
Senior Executive Assistant
CXM Direct
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
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Senior
About the role
- **Position Title:** Business Manager to the CEO
- **Reporting Line:** Reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- **Location:** Preferably Cyprus but certainly in the European time zone. Fully remote job.
- **General Purpose:**Supports the CEO by managing administrative, operational, and selected management responsibilities—enabling the CEO to focus on high-value strategic initiatives. Acts as a trusted extension of the CEO to ensure effective follow-through on priorities, negotiations, and organizational execution.
- **Specific Objectives (~12 months):**
- - Gain a deep understanding of the company’s operational model, key stakeholders, and internal dynamics to the extent of confidently engaging in and interpreting all CEO-level internal and external discussions.
- - Own the planning, facilitation, and follow-up of management team meetings, ensuring agendas are strategically aligned and action items are executed in a timely manner.
- - Independently follow up with all direct reports to the CEO on operational and non-strategic matters, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication flow.
- - Plan and coordinate the CEO’s schedule, including engagements with key internal and external stakeholders, to maximize strategic impact and time efficiency.
- **Key Activities:**
- - Coordinate and manage the CEO’s calendar, prioritizing meetings and engagements that align with strategic goals.
- - Prepare agendas, materials, and post-meeting follow-ups for executive and management meetings, ensuring clear accountability.
- - Serve as a liaison between the CEO and direct reports for operational matters, tracking progress on delegated tasks and initiatives.
- - Monitor internal and external communications to provide the CEO with timely context and insights, enabling effective decision-making.
- - Conduct targeted research and prepare briefing materials to support the CEO’s decision-making, communications, and external engagements.
- - Organize and manage recurring leadership routines, including 1:1s with direct reports and Board-related interactions, ensuring consistency, documentation, and follow-through.
Requirements
- **Key Competences:**
- - Strong business acumen with the ability to grasp complex organizational dynamics and operational models.
- - Exceptionally well-organized, with proven ability to manage schedules, meetings, and follow-ups across multiple stakeholders.
- - Culturally intelligent and effective in multinational, diverse environments.
- - Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust, communicate diplomatically, and influence without authority.
- - High adaptability and dependability in managing shifting priorities and urgent requests.
- - Skilled at setting and managing priorities in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.
- - Familiarity with fintech or, preferably, trading businesses, including terminology, pace, and operating culture.
- **Likely Current Job:**
- - Senior Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant with a track record of driving business execution beyond traditional administrative responsibilities.
- - Business Manager or similar role focused on operational follow-through and executive support.
- - Project Manager experienced in coordinating leadership-level priorities and cross-functional execution.
Benefits
- Fully remote role
- ● Excellent Fringe Benefits
- ● Competitive pay
- ● Localized holidays and vacation benefits
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Soft skills
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