Executive Assistant

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Position Summary:

The Executive Assistant position is primarily responsible for providing executive-level administrative support to the Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer. Requires broad, comprehensive experience and knowledge of company policies and practices. This role has a high amount of visibility and works cross-functionally across the company.

Essential Responsibilities:

• The incumbent will be required to be flexible, able to proactively prioritize daily and upcoming calendar needs, and diligently follow-up on outstanding issues without prompting.
• Coordinate and track key risk governance meetings, ensuring timely distribution of materials and accurate documentation.
• Provides additional support, when needed, to other members of the Risk team
• Interfaces with and serves as a liaison for internal and external business partners to ensure calendaring of required meetings and calls.Schedules meetings and events as requested by the SVP and plans ahead proactively as needed, using personal judgment.Ensures the calendaring of NRG business meetings, internal and external board commitments, business travel, training and personal calendar notices for the SVP and other meeting participants.Monitors phone and takes messages for the SVP, routing calls and messages to other staff as needed.
• Coordination and planning with the company's Board of Directors, including meetings, materials and travel
• Manages all travel requirements and expense report preparation for the Senior Vice President, collect signatures from the SVP for needed documents.
• Assist the SVP in the performance of duties where possible, such as report preparation and responding to inquiries.
• Maintain excellent working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite.Create professional-level presentations and correspondence that could be used in high level executive meetings and communications.
• Must handle confidential information with the upmost professionalism and discretion, maintaining adequate knowledge of corporate policy.
• Lead, drive and execute on various team events, socials, offsite meetings, etc.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure communication is efficient and clear between teams.
• Organize, prioritize, and coordinate multiple work activities with demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• College degree or relevant certification a plus.
• Minimum 8 years of providing administrative support in a corporate environment.
• Minimum 2 years of providing administrative support for executive-level management.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills are essential.
• Excellent administrative and office management skills are required.
• Advanced with MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, Visio) to create documents, graphic presentations, correspondence, merge documents, spreadsheets, appointment calendars and reports.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experienced with SAP, Concur.
• E-mail and Internet proficiency.
• Ability to prioritize tasks assigned by multiple sources.
• Strong organizational skills required with the ability to schedule and plan complex arrangements for meetings, presentations, travel, and other special projects.
• Overtime is necessary on occasion.
• Ability to meet deadlines with speed, accuracy, and professionalism.

Working Conditions:

*Hybrid work schedule, Monday-Thursday in a professional open office environment office; working remotely on Friday

*Minimum overtime, but it may be necessary to complete special projects or meet deadlines

*Minimal travel within the U.S.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

Official description on file with Talent.