Executive Office, Corporate Communications, Administrative Assistant, New YorkNew York, New York, United States
Executive Office, Corporate Communications, Administrative Assistant, New York
Executive Office, Corporate Communications, Administrative Assistant, New YorkNew York, New York, United States
The Executive Office plays an integral role in setting and advancing Goldman Sachs’ corporate strategy, and in preserving the firm’s distinctive culture. We are responsible for safeguarding the firm’s relationship with alumni, clients, shareholders, policy makers, and the broader public, while ensuring that our own people remain informed about the firm’s evolving priorities. We also partner with the businesses to source high-impact opportunities in line with the firm’s social and sustainability agendas.

The Corporate Communications team in the Executive Office is seeking a highly motivated administrative assistant to support business management functions for our team. The role requires exceptional prioritization, organization and collaboration skills. Previous experience in business administration and management and the ability to work in a busy, fast-paced environment are preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide business administration support in a team environment 
  • Manage vendor onboarding, bill payment and offboarding to ensure all related tasks are completed in a timely manner
  • Manage employee onboarding and offboarding for a small team
  • Work with international administration to oversee a large number of team news subscriptions
  • Assist with preparing a monthly budget report by downloading data and organizing it into Excel and basic PowerPoint slides, and assist with tracking spending throughout the year
  • Ensure calls to the press office are answered during normal business hours. Interact with news reporters and high-level business leaders in a professional and effective manner
  • Assist with calendar management support
  • Be available for overtime work on occasion, in particular during budget season
  • Maintain understanding of firm expenses, client entertainment, news subscriptions and attendance policies. 
  • Book rooms and locations for meetings and events, ensuring all logistical planning details are addressed
  • Order supplies and keeps inventory well-stocked. 
  • Contribute to planning and staffing team events

Skills

  • Requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 
  • High attention to detail.
  • Strong proficiency in MS Excel and Outlook
  • Proficiency in PowerPoint, Concur and Zoom
  • Team player with a positive, proactive attitude.
  • Highest degree of integrity, professionalism and discretion required. 
  • Ability to maintain high standards, even under deadlines. 
  • Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently. 
  • Ability to handle highly sensitive, confidential and non-routine information. 
  • Self-starter with excellent anticipation skills; problem solving; follow up.
  • Demonstrates dependability and sense of urgency about getting results. 
  • Strong organizational skills. 
  • Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels. 
  • Ability to display a consistent, professional degree of communication
  • Must be able to prioritize a variety of time-sensitive tasks.
  • Must have excellent judgment, independent thinker and resourceful.
  • 3+ years of experience
About Goldman Sachs
 
At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. 
 
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers. 
 
We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

 
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Salary Range 
The expected base salary for this New York, New York, United States-based position is $70000-$110000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits 
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.