Executive Personal Assistant

NinjaTrader · Chicago, IL

Company

NinjaTrader

Location

Chicago, IL

Type

Full Time

Job Description

NinjaTrader is an investor-backed, growth stage FinTech company servicing hundreds of thousands of traders by providing award-winning software and brokerage services. We are building products and services which empower active traders to easily analyze and react to data from the world’s leading financial markets. Located in Chicago, our unique employee-centric company culture is one that our team finds inviting, comfortable and fun. Please visit www.ninjatrader.com to learn more about our business.

As the Executive/ Personal Assistant, you will primarily support our CEO, with additional support given to our Executive Team. You will manage mostly business-related tasks, such as managing Outlook schedules, organizing travel and accommodation, taking meeting minutes, and other organizational tasks. In addition, you will provide support for Executive Meetings including on-site and off-site event planning, ensuring refreshments are provided, managing the guest list and communications, and calmly managing unexpected items. To do this role properly you should have a deep understanding of the full Microsoft Office suite (especially Outlook Calendar), be extremely fast at solving problems and have experience as an executive and/or personal assistant.

Position Responsibilities Include:

  • Managing the CEO’s Outlook calendar, along with any communication associated
  • Making travel arrangements for CEO and Executive Team, including booking flights, ground transportation, hotel and dinner reservations, and being available to find solutions for unexpected travel issues as they arise
  • Helping organize, schedule, coordinate and prepare for meetings, and recording meeting minutes
  • Planning CEO or Executive Team-Sponsored events – From researching and booking venues to menu planning and entertainment
  • Providing visitors with proper building credentials, greeting visitors upon arrival
  • Using various software, including scheduling, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software
  • Managing email and mail correspondence, as needed
  • Acting as the primary point of contact between the executives and internal or external colleagues
  • Provide general administrative support

Key Job Requirements:

  • At least 3 years of proven experience as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, or equivalent Administrative role
  • Proven proficiency with Microsoft Office, with Expert-Level Understanding of Microsoft Outlook
  • Ability to organize a daily workload by priorities
  • Availability to solve unexpected issues and travel snags as they arise
  • Must be able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
  • A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills
  • Professional level verbal and written communications skills

Our Benefits:  

  • Health, Vision, Dental Coverage  
  • 401k with Company Match  
  • Life and Disability Insurance covered 100% by NinjaTrader  
  • Generous PTO  
  • 7 paid holidays annually  

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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Date Posted

04/18/2023

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