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Executive Assistant (Colombo)


Employer:
Industry: Management, Marketing & PR, Office Skills
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

– Function / Business Unit: Administration
– Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
– Start Date: Immediate

Overview

CAMMS develops, implements and supports its world leading integrated suite of Corporate Performance Management Solutions; that enables enterprises to plan, execute and drive their business from strategy to reality.

Vision:

A globally successful thought leading company that empowers organisations and people through our unparalleled products and services.

Core Values:

– Passion and ownership of corporate direction and targets
– Respect for the individual, the company and client
– Teamwork, strong communication and responsiveness
– Pursuit of excellence through continuous learning and innovation
– Self-motivated, focused and empowered people

Job Profile:

The Executive Assistant is responsible in handling a wide range of administrative and executive support related tasks and will be able to work independently with little or no supervision.

She/he needs to be exceedingly well organized, flexible and enjoy the administrative challenges of supporting a global office of diverse people.

The ability to interact with staff (at all levels) in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality. Expert level written and verbal communication skills, strong decision making ability and attention to detail are equally important.

The Executive Assistant will handle the following key responsibilities:

– Manage and maintain Head of Global Services & Country Head’s schedules
– Prepare, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software
– Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports
– Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals
– Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries
– Be responsible for heavy calendar management, requiring interaction with both internal and external staff and clients, to coordinate a variety of complex executive meetings
– Updating Country Head about appointments with various clients.
– Answer phones and direct all incoming calls to appropriate party promptly and efficiently
– Assist the Country Head with preparation of presentation materials
– Review and summarize miscellaneous reports and documents; prepare background documents and outgoing mail as necessary
– Interact with external clients
– Liaise with internal staff at all levels
– Perform general office duties such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
– Attend meetings in order to record minutes.
– Supervise and train other clerical staff.
– Coordinate and manage Administrative services, such as maintenance and housekeeping.

Selection Criteria

– A qualification in Business admin / commerce may be desirable
– Previous experience in a senior administrative position
– Excellent calendar management skills, including the coordination of complex executive meetings
– Experience assisting management with the creation of PowerPoint presentations
– Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
– Experience scheduling travel arrangements for management
– High standards of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
– Extremely detailed oriented

Strongly Prefer:

– Support experience in a professional services, sales or marketing environment
– Experience successfully creating and/or modifying processes
– Bachelor’s degree

How to apply

Applications should include a cover letter describing how you address the selection criteria for the role and your resume to Human Resource Manager quoting the position title.

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