Real Estate - Executive Assistant

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Blackstone Real Estate Overview:

Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $339 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, residential, office, hospitality and retail. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone’s Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT), a U.S. non-listed REIT, and Blackstone’s European yield-oriented strategy. Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT).
 

Job Description:

The Executive Assistant role entails providing support to multiple senior investment professionals in Real Estate. The responsibilities include:

• Extensive calendar management including scheduling internal and external appointments, confirming meetings, coordinating with other assistants
• Answering calls and acting as a gatekeeper
• Booking conference rooms for internal and external meetings; meeting and greeting guests, registering guests in the visitor system
• Completion of detailed corporate expenses including tracking receipts and reimbursements
• Coordinating travel arrangements including flights, visas/passports, cars, hotels, and other reservations
• Maintaining and organizing files
• Ad hoc projects, as relevant

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The successful candidate should have:

• Experience in working with a mix of senior-level executives and professionals providing outstanding administrative support in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Experience in interacting with executives, professionals and/or clients
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks and deadlines
• Perform duties with confidentiality and integrity
• Experience with coordinating travel arrangements
• An autonomous worker with strong follow-through skills
• Ability to build relationships with key players and management
• Creative thinker
• Familiarity with Concur is preferred
• Extensive familiarity with Microsoft suite

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$150,000 - $165,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised rol