Executive Assistant Doha
Company: Oliver Wyman
Description: Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy operations risk management and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business improve their operations and risk profile and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wymans thought leadership is evident in our agendasetting books white papers research reports and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1000 companies.
Oliver Wyman is now looking to recruit an Executive Assistant to join our Middle East office and be part of our IMEA (India Middle East Africa) team! The role will be based out of Doha office. Job Overview: The provision of a bilingual (English/Arabic) executive level administrative support to 13 Partner level consultants.
Key Responsibilities: Business Development: - Build relationships with clients and clients EAs
- Understand the business goals and objectives of each supported Partner and help to push them forward proactively
- Lead the administrative support of RFPs/tender responses
- Maintain and update current list of contacts and business activities in CRM database
- Track and maintain sales activity/pipeline with each Partner
Proactively spot clients that havent been called upon and/or who need - up
- Execute requested followup calls for client mailings
- Assist the Marketing Department with the coordination of customized mailings
- Prepare letters proposals and other documents using Oliver Wyman formatting styles
Calendaring: - Maintain diaries for Partners scheduling internal and external meetings communicating with clients and infrastructure staff as appropriate
Proactively spot opportunities to add internal and external meetings; interviews staff meetings - up
- Assist with scheduling for complex projects as requested by the Partner and/or project team
Travel Arrangement: - Coordinate travel and accommodation book cars rail tickets etc.
- Coordinate with mobility and HC to obtain relevant business visas/work permits
- Develop understanding of Partner scheduling and travel preferences
- Coordinate travel efficiently by grouping client meetings where possible (youre in Paris to see XYZ Company shall I try to set up a meeting with X Company because we havent spoken to them for three months)
Daily administration: - Manage documents and project deliverables when requested
- Notify staffing and Practice EAs of extensions/renegotiations
- Manage storage or disposal of confidential client information
- Act as central point of contact for all assigned Partner administrative needs liaise with other support departments as necessary
Timesheet and Expense Reporting: - Prepare monthly timesheets for each assigned Partners
- Prepare all expense reports and/or delegate to a team assistant when necessary
- Request Purchase Orders (POs) as needed for relevant project teams
Team Support: - Provide coverage for EAs who are out of the office to ensure seamless support to Principals/Partners
- Provide shortterm coverage for Principals/Partners who may be in the midst of an EA assignment transition or who are new to the Firm
- Provide training and support to new EAs
- Participate in team meetings and projects with an eye to improving processes and the overall performance of the EA team
Experience Required: - At least three years experience at working in a similar role.
- Experience in financial services management consultancy and/or a professional services environment a plus
Technical Skills: - Advanced Word PowerPoint and Outlook skills comfortable Excel skills
- Creative problem solving
- Knowledge of CRM systems (Microsoft Dynamics) Google Drive and SharePoint a plus but not necessary
- English and Arabic required
Skills and Attributes: - Positive and proactive while still be collaborative
- Highly organized and detailoriented yet operates well within a team as well as independently
- Professional tactful and able to engage with colleagues at all levels in the firm
- Problem solver able to work with other teams and staff members effectively to reach a viable solution and goal
- Strong service focus dedicated to meeting the expectations of all staff through securing effective relationships with clients and executing deliverables to the highest standards.
- Excellent communicator and negotiator able to deal effectively with people at all levels across a multicultural environment
- Maturity poise and judgment
- Ability to maintain and respect confidentiality
- Ability to think strategically and contribute to development of departmental model
- One who takes constructive feedback in stride and incorporates feedback quickly
- Ability to manage a heavy work volume and meet deadlines in an extremely fast paced environment
- Ability to undertake projects and produce quality and timely results
- Selfstarter strong initiative confidence and ability to work with little guidance
- Collaborative team player
- Positive attitude sense of fun is collegial and friendly
- Ability to juggle several tasks at once to prioritize and manage own time Not a clock watcher or someone who is unwilling to step outside their job description
- Methodical organized and excellent attention to detail
- Flexible attitude: embraces change hardworking cost conscious and results driven
- Finally we are looking for someone who will be committed to the company and add to the life and culture of Oliver Wyman
Why join us at Oliver Wyman At Oliver Wyman
we lead with heart we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also
strive for breakthroughs by questioning seeking diverse perspectives and finding powerful and sustainable solutionsIf you share these values and want to
work as one and own our impact at the same time be brave and achieve the amazing with us!
- Were individuals who are selfstarting motivated energetic entrepreneurial about what we do
- We have the common aspiration to have an impact leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steadystate business. We want to build grow and shape the environment around us
- We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
- We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
- We value people whose lives balance work and nonwork activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
- We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a projectbased business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each others time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not inputbased culture have respect for peoples personal decisions and believe that ones workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.
Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies NYSE: MMC. For more information visit confidential Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman. Job ID R288538
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