Executive Assistant

  • Full-time
  • Job Family Group: Administration

Company Description

Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.

Visa does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations enable its bank customers to offer consumers choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. From the world’s major cities to remote areas without banks, people are increasingly relying on digital currency along with mobile technology to use their money anytime, make purchases online, transfer funds and access basic financial services. All of which makes their lives easier and helps grow economies.

Behind the Visa brand are our talented employees who continuously raise the bar with innovative solutions and products that deliver the convenience and security of digital currency to more people all over the world.

Job Description

This position will be responsible for a broad range of executive administrative support duties for a senior member of Visa Inc.'s Technology Team. The successful candidate must possess the ability to stay several steps ahead and anticipating the needs of an extremely busy senior executive. We are looking for someone who takes great pride in being an Executive Assistant and who will serve as an ambassador for Visa and the Operations & Infrastructure team.

  • Managing daily calendars for the VP – Data Center Engineering and Operations, demonstrating flexibility and problem-solving abilities to adjust or prioritize schedules based on last-minute changes
  • Managing daily administrative functions in support of the Austin location on behalf of
    the Operations and Infrastructure organization
  • Work closely with the CAO in Operations and Infrastructure and other EA's to provide support for
    various global administrative activities in a consistent manner
  • Organizing domestic and international travel arrangements for the executive and/or members of his
    direct staff
  • Prepare expense reports (using Oracle iExpense)
  • Manage complex calendaring and scheduling of staff and individual meetings, teleconferences, team off-sites, and other events
  • Supporting key team initiatives, playing a part as a project coordinator. Duties may include:
    support with expanded staff meetings, meeting logistics (both internal and external), presentations, management of shared team information and resources on intranet/portals
  • Work with senior leadership executive assistants to create seamless office operations
  • Prepare documents in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is a must
  • Act as a liaison, problem solver, and facilitator as the first contact for the executive and others
    in the department
  • Screen incoming calls and correspondence and respond independently when possible
  • Manage the day-to-day work flow as well as possess confidence and strong communication skills to interface with all levels of staff
  • Effectively and successfully respond to problem situations and prioritize issues
  • This role at times requires off-hours responsiveness (for example when the executive is in a different time zone)
  • Advanced experience in administrative support (Experience at an international level not required
    but considered a strong PLUS)
  • Demonstrates excellent leadership and professional presence with a confident and approachable
    personality
  • Capable of working with discretion and tact in an environment exposed to a high level of sensitive
    and confidential information

Qualifications

  • Strong communication (written and verbal), detail-oriented, highly organized and ability to
    work across functions with executives (both internal & external)
  • Intrinsically-motivated, highly organized and results-oriented. Able to work with little to no
    supervision. Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, teamwork, maturity under pressure, and can anticipate and resolve problems before they escalate
  • History of creative problem solving, analytical skills, ability to work well collaboratively and under
    pressure
  • Experience creating and/or supporting presentation development for senior management
  • Experience in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint. (Must have Excel experience.)
    Additional experience with Oracle iExpense and iProcurement would be beneficial
  • organizing worldwide travel
  • Detail-oriented and ability to complete work assignments with a high degree of quality

Additional Information

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