Job Description

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

About the Internal Audit Group at American Express 

Our Internal Audit Group is a worldwide function with 300+ team members and offices across nine countries within American Express. Our mission is to protect and enhance organizational value by providing independent, objective, risk-based assurance, advisory services and to influence the way the company manages risk.

We are committed to growing our audit staff significantly as we continue to expand and enhance the Internal Audit Group. Our assurance and risk professionals have diverse backgrounds including internal controls, consumer compliance, technology, operational risk, financial accounting, data analytics, and banking operations. Our audit teams align to key risk areas and business units to ensure IAG can provide comprehensive and risk-based audit coverage. In addition, IAG has a Professional Practices group responsible for managing audit operations, quality, and standards; regulatory relations; reporting; training and professional development; and key internal capabilities and technologies.

About the Role

The Executive Assistant provides administrative and operational support to four Vice Presidents with the Internal Audit Group (IAG). This role requires exception organizational skills and attention to detail. The ideal candidate is proactive, resourceful, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Calendar management across multiple parties
  
• Coordination of business travel arrangements
  
• Timely and accurate preparation, review, and submission of expense reports
  
• Fluency in expense systems, such as ARIBA and Concur
  
• Payroll/Timekeeping
  
• Preparation for meetings with senior executives (e.g. documents, PowerPoints, video conferencing, in-person meetings, and other logistics)
  
• Managing phone inquiries/messages
  
• Coordination of office supply management
  
• Support special ad-hoc projects and initiatives as assigned
  
• Assist in ordering of computers, equipment, supplies, for new hire onboarding
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in providing administrative support
  

• Ability to work well in a dynamic and fast-paced organization and manage multiple tasks and priorities
  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  

• Ability to work effectively on a team, sometimes under pressure with accuracy, attention to detail, professionalism, and timely, direct follow-up
  

• Strong sense of integrity and ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality
  

• Ability to proactively identify and resolve issues
  

• Ability to work with all levels of management, associates, and external business contacts
  

• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Webex, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  

• Bachelor's Degree
  

Salary Range: $31.49 to $49.28 hourly + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected hourly pay range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities
  

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job Tags

Hourly pay, Local area, Worldwide, Flexible hours,

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