Executive Assistant (12-Month Contract) Hybrid - Toronto, ON
Responsibilities
Scheduling management:
- Lead the daily calendar management of one or more department members - including scheduling, meetings prioritization, scheduling conflicts, updating availability, authorizing changes to dates and locations, etc.
- Prioritizing and organizing time and ensuring that the business partners are adequately prepared for each day's activities (e.g. Agenda, pre-read materials, etc.)
- Interacting with individuals from other organization's and external parties in coordinating schedules
- Assistance with visitors
Communication management:
- Serve as the key contact person in the area to minimize disruptions for the direct and indirect business partners
- Directing incoming requests and faxes to the appropriate personnel
- Handling e-mail responses as requested by the business partners (read, evaluate, respond, forward, and/or delete as appropriate)
- Compose first-draft documents from rough information from business partners
- Edit and proofread documents for content, style, and accuracy
- Preparing agendas and distributing minutes
- Coordinate translation of key affiliate wide communications from business partners
Operational support:
- Be trusted to take on special projects as needed, which may span different areas of the business-from projects focusing on operation improvements to data analysis and data compilation
- Create and prepare invoices for processing (po and non-po invoices) and manage ongoing contracts with external vendors.
- Create and manage access and general maintenance of sharepoint sites, teams, group mailing lists and internal employee portals and drives
- Coordination of site administrative planning, events, process improvements and assignments, with other company administrative assistants
- Support successful onboarding of new employees and employee changes following onboarding processes
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as mailings, faxing, scanning, and photocopying documents.
Travel:
- Coordinate travel and meeting requests for key department members and key external parties, at internal and outside functions, activities, board meetings, including hotel, flights, ground transportation
- Managing and maintaining all travel requirements and meeting planning with global processes including: providing system generated travel itineraries, conference registration, passport/visa management, process travel authorizations
- Coordinate with relocation company for physical moves for incoming and outcoming international employees
Expense reporting
- Manage and process expense reports on business partner behalf
- Mailing receipts when required
- Processing missing receipt affidavits when required
Requirements
- 5+ years as an executive assistant supporting executive leadership
- Ability to embrace new technology, and are energized by diving in and learning best practices to support the affiliate
- Demonstrate strong data acumen-ability to derive valuable, relevant, and actionable insights that drive clear business decisions
- Self-starter with ability to anticipate the needs of business partners and initiate appropriate action/ recommendations to ensure the most effective use of resources and time.
- Attention to detail, excellent critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated customer focused attitude
- Strong computer hardware and software skills
- Ability to work effectively, both independently and within a team environment
- Strong organizational and time management skills