Executive Assistant - Cross River
Fort Lee, NJ
About the Job
Who We Are
Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world's most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion.
We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker's list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple – our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team.
What We're Looking For
The Compliance team is looking for an Executive Assistant to support the Chief Compliance Officer and provide support to his leadership team. The right candidate must be a team player who is solution oriented, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and has a strong sense of urgency to all matters. Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks is a must. We are fully committed to the success and personal growth of our staff. If you have the right skill set/experience, take pride in your work, and work with integrity, we can't wait to meet you!
Responsibilities:
- Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks for the Chief Compliance Officer including: heavy calendar management, proactively managing scheduling conflicts, completing expense reports, budget management, booking domestic and international travel, composing and preparing correspondence that is at times confidential, high-level gate keeping, and various other ad hoc projects
- Provide a bridge for smooth communication between the Chief Compliance Officer and the rest of the company
- Work closely and effectively with the other teams to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Acts as a "barometer," having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping them updated
- Communicate effectively with internal Compliance teams on the CCO's behalf
- Assist with the preparation of materials for presentations
- Set and manage stakeholder expectations, both internally and externally
- Assist with budget management for the Compliance department
- Provide project updates to stakeholders as per demand and requirement
- Create and manage contracts with suppliers and vendors, ensuring timely deliveries
- Perform regular assessment of project execution to identify areas for improvement
- Track project performance periodically to ensure both short-term and long-term goals are met
- Handle confidential matters discreetly and professionally
What we're expecting:
- Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail
- Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships, problem solver
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
- Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands
- Demonstrates ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions
- Ability to learn new systems
- Proactively addresses any challenges and able to anticipate upcoming needs
Qualifications:
- 7-10+ years supporting a C level executive
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
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Salary Range: $95,000.00 - $120,000.00
Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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