Executive Assistant

Al Etihad Payments; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Dynamic team

Annual bonus

Child education allowance

Annual flight tickets

Job summary

Al Etihad Payments in the UAE seeks an Executive Assistant to the CEO to manage complex calendars, travel, meetings and reporting. You will support strategic tasks by handling correspondence, coordinating with staff, vendors and clients, and preparing presentations.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and strong business communication, with bilingual English/Arabic preferred. Expect a dynamic, modern work environment with competitive compensation and benefits in Abu Dhabi.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Excellent business communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with colleagues and vendors.
• Multitasking and proactive.
• Impeccable skills for organizing and prioritizing.
• Preferably bilingual (English & Arabic).

Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for correspondence and phone calls.
• Manage diaries and organize meetings and appointments.
• Book travel, transport and accommodation.
• Organize events and conferences.
• Reminding executives of important tasks and deadlines.
• Prepare reports, presentations and correspondence.
• Maintain databases and filing systems.
• Implement and maintain administrative procedures.
• Liaise with staff, suppliers and clients.
• Collate and file expenses.
• Assist the executive with research and miscellaneous tasks.
• Arrange resources and provide operational support.
• Manage office needs and inventory.

Skills

Excellent business communication

MS Office

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Organizing and prioritizing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Al Etihad Payments empowers employees to work in an environment that best promotes their productivity and well-being, while providing high-quality workplace and fantastic professional experience.

Get to Know Us

Al Etihad Payments is the UAE’s designated retail payments entity, dedicated to developing and operating world-class infrastructure, standards, and solutions for the UAE Economy. Al Etihad Payments is a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE, strongly supported by the UAE Government.

Our employees are committed to work with licensed financial institutions and other payment service providers to foster innovation and deliver excellent financial services to all in the UAE, efficiently and without friction.

Al Etihad Payments supports the government’s objectives of a cashless society, national digitization, and the Central Bank of the UAE objective of being a top ten central bank globally.

Our Culture

We are a collaborative, diverse and passionate group of individuals that works as one team. We support one another, make impactful contributions to the organization, and develop and nurture meaningful connections across the payment’s ecosystem!

About the role

Executive Assistant carries out administrative tasks on behalf of the CEO, thereby allowing them to allocate maximum time on strategic tasks.

What You’ll Do

• Act as first point of contact: dealing with correspondence and phone calls Act as a first point of contact: dealing with correspondence and phone calls.
• Manage diaries and organize meetings and appointments.
• Book and arrange travel, transport and accommodation.
• Organize events and conferences.
• Reminding the executives of important tasks and deadlines
• Type, compile and prepare reports, presentations and correspondence.
• Managing and inputting into databases and filing systems
• Implement and maintain procedures/administrative systems.
• Liaise with staff, suppliers and clients.
• Collate and file expenses.
• Assist the executive with other miscellaneous task, such as conducting research and completing reports etc.
• Arrange for the necessary resources/facilities and provide operational support
• Manage office needs, requests, including stationary and other office supplies inventory.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Technical and Behavioral Skills

• Excellent Business Communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with colleagues and vendors
• Multitasking and proactive
• Impeccable skills for organizing and prioritizing

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably Bilingual (speaks English and Arabic fluently)

What you can expect from us

• Modern work environment with level of flexibility.
• Dynamic and motivated team of colleagues working towards achieving UAE National Objectives;
• Competitive compensation package, including annual bonus and additional benefits like child educational allowance and annual flight tickets (where eligible);