Executive Assistant: Houston

Job description

Organization: Corporate Functions/Workplace
Location : Houston, TX

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world's largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 469,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com .

People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

Workplace Management and Solutions professionals provide space and service support solutions for all Accenture people and businesses globally, running Accenture's workplace as a robust business function leveraging Accenture's business and technology strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

· Understanding the executive(s)' line of business, clients, and team
· Identifying new ways to add value & proactively taking on new tasks to help the executive be more productive
· Identifying & recommending business solutions in the area of administrative support
· Managing complex calendars, coordination of appointments, meetings and travel, as well as extensive rescheduling.
· Anticipating travel needs of executive and independently coordinating complex travel arrangements, both domestic and international
· Understanding Accenture's collaboration & technology tools & recommending most effective options for calls and meetings involving a global audience
· Arranging and coordinating on-site and off-site meetings
· Handling time and expense reporting for one or more executives
· Drafting & editing correspondence and/or PowerPoint decks (with graphs or charts) on executive's behalf
· Assisting with proposal development
· Researching information for projects
· Pulling reports & analyzing data
· Taking ownership for various projects

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

·  High School Diploma/GED

Preferred Qualification:

· 
College degree

· 
Experience with complex and international travel planning is strongly preferred

· 
Minimum of 2 Years Executive Support experience

· 
Minimum of 2 Years experience managing complex executive calendar in Microsoft Outlook, including international time zones

Professional Skills:

·  Willingness and aptitude to learn new skills
·  Excellent customer service skills
·  Ability to interact professionally and manage relationships with internal and client leadership
·  Ability to be proactive and make decisions on behalf of executive
·  Excellent attention to detail
·  Excellent oral and written communication skills
·  Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
·  Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

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