Executive Assistant - New York, United States - Argo Group

Argo Group

Verified Company

New York, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity.

We're an innovative organization that's small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.

Our flexible workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:

Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed.

At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you're wired to raise your hand and ask, "Where can I help?", you'll thrive with us.

Argo Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Executive Assistant role located in our New York City (midtown) office.

Responsibilities:

Special projects including maintaining calendars, travel arrangements, meetings, conference and event planning and catering arrangements along with, expense reports, documentation and dissemination of meeting minutes, etc.
Handling all written and electronic correspondence, and producing standard and ad hoc reports
Preparing expense reports through company travel system, processing purchase orders and invoices, faxing, copying, filing, and maintaining office supplies
Other standard Assistant and office duties as needed

Qualifications:

College Degree preferred
Minimum five years of relevant administrative experience with at least 3 years supporting an Executive
Must have good business acumen
P&C insurance knowledge preferred
Discreetly manage sensitive and confidential information, exercise strong initiative and good judgment and demonstrate professionalism at all times.
Effectively & respectfully interact with various levels of senior management throughout the organization, outside business contacts, and shareholders
Exceptional oral and written communication abilities
Excellent planning, project management, organizational and time management skills
Analytical, problem solving, and research capabilities
Must be detailoriented and rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Very strong PC proficiency; highly skilled at Microsoft Office Products, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Internet Explorer
Must be able to anticipate Executives' needs and proactively address them within scope of authority
Entrepreneurial; ability to work independently and anticipate workload
Team Player

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PLEASE NOTE:
At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position._

To all recruitment agencies:

Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees.

Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Our Benefits
Developing our employees professionally and personally strengthens our organization.
Argo Group offers an attractive Total Rewards package that includes:
A culture that recognizes performance and empowers employees to excel, offering competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing.

Flexible workplace policies that support employee wellbeing include compressed hours, flextime, jobsharing, remote work, sabbatical leave, holiday and summer hours.

Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs.

In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance, matching 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day), paid caregiver and parental leave, paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave, employee assistance program (EAP), and an array of voluntary benefits.

Argo Academy, a digital and instructorled platform that offers continuous learning and professional development
Training_ _magazine lists Argo among the Training "Top 125" Companies. Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs.

An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development.

Active community outreach and volunteer programs in addition to matching charitable gifts by 100%.