Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO

Confidential Company

Posted on 16 Mar

Experience

10 - 15 Years

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Any

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

1 Executive Support

  • Manage the CEO's calendar with precision, balancing competing priorities across internal and external commitments.

  • Triage and manage inbound communications, ensuring the CEO's attention is directed where it matters most.

  • Anticipate the CEO's needs proactively, flagging upcoming deadlines, conflicts, or gaps before they become issues.

  • Draft, review, and refine correspondence, emails, and documents on behalf of the CEO where appropriate.

  • Exercise mature, experienced judgment in determining what can be handled independently and what requires the CEO's direct input or approval.

  • Plan and coordinate travel end-to-end (itineraries, logistics, scheduling alignment, contingency planning).

2 Corporate Administration

  • Coordinate recurring administrative requirements such as business license renewals and other time-sensitive documentation processes, working closely with internal stakeholders and external service providers as applicable.

  • Support general compliance-related follow-ups, ensuring documents are properly approved, signed, submitted, and archived in line with internal policy and regulatory requirements

  • Maintain meticulous records and filing systems for executive office documents, correspondence, and agreements

3 External Stakeholder Coordination

  • Act as a primary point of coordination for communications with banks, legal counsel, etc. (scheduling, follow-ups, and email drafting).

  • Serve as the administrative liaison for bank KYC requests, including collecting, validating, organising, and securely submitting required documentation in coordination with relevant internal and external stakeholders.

  • Manage document submission workflows: track deadlines, ensure materials are prepared and routed correctly, and actively follow up with providers to ensure requirements and timelines are met.

  • Support preparation and secure handling of sensitive materials (e.g., personal financial statements, passport information, credit card statements), ensuring strict need-to-know access and controlled distribution.

4 Internal Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

  • Work closely and collaboratively with legal, finance, and compliance teams to ensure the CEO's office functions as a cohesive, well-coordinated unit.

  • Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with the CEO, COO, company executives and external partners.

  • Ensure seamless information flow between the CEO's office and the wider organisation

5 Company Events

  • Support planning and coordination of select company events (e.g., executive dinners, celebrations, internal gatherings), including logistics, invitations, vendors, and on-site coordination where needed.

6 Family & Personal Coordination

  • Coordinate select scheduling and travel logistics involving family members when required, maintaining professionalism, discretion, and clear boundaries.

  • Manage household-related logistics where these intersect with the CEO's professional life (scheduling, vendor coordination, and appointments).

  • Provide support and coordination for immediate family members where required, handling all such matters with sensitivity, warmth, and strict confidentiality.

7 Confidentiality, Discretion & Judgment

  • Handle all information — business, personal, financial, legal, and family-related — with the highest level of discretion and integrity.

  • Demonstrate consistently sound judgment in prioritising the CEO's time, managing sensitive matters, and navigating complex or delicate situations.

  • Apply secure document-handling practices and sound judgment in all communications and information sharing.

Desired Candidate Profile

Experience Required

  • Minimum 10 years of professional experience, including 5+ years supporting C-suite executives as an Executive Assistant (or equivalent).

  • Demonstrated experience in a corporate group, family business, or similarly complex environment.

  • Prior exposure to coordination with external professional service providers (legal, banking, compliance).

  • Proven track record operating with high discretion in sensitive, confidential environments.

Advantageous Experience

  • Prior experience handling bank KYC workflows and working with legal service providers.

  • Experience in construction or similarly complex, multi-stakeholder industries (preferred, not required).

  • Prior experience in a private office or family office environment.

  • Experience coordinating personal and family-related matters for a senior executive.

  • Familiarity with the GCC corporate or family business environment.

  • Familiarity with Oracle Fusion (nice to have).

  • Advanced Excel capability (nice to have).

Employment Type

    Full Time

Company Industry

Department / Functional Area

Keywords

  • Organisational Skills
  • Multi Tasking
  • Communication Skills
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • MS Office
  • Calendar Management

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