Our client, a top-tier financial services firm, is looking for a proactive, strategic professional to join their high-performing team. This is a standout opportunity to apply your sound judgment, initiative, and drive in a collaborative and fast-moving environment. In this role, you'll work closely with senior leadership and external partners, taking ownership of projects from beginning to end. You'll play a key role in high-impact initiatives, handling sensitive information with confidence and discretion.
If you're looking to grow your career while making a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Manage expense reports; create and prepare confidential communication; arrange comprehensive travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compile documents for travel-related meetings weekly.
- Researches, prioritizes, and follows up on incoming issues and concerns, including those of a sensitive or confidential nature. Determines appropriate course of action, referral, or response.
- Communicates directly with the team and relevant stakeholders on matters related to projects and initiatives.
- Manage non-disclosures, including management of documents, correcting contract content where needed, and accurate management of all executed materials.
- Committee/Meeting organization; facilitating the technology, coordinating, and distributing all materials weekly, monthly, and quarterly for leadership meetings, earnings calls, etc.
- Complete lender reporting quarterly for each property.
- Run reports and assist analysts in retrieving additional information.
- Manage scheduling and travel plans for the Board of Directors' quarterly meeting.
- Work cooperatively with other administrative assistants in a positive partnership to back up each other smoothly.
- Perform additional tasks as needed by the team.
Ideal Experience
- Bachelor's degree with current experience supporting executive leadership.
- Strong PC skills -MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Effective communication with outstanding writing skills.
- Advanced ability to organize, prioritize, multitask, and manage competing priorities.
- Tact, good judgment in confidential situations, and proven experience interacting with senior management.
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