Executive Assistant

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM); New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) in New York seeks an Executive Assistant to support the CFO, CLO, and CPO, coordinating complex calendars, travel, meetings, and confidential matters with discretion. You will also prepare presentations, manage invoices, assist with vendor relations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across the firm.

Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of executive support experience, exceptional communication, and strong organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required or equivalent corporate experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in executive level support.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management abilities with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Represent CFO, CLO, and CPO with discretion and clear communication.
• Manage sensitive matters with confidentiality and judiciousness.
• Maintain calendars, travel, timesheets, and required admin needs.
• Prepare presentations, agendas, reports, and project documents.
• Coordinate travel arrangements and vendor management with AP.
• Attend meetings, document items, and track action items for accountability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams globally to ensure smooth scheduling.
• Register external guests in security and support a professional client welcome.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Calendar management

Expense reports

Job description

## Executive AssistantApply: New York: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R-4177At SOM, we are a collective committed to shaping a better future for our clients, communities and planet. We aspire to create the most sustainable, impactful work through creative, interdisciplinary teams with all the resources and diversity of a global firm. We value those who are passionate about excellence, innovation, integrity, inclusivity, and collaboration. Together we can achieve great things. **Success at SOM Means** * Ideas: We believe in a meritocracy of ideas. We look to everyone to actively contribute to the discourse in the firm.* Knowledge: We believe that expertise is the result of lifelong learning. We are not expected to know everything, but rather to passionately pursue answers, develop new skills and deepen our knowledge.* Product: We strive for excellence in the concept, quality, and delivery of our work.* Individual: We value individuals who bring the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity in the way they work. Each person can develop and contribute their wealth of attributes, skills and knowledge to support the overall health of the firm.* Team: We value the power of interdisciplinary integration. A positive team culture in which everyone collaborates openly towards common goals is essential.* Firm: We have a history of making transformative contributions to the profession and our communities. We are constantly innovating and attempting to bring new approaches, solutions and processes to our work. **Executive Position Responsibilities** * Represents the CFO, CLO, CPO with discretion, proactivity, and clear communication with internal teams and external collaborators.* Manage sensitive matters with professionalism, confidentiality, and judiciousness.* Maintains routine personal business matters including expense reports, travel itineraries, timesheets, corporate credit card, communication device billing, and other required needs.* Maintains routine function invoices including vendor management and appropriate approvals and submission to Accounts Payable and Vendor Management as required.* Prioritize and organize incoming tasks and communications based on urgency and business impact with a strong mix of technical software fluency, strategic organization, and interpersonal judgment.* Attends and documents key team meetings; track action items and follow up to ensure accountability as required.* Conducts research as requested by the CFO, CLO. and CPO.* Maintains CFO, CLO, CPO schedules; calendars, travel; team and project team meetings.* Efficiently manages and coordinates multiple complex calendars for individuals and teams, ensuring optimal scheduling and alignment. Demonstrates advanced multitasking skills in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.* Coordinates travel arrangements, including flights, accommodations, updating calendar with details.* Collaborate with cross-functional teams, globally, to facilitate effective communication and information sharing.* Prepare presentations, agendas, reports, special projects and other documents in support of objectives for the team.* Coordinates with Executive Assistants across the Firm to ensure smooth scheduling of meetings.* Independently identifies, organizes and implements a variety of administrative projects seeking efficiencies for the Officers and team.* Understands to collaborate with internal teams to prepare for client meetings in house and manages logistics for client visits, including conference room booking, catering arrangements, and guest services.* Ensures all external guests are properly registered in the security system for smooth building access and check-in.* Professionally prepared to meet and greet clients, creating a positive first impression and ensuring a warm and hospitable environment.* Maintains contact database along with routine electronic filing system.* Performs miscellaneous support duties and dedicates necessary time beyond routine hours as required including last minute needs to assist Officers in meeting business commitments. **Leadership Responsibilities*** Inspires and leads others by example, participates in staff mentoring and training, clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities, empowers others, and delegates where appropriate based on team members’ recognized abilities and potential.* In collaboration with team members, contributes to a clear and consistent work plan to achieve the project budget, deliverables, and schedule.* Actively engages in internal professional development opportunities.* Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.* Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.* Protects SOM from financial and legal risk. **Minimum Qualifications** * Bachelor’s Degree or higher preferred or equivalent corporate experience.* Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in executive level support.* Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.* Demonstrates strong organizational and time management skills.* Exhibits initiatives, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.* Effectively communicates with supervisors through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.* Advanced computer skills including document and presentation preparation; database management; contact management; research and high proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace* Must be able to manage own workload and coordinate the activities of others. Are you ready to join a team of creative professionals working on transformational projects around the world? Take advantage of this exciting opportunity to build a better future with SOM. Compensation for this role is based upon experience, qualifications, location, and education and typically ranges from $85,000 to $95,000.