Senior Administrative Assistant
New York Life Insurance CoAbout the role
Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
This position is hybrid - Tuesday - Thursday in the New York Office and Monday and Friday work from home.
The Executive Assistant will provide support for the Corporate Development and Strategy team. This individual will be responsible for working both strategically and tactically on highest team priorities and provide administrative support for the CD&S leadership team. This individual will stretch into organizing and tracking team objectives and goals while providing support for team’s day-to-day operating priorities. In addition, this individual will have significant responsibility in managing multiple priorities, inclusive of department-wide event planning. This role requires close partnership with senior leaders, their assistants, and employees at all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Team Planning: Support team event planning and create team operating agenda, inclusive of weekly, monthly, quarterly rhythm.
- Administrative Planning & Execution: Coordinate across multiple teams’ calendars for seamless execution of team activities.
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- Assist CD&S leaders with critical activities and ensure timely prioritization and execution. Effectively maintain and manage leaderships’ business calendars.
- Handle all aspects of administrative support for leadership and their teams in a timely and professional manner
- Coordinate and schedule meetings, handle travel reservations, and organize conference/video calls, often involving multiple locations.
- Coordinate logistics for all meetings including IT, room set up, and catering as needed
- Utilize Microsoft Office Suite to assist with presentations and reporting
- Project manage smaller team initiatives, if needed
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- Meeting Preparation and Presentations: Lead development of logistics, agendas, and materials for business and team meetings (e.g., leadership team meetings, team meetings), ensuring alignment, clarity, and accuracy of materials.
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- Prepare presentations and memos for various audiences, including senior leaders.
- Assist with written communications
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- Travel & Expense – prepare/reconcile travel expenses
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- Review and process invoices and expense reports in a timely and accurate manner.
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- Communications: Develop internal communications, on behalf of CD&S leaders, to ensure timely and relevant information-sharing. Draft talking points for key leader presentations, ensuring appropriate and cohesive messaging.
- Flexibility: Remain flexible if priorities change and maintain involvement in a wide variety of tasks based on business demands that arise. Own ad-hoc administrative tasks (e.g., compliance approvals, applause recognition reporting).
- Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with other Executive Assistants; including providing back-up when needed
Requirements of the role include:
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