Senior Executive Assistant

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title And Summary

Senior Executive AssistantOverview:

The Senior Business Assistant will report to the Executive Vice President, Global Communications and will be an integral part of the team. This role is pivotal in setting the tone for the team, requiring a high-energy, creative, and outgoing personality, collaborative mindset and good judgment. This person will be responsible for providing overall support to the executive vice president and to the team, including performing general administrative duties such as telephone coverage, scheduling of meetings and events, travel arrangements, expense reporting, calendar management, copying, ordering supplies, and keeping department records including contract administration support.

In addition to these core tasks, the Senior Business Assistant will play a proactive role in planning meetings and events, paying close attention to the news and what's happening in the world around us. This role demands a strong, clear communicator who can confidently interact with high-profile, influential people. The ideal candidate will be keen to take on more than the core tasks and will be interested in using this role as a way to expand their experience and develop their skills through some project work.

Role:
• Prepare correspondence, reports, presentations or other assigned documentation in specified software package(s).
• Schedule meetings and events, arrange conferences, prepare agendas and collateral materials and ensure all meeting support is appropriately coordinated.
• Administer programs, projects or processes specific to the operating unit served, and maintain spreadsheets or databases to monitor departmental information.
• Monitor news and research special topics as assigned.
• Serve as administrative liaison with others within and outside the company.
• Develop and produce reports as assigned.


All About You:

Education:
• High School education. College degree a plus.
• Executive administrative experience in a corporate environment interfacing with senior and executive level management and customers.

Skills/Abilities:
• Ability to function well in a busy and varied environment and work well under pressure and keep strict confidentiality.
• Ability to think outside the box and solve problems creatively.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to influence and persuade, to work collaboratively across functions, and to interact effectively with customers.
• Ability to prioritize and discern what is truly important with a results-driven orientation.
• Solid understanding of Mastercard’s operational and organizational infrastructure is advantageous.
• Proficiency in MS office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook); Oracle required.
• Accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to multi-task.Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more.

Pay Ranges

Purchase, New York: $102,000 - $159,000 USD