Sr. Administrative Assistant

We are looking for Sr. Administrative Assistant for our client in San Jose CA 95110.

Job Title: Sr. Administrative Assistant

Job Location: San Jose CA 95110

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $33hr - $38hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Credit security clearance, confirmed via a background credit check, is required for this position.
• Minimum AA degree is preferred with 2-4 years of experience supporting Vice Presidents and above or equivalent working within a highly demanding fast-paced oriented environment.
• Exceptional calendar management skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, verbal and written.
• High level of integrity with a humble nature; fully capable to take initiative, manage and oversee various projects from multiple management being highly proactive, detailed oriented, self-motivated, adaptive, and creative.
• Exceptional professionalism, soft-skills and being a team player.
• High level of work ethics, integrity, confidentiality and flexibility.
• Advanced level MS Office suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project Google Drive.
• Must be highly flexible with time and schedule; able and available to come to work early and/or stay late with minimal advance notice.
• Strong key competencies skills: Customer Focus, Approachability, Integrity and Trust, Dealing with Ambiguity, Interpersonal Savvy, Learning on the Fly, Organizational Agility, Peer Relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Provide general, routine to complex administrative support with keen ability to foresee and anticipate the needs of the executives and organizations to optimize their time and take a proactive role to anticipate, identify and initiate/facilitate thoughtful solutions.
• Manage and maintain highly complex and changing calendars, and schedule appointments, meetings, travel, and organizational functions as well prepare flawless communication materials on behalf of internal and external customers.
• Use political savvy and sophistication to filter through and facilitate actionable items.
• Key liaison for the group and on-the-job contacts including internal and external customers, internal company executives, parent company executives, trade associations, community and political representatives.
• Work closely with executives, administrative staff, employees and teams creating and maintaining working relationships.
• Perform reference work from a variety of sources both inside and outside of the company and prepare special reports, summaries, or digests of a complex nature.
• May initiate and facilitate meetings and take meeting minutes and manage action items.
• May arrange and plan programs and small events for meetings and entertainment of visitors.
• May perform reference work from a variety of sources both inside and outside of the company and prepare special reports, summaries, or digests of a complex nature. Provide web research as needed.
• May draft and prepare routine and advanced correspondence including emails, letters, memoranda, meeting minutes, and reports. Review outgoing correspondence for accuracy, format consistency, signatures and conformance with executive procedures.
• Anticipate and/or identify needs and issues within the organization and proactively initiate and/or facilitate solutions.
• Compile, prepare and process executive s expense reports through ChromeRiver program.
• Manage all incoming POs, creating, keeping track, and working closely with vendors, finance, and Engineering team.
• Reconciling monthly credit card statements for the Engineering department.
• Screens all incoming correspondence and determine if executive action is needed.
• Performs other functions such as organizing and filing confidential files and records systems of the organization, preparation of recurring internal reports, maintaining contacts/customer database, etc.
• Demonstrates a broad company knowledge which includes corporate policies and procedures, organizational structure, business strategies, corporate goals, products, services, customers and competitors.
• Play an active role in creating a safe and healthy workplace and comply with all applicable safety and health rules.
• Provide administrative support and cross-coverage to manager, executive assistant and administration staff, as necessary.
• Other duties as required but not limited.

Nice to Have:

• Experience assisting Vice Presidents in a Hi-Tech industry.
• Experience in highly demanding fast-paced start-up environment.
• Experience in working with a diverse multi-cultural environment.
• Must be reliable and work independently.
• Demonstrates a broad company knowledge which includes best practicing corporate policies, procedures, guidelines and organizational structure.