Executive Assistant - Operations
- Source: Workday
- U.S. Bank
- On-site
- Saint Paul
- Full-Time
- Mid level
Job Description
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.
Job Description
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Executive Assistant – Be the Strategic Partner Behind Executive Success
Are you a highly organized, proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment? As an Executive Assistant, you’ll do much more than manage calendars—you’ll serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior leaders, helping drive priorities, streamline operations, and ensure critical initiatives move forward with confidence.
In this role, you’ll be at the center of executive decision-making, coordinating across teams, anticipating needs before they arise, and creating seamless experiences that allow leaders to focus on what matters most. If you enjoy solving problems, building strong relationships, and making a meaningful impact behind the scenes, this opportunity is for you.
What You’ll Do
🤝 Executive & Leadership Partnership
- Manage complex executive calendars, competing priorities, and strategic commitments.
- Plan and coordinate leadership meetings, town halls, offsites, and executive events.
- Prepare presentations, agendas, briefing materials, and follow-up action plans.
- Monitor executive communications and identify high-priority matters.
- Anticipate challenges, remove obstacles, and keep leadership teams operating efficiently.
📣 Communication & Collaboration
- Serve as a key liaison between executives, business partners, and stakeholders.
- Draft professional communications, presentations, talking points, and announcements.
- Coordinate executive messaging and communication channels.
- Ensure commitments, deadlines, and deliverables remain on track.
🚀 Project & Program Support
- Support strategic initiatives and high-visibility projects.
- Track milestones, action items, and project progress.
- Partner across teams to drive alignment and resolve issues.
- Maintain operational documentation, processes, and standards.
📅 Meeting & Event Management
- Lead planning and logistics for executive meetings and leadership events.
- Coordinate venues, technology, catering, materials, and attendee experiences.
- Support executive visits, employee engagement events, and offsite meetings.
- Document outcomes and ensure timely follow-through on key decisions and action items.
📊 Business Operations & Reporting
- Create executive-ready presentations, dashboards, reports, and scorecards.
- Compile business updates and leadership reporting materials.
- Assist with budget administration, expense management, and invoice processing.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
🔒 Governance & Confidentiality
- Handle sensitive information with the highest level of discretion and professionalism.
- Maintain accurate, audit-ready records and documentation.
- Support operational controls, governance processes, and compliance requirements.
- Escalate risks and concerns appropriately to protect the business.
What Makes You Successful
Executive Presence & Partnership
- Strong business acumen and professional judgment.
- Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders.
- Exceptional discretion, integrity, and confidentiality.
Communication Excellence
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing presentations and executive communications.
- Skilled facilitator with strong listening and interpersonal abilities.
Organization & Execution
- Expert at managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through.
- Highly organized with exceptional time-management skills.
Project & Event Coordination
- Experience planning events, managing action items, and coordinating projects.
- Ability to navigate change and drive continuous improvement.
Analytical Thinking
- Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities.
- Comfortable analyzing information and developing reports that support deci…
Skills
- streamline
- microsoft-outlook
- microsoft-teams
- microsoft-powerpoint
- microsoft-excel
- onenote
- microsoft-onenote
- workday
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