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Executive Assistant to The President

Due to our growth, we are looking for an amazing and motivated Executive Assistant to support our President. The role is a fantastic opportunity to gain an intimate insight into the core operations of one of Australia’s fastest-growing startups.

As an Executive Assistant, you’ll directly support the President on all major projects and priorities. You will have full access to the President and the information and decision-making process.

You will manage front-line communications (emails with clients, customers, projects), support Investor Relations (including accountability for data rooms for fundraises), moderate meetings and coordinate initiatives to ensure effectiveness, and drive them to a successful outcome.

Here’s how you’ll contribute

• Coordinating and facilitating all meetings of the President to ensure that they are prepared for, stay on track, useful, effective and avoid tangents
• Creating the next actions and project plans for each meeting the President is in and ensuring that they are done
• Proactively managing and maintaining all inboxes identifying items that can be delegated and coordinating effectively
• Organising company board meetings, offsites, various events including internal and external logistics
• Assisting the President with board meeting prep, investor updates, and business development
• Helping the President identify items that can be delegated, where time allocation should be changed, etc. and coordinating / managing delegated items
• Tracking initiatives created by the President in Trello, summarising and communicating the state and effectively organising and following up on tasks
• Managing follow-ups (communications, action items, and execution) for external meetings, partnerships, and key relationships
• Turning word documents into effective presentations
• Manage investor decks, fundraising events and quarterly investor updates
• Review current processes and suggest improvements

A bit about you

• 3 years+ experience as an Executive Assistant to C-Suite
• A methodical organiser with excellent time management
• A can-do attitude and a stellar reputation for getting stuff done no matter what it takes
• Empathetic but persistent following up with people without causing resentment
• Tech-savvy with the ability to quickly learn and use new systems
• Ambitious and can lead communications with HNWI and key stakeholders
• You are highly driven and can work effectively with little direction
• High level of written and verbal communication skills

Some extra skills that would be awesome

• Previous Executive Assistant experience working in a high growth tech company or start-up
• Investor relations experience, including organising investor data rooms, running investor updates, etc
• Experience using trello / getting things done / a systematic way of managing their own workload

Some of the things we can offer you:

• Competitive salary, plus equity
• Flexibility to work from home regularly
• Located near Central Station in Surry Hills with a rooftop
• Regular, fun social events where we can relax and connect with our teammates
• A very supportive, fun and progressive environment
• We provide you with all the required hardware and an additional $750 to set up your new home office
• Perkbox benefits including premium access to calm, an online fitness portal and discounts at major retailers
• Thousands of courses on Go1, Udemy and Naspers
• Access to 24/7 counselling service for you and your family

We do not accept CVs from recruiters or employment agencies.