Economic Consulting, Executive Assistant

<h3><strong>The Role:</strong></h3> <p>An Executive Assistant at Teneo plays a critical role in supporting senior business leaders, ensuring seamless operations, and providing best-in-class service to support both the teams and individuals that they work with. With an initiative-taking mindset and strong organizational skills, the ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, effectively managing multiple tasks and priorities with professionalism and discretion. They are responsible for providing a seamless foundation of administration that allows teams to function, as well as work closely with Executives to proactively support and anticipate their needs and understand their priorities.</p> <p>The Executive Assistant will oversee assigned projects or activities, coordinate daily schedules/calendars, prepare for meetings, and manage travel. The ideal candidate will function under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, highly demanding work environment while exhibiting excellent customer service and professionalism in all interactions. They will pre-empt issues or problems before they arise, collaborating closely with the Executive(s) and as a point person for when their Executive(s) is unavailable. Executive Assistants are also responsible for building relationships with counterparts at client organization and across the Teneo network.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Proactively manage Executives’ inboxes and calendars, prioritizing correspondence, managing communications between them and executives, employees, and external contacts</li> <li>Coordinate internal and external meetings, including project meetings, and ensure necessary logistics are arranged, across time zones if necessary</li> <li>Provide direct support to senior executive(s), assisting with client interactions, team coordination, and administrative tasks to ensure timely project delivery</li> <li>Anticipate upcoming events and meetings, preparing executives with necessary materials and maintaining a long-term perspective on organization goals</li> <li>Serve as a point of contact for senior executives, handling communications and interactions with utmost professionalism and confidentiality</li> <li>Assist with travel arrangements, considering executives’ priorities and managing complex itineraries efficiently</li> <li>Undertake additional administrative responsibilities such as filing, document management, maintaining records, and reconciling travel & expense reports, invoices, etc.</li> <li>Manage operational aspects of executives’ roles, including project setup and proposal preparation</li> <li>Maintain confidentiality and business-sensitive information with discretion</li> <li>Embrace agile workin