Sun Life

Executive Assistant

Sun Life

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Massachusetts

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Salary

💰 $81,900 - $110,600 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Professional problem solver
  • Dogged resourcefulness and a resolve to get things done
  • Stays calm under pressure and is able to deliver when needed in time sensitive situations
  • Tenacious prioritization that limits distractions and ensures the Senior Vice President’s (SVP) focus is on the most pressing and highest priority items
  • Willing to push back and uses sound judgement to figure out what warrants attention, what should be delegated and what requests should be deferred
  • Impeccable organization capabilities
  • Practices strategic multi-tasking, ensuring various priorities are moving forward without sacrificing quality
  • Communications Ninja
  • Top-notch verbal and writing skills with the ability to draft communications on behalf of the SVP
  • Knack for understanding and influencing others through written and verbal communications
  • Serves as a spokesperson for the SVP through polished emails, dynamic presentations, and effective interpersonal interactions
  • Technical savvy with strong proficiency in presentation technology and software
  • Analytical mindset that quickly sums up the situation, gathers the necessary info, asks the right questions and acts decisively
  • Networking prowess to build relationships at all levels across the company to understand the ins and outs of the business and bring that perspective to bear in making decisions
  • Trusted confidant
  • Ironclad discretion in handling confidential information, navigates sensitive situations with professionalism, diplomacy and tact
  • Supernatural ability to anticipate needs, seeing in advance what is needed and planning accordingly
  • Self-confident with a sense of humor
  • Practices optimism - keeps things in perspective and understands the balance of being candid but kind

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in an executive level support role
  • Strong consultation, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a wide range of individuals in different situations requiring tact, diplomacy, judgment, discretion and relationship building
  • Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
  • Strong collaboration skills and ability to partner with others get to work done
  • Takes personal responsibility for delivering quality service
  • Energetic self-starter who is able to take initiative, work with limited supervision and has strong attention to detail
  • Identifies improvement ideas and readily implements new work processes and practices
  • Resourceful at problem solving
  • Ability to work well under pressure
  • High level of proficiency across the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), and the ability to quickly learn enterprise applications.
  • Knowledge of Service Now, Workday, Ariba and Concur is a plus