MERU
Executive Assistant/Office Coordinator
New York · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 50 days ago
Data AnalysisData ScienceCRMBusiness DevelopmentLogisticsProcurementResearchLeadershipCommunicationPublic Speaking
About the role
- A values-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies.
- We bring deep turnaround experience, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation.
- Unlike most Firms, we actually focus on the achievement of those goals for each individual team member, providing opportunities that would not usually be offered.
Responsibilities
- Manage complex, dynamic calendars for multiple senior executives, proactively identifying and resolving conflicts, prioritizing competing demands, and protecting time for strategic priorities
- Process expense reports and manage reimbursements accurately and on time
- Support the general operations of the New York office, ensuring day-to-day functions run smoothly and professionally
- Submit, track, and follow up on maintenance and facilities requests, coordinating with building management to resolve issues promptly
- Oversee building access management, including the issuance and deactivation of access cards for staff and visitors
- Maintain organized records of billing activity and follow up on outstanding items as needed
- Support the business development efforts of Partners by maintaining the CRM with new leads, contacts, meeting records, and correspondence for current and target clients
- Ensure CRM data integrity and completeness, flagging gaps or stale information and working with Partners to keep records current
Requirements
- Coordinate all aspects of domestic and international travel - flights, hotels, ground transportation, visas, and itineraries - with a high degree of accuracy and contingency planning
Compensation
- We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms.
Benefits
- Manage office inventory and supply procurement, maintaining appropriate stock levels and coordinating timely replenishment
Company info
- We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms.
- MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the eight-plus years since its founding.
- We are MERU.
- The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team: We're Partners, not consultants.
- When you join MERU, you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems, supported by a team of people who will challenge you, support you, and inspire you.
- In order to be Partners, we don't silo people into just one functional area of the business, instead advancing our team's capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers.
- Additionally, we don't just focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills, so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success.
- In training team members to be well-rounded individuals, we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients, allowing the ability to gain experience in diligence, turnarounds, interim management, data science, and more.
- To aid this career advancement and development, MERU provides an internal Coach to each team member in order to guide and maintain their professional development plan goals.
- Finally, MERU values personal time, only traveling when necessary in order to celebrate and respect your personal life.
- We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance, it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members.
- When you come to MERU, you come to further your career and maintain your entrepreneurial spirit, never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact, solutions, and value to clients.
- Learn more about our colleagues' core characteristics and culture here: https://wearemeru.com/meru-way/
- Role responsibilities
- MERU is seeking a highly motivated and polished Executive Assistant to support our senior leadership team in the New York office.
- This is a high-impact role at the center of our operations - one that demands exceptional judgment, discretion, and the ability to anticipate needs before they arise.
- You will serve as a trusted partner to our Partners and executives, enabling them to focus on clients and business development by ensuring everything around them runs seamlessly.
- This is a full-time, in-office position based in New York, NY, with occasional flexibility to work remotely.
- We're Partners, not consultants.
- https://wearemeru.com/meru-way/
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