Executive Assistant
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Are you a highly organized and proactive Executive Assistant ready to provide top-class support to our Chief Corporate Development Officer and Chief Product Officer? This is your chance to step into a pivotal role that supports key leaders and drives our ambitious growth plans in North America.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced EA to join a successful and growing company. You’ll gain valuable experience in a varied role with plenty of opportunities to expand your skill set.
What will you be doing?
As an Executive Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in our team by:
- Managing Complex Calendars: Coordinate and prioritize meetings, ensuring efficient scheduling for our senior executives.
- Supporting Key Meetings: Prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow up on action items to keep projects on track.
- Handling Travel & Expenses: Arrange seamless global travel and manage expense claims with precision.
- Creating Impactful Presentations: Use your PowerPoint and Excel skills to craft clear, engaging presentations and reports.
- Liaising with Key Stakeholders: Serve as a key communication link between executives, managers, and external parties.
- Assisting with Team Events: Organize events and provide support to our UK-based EAs when they visit the US.
What are we looking for?
We seek candidates with:
- Executive Assistant Experience: Proven track record of supporting senior executives in a fast-paced environment.
- Diary Management Skills: Ability to handle complex schedules and prioritize effectively.
- Tech Savvy: Proficiency in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Concur, and Word.
- Presentation Skills: Experience in creating clear and compelling business presentations.
- Business Acumen: Understanding of general business reporting is a plus.
Essential Competencies:
- Quick Decision-Making: Ability to make decisions swiftly in a dynamic setting.
- Team Collaboration: Strong teamwork skills and a collaborative attitude.
- Organizational Excellence: Exceptional organizational abilities and attention to detail.
- Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of contacts.
- Adaptability: Capability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines with a flexible approach.
Please note: We may close this role early if we receive a high volume of applications, so apply today!
About IRIS
As one of the UK’s largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.
IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child’s school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers’ businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
It’s vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
That’s why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time – so they can focus on productivity and growth.
IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
We’re delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women.
These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.
Why work for IRIS?
The Benefits
Developing your career
We believe in creating a culture of engagement and reward to develop your potential and offer long-term career success. We do this by:
Supporting our managers to be great leaders, providing inspirational management resources and offering dedicated management development training.
Rewarding individual excellence through dedicated initiatives and Employee Awards for demonstrating our values.
Offering regular training and development programmes tailored to each employee’s development needs and providing a commitment to a ‘learning culture’ which shares knowledge, best practice and our long-standing expertise between employees.
We’re committed to a culture of continuous improvement and listen to our employees via regular feedback sessions and employee engagement surveys.
Our employees love the colleagues they work with. We promote a positive environment where our people feel comfortable, make friends and support each other.
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