Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

BCforward is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Executive Assistant

Job Title: Executive Assistant

Pay: $37/hr. on W2

Duration: 4+ Months

Job Location: 127 Public Square Cleveland, OH

Job Description:

ABOUT THE JOB (JOB BRIEF)
Provides executive administrative support to Regional Sales Executive; performing diversified administrative and clerical duties as assigned. Often exposed to sensitive or confidential information, the Executive Assistant manages the day-to-day administrative operations, schedules meetings, communicates with internal and external stakeholders and composes written communications and presentations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
* Provides diversified administrative support to the leader including scheduling, travel arrangements, and coordination of meetings.
* Serves as a liaison to internal and external stakeholders and interacts with the most senior leaders in the market.
* Prepares confidential and sensitive documentation and correspondence which may be distributed to various internal and external stakeholders.
* Prepares presentations within PowerPoint while sourcing information from other systems and/or databases (i.e. Excel, Word, etc.). Edits and proofreads complex documents for accuracy.
* Effectively formats and manipulates data within Excel while creating and using a variety of formulas.
* Schedules appointments, answers phone calls and provides information to callers; composes and types correspondence; reads and routes incoming emails and other forms of communication.
* Maintains frequently changing calendar(s) and extensive contact lists.
* Consistently follows through on deadlines and projects, taking initiative on all work requests, providing status updates to managers and team as needed.
* Proactively anticipates needs and issues; recommends and takes action to proactively resolve challenges.
* Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Undergraduate degree in Business related field or equivalent experience
* 5 or more years of experience working with senior executives
* Strong working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
* Demonstrated problem solving, relationship-building and interpersonal skills
* Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
* Excellent attention to detail, organization and accuracy of work
* With direction, solves problems and anticipates needs
* Proven problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritize in fast-paced, high-pressure environment
* Demonstrated personal leadership
* Handles confidential information with discretion

* Business Acumen: Demonstrates a business minded focus. Understanding how Key and its business units operate. Is aware of his/her contributions and how they impact the business and/or organization at an enterprise level.
* Relationship Builder: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down and sideways, inside and outside the organization: builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
* Client Sensitivity: Seeking deep insight into client issues and working to develop client-focused solutions that provide value beyond expectations. Showing a thorough and unique understanding of client needs, and gaining the reputation as trusted advisor and partner with clients (both internally and externally). Handles confidential information with discretion.
* Organizing: Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and files in a useful manner.
* Planning: Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 221312 when responding to this ad.

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