DKZ Equity - Executive Assistant

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DKZ Equity empowers business owners in the Real Estate and Health & Wellness sectors in both the UK and USA. Through expert consulting services, strategic minority ownership or acquiring controlling interest, DKZ Equity catalyses growth, improves operational efficiencies and grows the value of businesses. Their approach is designed to position companies for further success and elevating shareholder value.

Since 2012, DKZ Equity founder Niraj has been a driving force behind four other businesses across the real estate, tech, and wellness industries. But he didn't stop there. Since 2015, Niraj has been investing in and advising a number of other entrepreneurs, especially those dreaming big in real estate and wellness. DKZ is the next step in this evolution, working with entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and potentially sell them.

This opportunity offers you the chance to play a key role in that journey at an early stage, to grow your skills as the company grows and indirectly helping a number of Real Estate and Health & Wellness businesses dramatically grow their positive impact in the world.

As an Executive Assistant, you will support Niraj in managing daily tasks and helping to establish the foundation for a new and innovative business. This flexible, long-term opportunity offers the chance to be an integral part of a growing company and gain valuable experience. The role may evolve for motivated individuals, but also provides an excellent part-time EA position for those seeking a fulfilling opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

🧾 Handle financial activities using Xero including bookkeeping, reconciliation, and reporting.

📦 Assist with travel needs, such as finding the best options for flights and accommodation, and checking train and travel times within the UK/London.

📑 Executing business processes for lead generation, including identifying prospects and crafting approaches through email, LinkedIn, and direct letters.

💼 Responsible for documenting SOPs as they are created and conducting research on a wide variety of topics, including sometimes making phone calls to UK companies for information e.g finding out hotels’ packages to host events.

📊 Additionally, the candidate will be expected to complete any other varied tasks across Niraj's other related business interests.

Working Hours ⏰: The role requires part-time availability, with work hours set from Monday to Thursday, 12 pm to 4 pm UK time. On Fridays, the schedule adjusts to 10 am to 2 pm.

Requirements

To excel in this role, you need to have:

✅ Excellent English skills, both written and spoken.

✅ Prior experience as an Executive Assistant.

✅ Experience with bookkeeping and accounts, and generally great with numbers.

✅ Either experience with Xero or ability to learn how to use it quickly.

✅ Experience in documenting SOPs.

✅ Experience making phone calls in English.

✅ Able to work from home without distraction.

✅ Able to respond promptly during working hours.

As the Ideal Candidate, you should be:

✅ Trustworthy.

✅ Extremely organised.

✅ Detail Oriented.

✅ Curious, Proactive (Looking things up and keen to learn).

✅ Likes numbers.

✅ Positive and hard-working (gets things done).

✅ Able to think outside the box and solve problems.

✅ Able to identify and prioritise the most important tasks.

✅ Good at figuring things out - gets great joy from solving problems and learning new things.

Brownie Points for:

✅ Knowledge using Xero, Trello, Dropbox, Canva, ChatGPT, Excel, and Google Drive (Documents and Sheets).

Benefits

What’s in it for you?

• 💰 Competitive Salary: Earn an hourly rate of £8-£10 per hour*.
• 🌴 Global Work Flexibility: Work remotely from anywhere in the world.
• 🌟 PTO: 20 days paid time off per year, accrued at 10 days per six months worked + New Year's Day.
• 📈 Salary Increases: Potential for salary growth as you expand your skills and responsibilities.

*Please note that this is a gross salary and that you are responsible for any tax-related procedures in your country of residence. We kindly ask you to apply only if you are happy to work remotely as an independent contractor.