgrounds, including those with non-traditional work histories or who’ve experienced barriers to employment.

If you see yourself in some of the following, we’d love to hear from you:

• Significant experience and expertise in administration, executive support, finance and operations
• Highly confident in working independently with financial tools such as spreadsheets, Sage, or equivalents
• Attention to detail and strategic-focus in collection, analysis and maintenance of data
• Confident in managing sensitive data with care and confidentiality and working knowledge of GDPR guidelines
• Practiced in working independently and collaboratively within a small, remote team
• Invested in contributing to an inclusive, learning-focused culture

 

There is no expectation of specific education or degree qualifications for this role. We value professional, life and lived experience.

 

Compensation & Benefits

Salary:

• £40,000 – £45,000 GBP, depending on experience and location

 

Benefits:

• Cash profit-sharing scheme, based on tenure and company performance

 

• £500 annual education allowance for professional development

 

• £100 monthly wellbeing allowance

 

• 30 days paid annual leave (plus UK public holidays)

 

• Enhanced sick and disability leave policies

 

• Remote, flexible working

 

• Ongoing accessibility accommodation support, including access to assistive tech or adjustments as needed

 

• Pension contribution after passing probation

 

Access Statement

Tilting the Lens is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as accessible as possible. We recognise that access requirements vary, and we are committed to making adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, including how information is shared, how interviews are conducted, and how assessments (if any) are approached.

 

We are also open to applications in multiple formats, including:

• Written documents (CVs, cover letters)
• Audio or video recordings
• Slides or visual portfolios