Executive Assistant to CEO

UMB BANK NA; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401(k) matching

Annual incentive pay

Paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Job summary

UMB Financial Corporation is seeking an Executive Assistant to the CEO in a hybrid role based in Denver. The role focuses on managing a complex calendar, coordinating executive meetings, preparing confidential materials, and ensuring follow-through on commitments.

Travel coordination and high-level communication are essential. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of senior administrative experience, strong discretion, and excellent written and verbal communication.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressively responsible administrative or executive support experience.
• Experience managing complex calendars and high-stakes meetings.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive-level materials.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications and ability to learn business systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage the CEO’s complex calendar and resolve scheduling conflicts.
• Plan and coordinate meetings with executives, customers, and stakeholders, including agendas and materials.
• Prepare, proofread, organize, and distribute confidential correspondence.
• Track decisions and provide status updates to the CEO.
• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements and expenses.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for the CEO’s office with professionalism and discretion.
• Anticipate needs and improve executive-office workflows.
• Support special projects and executive events requiring cross-team coordination.

Skills

Calendar management

Executive support

Discretion

Written communication

Time management

MS Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

As Executive Assistant to the CEO, you will provide trusted, high-level support that helps the CEO focus on UMB’s most important priorities. You will manage a complex calendar, coordinate executive-level meetings, prepare confidential materials, and ensure commitments and decisions receive timely follow-through. Success in this role calls for sound judgment, discretion, proactive communication, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-moving environment.

What you’ll do

• Manage the CEO’s complex calendar, balancing strategic priorities, deadlines, preparation time, and competing requests; resolve scheduling conflicts and elevate time-sensitive issues.
• Plan and coordinate meetings with the executives, customers, and other stakeholders, including agendas, materials, communications, and logistics.
• Prepare, proofread, organize, and distribute confidential correspondence.
• Track decisions, action items, and commitments; provide the CEO with clear status updates and reminders.
• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, itineraries, schedule changes, and expense documentation in accordance with UMB processes.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for the CEO’s office, responding to inquiries and communicating with associates, senior leaders, and external contacts with professionalism and discretion.
• Anticipate upcoming needs and proactively identify scheduling conflicts, missing information, dependencies, and opportunities to improve executive-office workflows.
• Support special projects and executive events requiring coordination across teams.
• Occasional travel to accompany the CEO may be required; expected frequency is to be confirmed.

What you’ll bring

• Five or more years of progressively responsible administrative or executive support experience, including support for senior executives, or an equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience.
• Experience managing complex calendars, coordinating high-stakes meetings, and handling confidential information with discretion.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and edit executive-level correspondence and materials.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands, meet time-sensitive deadlines, and maintain accurate follow-through across multiple commitments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications and emerging technologies, and the ability to learn relevant business systems.

How you’ll work

This is a hybrid role based out of UMB's Denver, CO office. The UMB office location and specific onsite schedule will be discussed. This position was posted on 11/12/2026. The application deadline for this position is 45 days from the posting date unless filled earlier.

Compensation Range: $81,864 - $120,406

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMB’s good faith and reasonable estimate based on its budget and what it expects to be the starting pay for this role, but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location, experience level, and other job-related factors.

Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information. UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates, such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage; health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits.

• Paid Time Off
• a 401(k) matching program
• annual incentive pay
• paid holidays
• a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, and other insurance coverage
• health savings, flexible spending, and dependent care accounts
• adoption assistance
• an employee assistance program
• fitness reimbursement
• tuition reimbursement
• an associate wellbeing program
• an associate emergency fund
• and various associate banking benefits

Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

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