Executive Assistant

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Executive Assistant

Job Overview:
The Executive Assistant, will report directly to the Spanish Country Manager and in their role of Executive Assistant will perform general administrative duties to support day-to-day department operations in such areas as scheduling of meetings, travel arrangements, expense reporting, calendar management, taking and distributing meeting minutes, copying, screening mail, ordering supplies, and maintaining department records.

Major Accountabilities:
• Have a good understanding of the business requirements and needs to support the Spanish Country Manager
• Perform general administrative duties to support day-to-day department operations as phone coverage, scheduling meetings, completing travel arrangements, expense reporting, maintaining management calendar, taking and distributing meeting minutes, generating copies, screening mail, filing, ordering supplies and maintaining department records
• Prepare correspondence, memorandum, reports, presentations or other assigned documentation in specified software package
• Assist in preparing and maintaining departmental budget
• Administer programs, projects or processes specific to the operating unit served and maintains spreadsheets or databases to monitor departmental information.
• May research special topics as assigned
• Serve as administrative liaison with others within and outside the company
• Develop and produce reports as assigned
• May monitor and coordinate work of other employees or temporaries.
• Support the Crisis Commanders and the local Office Response Team (ORT)
• Support all local topics related to Health and Safety
• Support when needed with organisation of team and leadership Meetings, pulling together agendas, and business presentation
• Work closely with Marketing & Communication teams relating to events, forums, hospitality etc
• Manage interaction with Mastercard Law enforcement support teams regarding police attestations demanding cardholder data
• Attend and manage all related interaction with Spanish government institutions regarding traffic fines to corporate cars, general payment enquiries, etc

Education/Skills
-Degree
-Fluent in English
-Agile, flexible, creative
-Knowledge of the payment industry will be considered a strong plus
-Knowledge of department budgets and desk top computer software
-Organizational skills
-Ability to interact with a team of senior leaders
-Leadership attitude and ability to work with different person/ teams and make things happen
-Problem solving and ability to work under pressure

Experience:
Executive Assistant experience in managing senior executives and all the complexities related to their management

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.