Executive Assistant - Cognizant

What you will bring to the team:

• You're a self-starter who strives for excellence and is passionate about the delivery and operations of business objectives
• You are a highly organised, switched-on person who provides a proactive approach to your role
• You are ready to support and uplift the GM and SLT team, overseeing several areas of the business including administration, marketing, people and culture, and IT management
• You're a natural relationship builder and can easily develop great working relationships with internal stakeholders, and teams, maintaining the core Servian values
• You have a keen eye for detail and love finding the most efficient way to prioritise and multitask
• You have exceptional planning, organisational, and time management skills
• You have a positive can-do attitude

Role responsibilities:

• Ensuring the GM is well supported within their role, elevating them of any administrative, scheduling, or coordination objectives
• Managing complex calendars including strategically scheduling, managing, and prioritising meetings to align with key priorities.
• Supporting the communications channel between the GM and other parts of the business through strong relationship building
• Contributing to executive leadership meetings ensuring follow-ups are done on action items, project deadlines, and deliverables.
• Partnering with People, Ops, and Sales/Marketing teams on events and office management
• Being proactive with Company initiatives, and lending your skills across multi-functions when needed to contribute to the wider business needs
• A Culture Champion

You will have:

• University graduate – favourable.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role reporting to senior management
• Exceptional communications skills - you love to grow relationships and work collaboratively as a team.
• Excellent attention to detail, even in a fast-paced environment.
• Discreet and professional when dealing with confidential, commercially sensitive, and personal work-related information.
• Excellent time management skills - you can be relied upon to deliver on time.
• A growth mindset - you are open to giving and receiving feedback and continually think of new ways to do things.
• Alignment to our values
• Bring your best self to work – you love what you do, and you love contributing to a fun and collaborative team!

Why Cognizant?

• Our career pathways are not a one-size-fits-all, we help you identify your personal and professional goals through our mentorship program. Helping you put together an action plan and keep you accountable.
• Access to a wide range of internal training sessions, across technical, consulting, and leadership
• We are proud to have a sociable workplace that values diversity and celebrates achievement with multiple company-wide, social, and family events throughout the year.
• We provide employees with access to an Employee Assistance Program