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Executive Assistant

West Monroe · Chicago

onsitefull-timemid level

About this role

Are you ready to make an impact?

West Monroe is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and resourceful Executive Assistant.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, be adaptable to changing priorities, and demonstrate a high level of professionalism and discretion. This role demands a highly skilled and detail-oriented candidate with excellent communication skills and a strong proficiency in scheduling, travel management, Microsoft Office applications and remote meeting platforms.

 What you’ll do:

  • Provide high-level administrative support, serving as both the primary point of contact and gatekeeper for internal and external stakeholders. Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Manage a complex and dynamic calendar, scheduling appointments, creating meeting agendas and documents, and setting up video conferences, meetings, and events. Proactively anticipate and solve scheduling conflicts.
  • Coordinate and support logistics, materials, agendas, and communications for internal and external meetings, as well as executive-level monthly and quarterly management meetings. Take meeting minutes.
  • Create documents in Word/Excel/PowerPoint as requested.
  • Handle all aspects of complex travel planning—flights, accommodations, ground transportation, visas and documentation (if applicable).
  • Expense Management.
  • Handle sensitive and confidential information as needed with discretion and professionalism.
  • Other duties and projects as assigned.

What you’ll bring:

  • 5+ years of executive assistant or administrative assistant experience supporting senior executives, as well as experience supporting multiple executives simultaneously across different time zones.
  • Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects to meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with ability and comfort level communicating with executives and senior leaders.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills with high degree of EQ.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Calendar management (Outlook), expense management (Concur), and travel-booking experience.
  • Ability to take initiative and ownership as needed.
  • A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role is listed below. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.

Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date. 

Chicago
$91,800—$131,100 USD

 

Other consultancies talk at you.
At West Monroe, we work with you.

We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.

The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.

You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

 

West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer  
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com.

Please review our current policy regarding use of generative artificial intelligence during the application process.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.  

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