Office Manager

CMC Markets is a leading global provider of online trading and investing solutions, offering comprehensive retail, B2B, and institutional services. Founded in 1989 with a simple ethos—to make financial markets truly accessible for investors—this belief remains central to everything we do and has been key to our success. Today, CMC Markets continues to open up the financial markets for everyone, evolving toward a unified global brand and a seamless, multi-asset experience that empowers clients to trade and invest with confidence. Through innovation, collaboration, and measurable impact, we drive greater visibility, sustainable growth, and lasting value for our clients and partners worldwide.

The Opportunity:

This role is responsible for the management of the Office receptionist and the co-ordination of office facilities ensuring the smooth running of the office. Managing the reception function to a high standard ensuring good customer service to CMC Markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage, coach, support and develop the office, allocating workload and continually reviewing progress.
• To ensure that all calls to CMC Markets are answered politely, professionally within the agreed service levels through the company switchboard system.
• To ensure that all visitors and staff are dealt with in a polite and professional manner.
• Maintain reception area in a clean and tidy manner, keeping it to a high standard.
• Manager incoming / Outgoing post and parcel management and international carriers.
• Ensuring the stationery room is kept tidy and stationery stock levels are maintained.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship of the cleaning contractor.
• Manage relevant external contracts ensuring regular performance reviews with our cleaning / office supplies and courier suppliers.
• Manage the external archiving process for the business, main point of contact for the vendor.
• Management of office seating plan.
• Ensure meeting rooms are set up correctly and cleared promptly.
• Assisting with emergency evacuations, planned and unplanned, Providing Fire Warden support.
• Ensure that all kitchen areas are clean and tidy and there are sufficient refreshments for the day.
• Management of DSE online assessments. Assessments, ordering equipment and delivery / training arrangements.
• Organising the ordering of refreshments for the office as required.
• Adhere to procurement procedures, and where required, manage the raising of relevant purchase requisitions.
• Organising company events such as Xmas and Summer staff parties. Arrange adhoc staff / charity events.
• Oversee administrative activities as directed by the HR department such as on staff on-boarding, issuing of security access cards.
• Provide ad-hoc administrative support to staff from overseas offices on visits to Dubai as required.
• Calculating and comparing costs for required goods or services to achieve value for money by way of tender process where required.
• Review and analyse any new legislation that will impact upon the provision of facilities and office services.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure confidentiality.
• Responding appropriately to emergencies or urgent issues as they arise.
• Undertake other duties as may be reasonably required which are consistent with the general level of responsibility for this role.
• Coordination of the procurement process for Facilities and other areas of the business where required. Ensuring PO’s are raised in a timely manner and relationships managed with external providers.

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.