Executive Assistant

Global Payments; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Executive Administrative Assistant, where you'll provide vital support to upper management and help streamline operations. This role involves managing complex schedules, preparing documents, and serving as a liaison between executives and staff. Your expertise will contribute to the efficiency of a dynamic team in the payments technology sector. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in administrative support.
• Strong understanding of business vocabulary and operations.

Responsibilities

• Provides high-level secretarial and administrative support to executives.
• Organizes meetings and manages executive calendars.

Skills

Administrative Support

MS Office

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Associate's Degree

Job description

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services. Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results. We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions. Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow.

Summary of This Role

Provide high level secretarial and administrative support for one or more of the organization's upper management or executives, requiring discretion, confidentiality, a good understanding of technical and business vocabulary, and a detailed knowledge of the organization's operations, procedures, and people. Collects and prepares information for use in discussions/meetings of executive staff and outside individuals. Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

What Part Will You Play?

• Provides administrative support to executive and may support a functional group, performing a broad range of administrative functions, to include highly sensitive/confidential matters. Demonstrates a high level of professionalism and discretion in the development of communications, memos, and agreements made on behalf of the executive. Drafts, edits, and proofs various types of documents, including correspondence, meeting minutes, and presentation material. Manages complex editorial changes to documents from multiple parties. Coordinates, as needed, with other staff for routing and signatures.
• Serves as a "gatekeeper" by screening emails, phone calls, and visitors; applying independent judgment to determine the most appropriate allocation of executive's time for scheduled/unscheduled events, meetings, and requests. Acts as liaison with senior management team. Interfaces with all levels of employees and external associates. Based on knowledge, may meet with visitors, in place of executive, to discuss, review, or evaluate latest project matters. Creates and maintains executive's list of contacts. Manages, plans, organizes, and verifies executive's calendar. Accepts event/meeting invites, on behalf of the executive, as scheduled time permits. May represent executive in meetings unable to attend. Answers, screens, responds to or routes incoming phone calls; opens and prioritizes mail. Reads, reviews, and responds to emails on behalf of the executive.
• Organizes meetings/events, both on and off-site, which may include extensive arrangements, depending on the nature of the meeting and the location of the attendees. Directs and occasionally partners with catering/vendors to order refreshments, as needed. Collaborates with travel department to coordinate travel arrangements, itineraries, and agendas, according to executive's preference; keeping within budget. Prepares expense reports for executive; gathers required documents; researches missing documents or billing discrepancies; submits for processing in a timely manner. Complies with corporate travel policies and expense reporting practices. Monitors business expenses/budget for the department; prepares and produces reports for executive review and approval. May provide budget recommendations.
• Researches and prioritizes issues and concerns addressed to the executive. Determines appropriate course of action, referral, or response using independent and incisive judgment. Provides information to callers which requires extensive knowledge of company policies, practices, and operations. Accountable for the executive meeting commitments and deadlines.

What Are We Looking For in This Role?

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Typically Minimum 8+ Years Relevant Exp
• Administrative support

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's Degree
• Typically Minimum 6 Years Relevant Exp
• Administrative support of upper management or executives
  

What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

• Skills / Knowledge - Has substantial understanding of the job and applies knowledge and skills to complete a wide range of tasks.
• Job Complexity - Works on assignments that are routine to moderately difficult, requiring some decision in resolving issues or in making recommendations.
• Supervision - Normally receives little instruction on daily work, general instructions on newly introduced assignments.
• MS Office - Creation of spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, etc.

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Interested in learning more about Global Payments and Our Family of Brands?

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a leading pure play payments technology company delivering innovative software and services to our customers globally. Our technologies, services and employee expertise enable us to provide a broad range of solutions that allow our customers to operate their businesses more efficiently across a variety of channels around the world.

Headquartered in Georgia with nearly 24,000 employees worldwide, Global Payments is a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning over 100 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For more information, visit www.globalpaymentsinc.com and follow Global Payments on Twitter (@globalpayinc), LinkedIn and Facebook.