Executive Assistant to Vice Chairman

Requisition ID
- 12266
- Country- Australia- State / Province- New South Wales- City- Sydney- About Us**Korn Ferry** is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.

Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than _50 countries_. We offer five core solutions:

- ** Organizational Strategy**:

- ** Assessment and Succession**:

- ** Talent Acquisition**:

- ** Leadership Development**:

- ** Total Rewards**
- Job description**About the Role**:
We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to work in partnership, supporting our Vice Chairman, Alexandra Goodfellow in our Sydney firm.

In this permanent full-time role, the successful applicant will bring significant project management support for senior management, be highly proficient in Microsoft Office and have excellent communication skills to represent Korn Ferry proactively and positively to stakeholders across all levels of the business and externally.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Your responsibilities as an Executive Assistant are varied and diverse. They will typically include, but are not limited to:

- Extensive client liaison throughout the search process, both written, over the phone and in person
- Review and approve monthly client billing invoices to ensure accurate invoicing
- Help prepare and edit Pitch Decks and proposals in PowerPoint
- Provide PA support to Vice Chairman, Alexandra Goodfellow
- Organize and attend Board and other Committee meetings, including room bookings, catering, set up of technology, and minute taking
- Liaise with Board Chair and assist with some administrative tasks for the Chair, related to Board meetings
- Assist in business development as needed and where necessary
- Document management, including document creation, editing, proof reading as examples
- Maintain Partner’s business calendar and co-ordinate travel and interview schedules
- Maintain Partner’s contact directories
- Work with other practice EAs as necessary to organize ad-hoc events and BD mailings

**About you**:
You will have proven experience in an Executive Assistant role, preferably within a global company. You will be a seasoned operator, able to juggle multiple and ever-changing priorities with ease. You will have a natural ability to interpret, distil and communicate information appropriately for different audiences.

You will have strong project coordination skills, an aptitude for learning new technologies and be proficient in all Microsoft Office tools, particularly Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. You will be proactive, action oriented and used to working in a fast-paced environment.

As you will be working with key stakeholders, professionalism, discretion, and the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels will be vital to your success.

**Benefits of Working with Us**:
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a high performing global business, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

- Flexible work arrangements, including the ability to WFH where suitable
- Access to our corporate wellbeing program, including:

- Discounted health insurance
- Flu shot
- Access for you and your family to our free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Novated leasing options
- Comprehensive learning and development support
- Paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
- Employee Stock purchase plan
- Referral incentive

**Next steps**:

- Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/ Veteran. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law._