Executive Assistant Finance

We are seeking a seasoned Executive Assistant to partner with the Vice President Investor Relations. In addition you will also be supporting two other VPs in the Finance organization.  In this role you will be a trusted advisor to work with the highest level of discretion and confidentiality understanding the priorities of the VP Investor Relations while establishing relationships across the various functional and business teams outside of finance such as operations product marketing to name a few.  You will become a core member of Western Digitals Finance administrative team.

The ideal candidate describes themselves as a strategic business partner and is driven focused organized and innovative. Were seeking someone who is flexible and thrives in a fastpaced environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills strong critical thinking and attention to detail are equally meaningful in this role. A positive attitude and a team player are a must!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and executing on all investor relations events such as investor day onsite investor meetings nondeal road shows and investor conferences as well as virtual investor events.
• Must be comfortable in working with external teams such as with teams from covering sellside analysts and with WD shareholders/investor teams to coordinate meetings visits and overall schedules.
• During specific events/periods must demonstrate flexibility and willing to work onsite in aiding investor relations workflow.
• Managing POs and expenses related to external services used by IR
• Must have the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• Calendar Management: Own the VP IR and a few other Executives calendars; coordinate a cross Csuite executives business partners and team members by prioritizing schedules and qualifying requests. Proactively solicit agendas and manage attendee lists.
• Meeting Planning and Event Coordination: Assists in the planning and organizing of internal and external meetings. Obtains briefing documents for key internal/external meetings and creates briefing packets for business trips. Coordinate  investor relations support activities with the CEO and the CFO office.
• Travel: Manages complex international and domestic travel. Carefully considers and decides the optimum travel arrangements and itineraries. Processes passports and visas.
• Tool Management: Manages expense reports and becomes a tool champion of WDs internal tools. Coordinates with executive technical support teams in advance of meetings and events to understand the best technology needed to ensure a successful outcome.
• In general daily tasks are carried out at a higher level of complexity. Leverage your administrative expertise to be two steps ahead of your executive; your job will be to problem solve intuitively understand priorities and plan ahead for reoccurring events and tasks.

Qualifications :

• Experience supporting at the senior leadership level in a public company preferably in high tech.
• Experience working with CEO and CFO office preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Windows desktop computer applications: Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint.
• Great attention to detail and the maturity to handle confidential information is a must.
• Intuitive problemsolver with thoughtful anticipation of deliverables.
• Ability to prioritize and manage complex issues.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Highly organized resourceful and detailoriented.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Collaborative style team player.
• Demonstrates leadership.
• Passionate kind inclusive and ethically minded.
• Daily presence in office.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees our company our customers and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at  to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 3/20/2025 3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is nonexempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws.  You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.  Depending on your role and your performance you may be eligible to participate in our annual LongTerm Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to Western Digitals Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; taxadvantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D legal plan pet insurance critical illness accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.