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Senior Administrative Assistant

AMEXbangalore, India

3 days ago

Job description

Job Description

Work Location Options :

Hybrid

You Lead the Way. Weve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, youll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

The Enterprise Architecture team at Amercian Express, aims to promote excellence through architectural discipline and controls, enable efficiencies across the enterprise, and foster collaboration, innovation and value creation.

How will you make an impact in this role?

As Executive Assistant to the Chief Architect & SVP, you will be responsible for providing an exceptional standard of support. You will work autonomously and efficiently, anticipating the leaders needs and connecting the dots behind the scenes. We are looking for a candidate that is highly energetic, organized, flexible, and is used to working in a fast, and at times high pressure environment with numerous conflicting priorities. The ideal candidate needs to be a self-starter and can prioritize competing demands while keeping the Chief Architect and her chief of staff informed and aware.

Primary Responsibilities

Organization of complex calendar management using high level of integrity, managing across senior business partners, dispersed locations and differing time zones. Managing long-term calendar views of critical meetings and events.
Meet regularly with the Chief Architect to actively flag and solve calendar constraints such as identifying delegates, ensuring read-ahead materials are provided when required, appropriate attendees are included in invites, and conflicts are resolved.
Arranging meeting rooms, video and audio conferencing as well as coordinating team meetings, activities and other events.
Booking complex international travel itinerary with knowledge of Amex travel booking tools, preferred vendors and associated policies.
Ensuring timely preparation and processing of expense reports; tracking and processing of invoices; review expenses submitted to leader and highlight any out of policy spend.
Organizing new starters first days, workstation, PCs, stationery, and all HR / PeopleSoft administration. Helping to co-ordinate recruitment and development activities.
Assisting with timekeeping and payroll duties, organization charts and completing cost-centre reconciliations
In conjunction with other Executive Assistants, organize and coordinate activities associated with Town Halls, Senior Management visits, and other employee-related activities and events.
Support of ad hoc special project which may be confidential and sensitive in nature.
Support Employee Engagement initiatives, Sr. Leader / team updates and other USCDT Cross Platform related projects as needed. Managing general follow-up and generating reminders to effectively meet deadlines and commitments
This is a hybrid position which requires 3-days per week in office.

Required Qualifications

Ability to work in a complex, fast-moving environment while adhering to tight deadlines and with strong attention to detail.

Strong maturity with ability to effectively prioritize VP office responsibilities.

Ability to work under minimal direction, manage multiple priorities, make sound decisions, and maintain discretion and confidentiality of sensitive information.

Team player who is dependable and enthusiastic.

Strong PC skills in MS Office applications (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Outlook (may work with VPs email).

Excellent communication skills, both written and oral; strong interpersonal, influencing, and collaborating skills.

Demonstrated ability to take the initiative to spot problems before they arise, find solutions, and provide timely follow-through

Proficiency in American Express applications, including but not limited to Concur Expense Management, Ariba Buyer, eHR, Payroll, BrassRing, and the IT Service Catalog.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

Support for financial-well-being and retirement

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

Career development and training opportunities

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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