American Express

Executive Administrative Assistant

American Express New York, NY

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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, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll 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.

How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex.

The Global Operational Risk & Oversight (GORO) organization within Global Risk and Compliance (GRC) is responsible for identifying and managing risk across all business units, functions, processes, and geographies at American Express.

The Executive Assistant will be a key member of the team, supporting three full-time Vice Presidents in Global Risk and Compliance (GRC), and aiding their teams as needed.

Those Vice Presidents support the Enterprise Risk Management process which partners with business units and risk management teams across the company. We often work on tight deadlines and our work is visible to senior executive leadership within the company. We are looking for someone who is detail oriented and resourceful with a positive, can-do attitude.

How will you make an impact in this role?

  • Calendar management across multiple parties.
  • Coordination of business travel arrangements.
  • Coordinating logistics for meetings, including scheduling of conference rooms and technology support as required
  • Timely and accurate preparation, review, and submission of expense reports.
  • Maintain vendor management process, including on-boarding new vendors (where appropriate) Statements of Work, invoice submissions, vendor payments and payment tracking.
  • Payroll/Timekeeping.
  • Supporting the scheduling and coordination of events, including room booking, catering, etc.
  • Maintaining organization charts and team rosters.
  • Coordination of office supply management.
  • Support special ad-hoc projects and initiatives as assigned.
  • Assist in ordering of computers, equipment, supplies, new hire onboarding.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 3+ years’ experience in providing administrative support.
  • Ability to work well in a dynamic and fast-paced organization and manage multiple tasks and priorities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively on a team, sometimes under pressure, with accuracy, attention to detail, professionalism, and timely, direct follow-up.
  • Strong sense of integrity and ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality.
  • Ability to proactively identify and resolve issues.
  • Ability to work with all levels of management, associates, and external business contacts.
  • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Webex, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Salary Range: $24.05 to $48.10 hourly + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected hourly pay range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
  • 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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  • Seniority level

    Entry level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Other
  • Industries

    Financial Services

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