Position: Executive Assistant
Location: New York, NY (Midtown)
Department: Legal and Compliance
Role Overview: As an Executive Assistant within our client's Legal and Compliance Department, you will provide comprehensive support to senior executives in New York. This role requires heavy scheduling, travel coordination, and expense management. The successful candidate will act as a gatekeeper for their executives, prioritizing meeting requests, and will be involved in events and seat coordination projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage heavy scheduling for stakeholders, prioritizing back-to-back meetings and ensuring efficient time management.
- Coordinate all travel arrangements
- Handle expense management for senior executives, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies.
- Act as a gatekeeper, screening meeting requests and prioritizing based on preferences and priorities.
- Collaborate with senior executives as a thought partner, participating in brainstorming sessions and providing organizational support.
- Support other senior leads as needed, providing light assistance with scheduling and administrative tasks.
- Manage projects such as events and seat coordination, ensuring successful execution and adherence to deadlines.
Qualifications:
- Direct experience as an Executive Assistant, preferably in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
- Legal and Compliance background required
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize effectively, particularly in managing a busy executive's schedule.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to interact professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven problem-solving abilities and the confidence to make decisions independently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and other relevant software applications.
- Bachelor's degree required
Compensation: $130-140K total compensation, including base salary and bonus.