Executive Assistant at Emerson
Bloomington, MN
About the Job
Executive Assistant18007100United States-Minnesota-BloomingtonAdministration Clerical
Description
The Executive Assistant performs broad, varied and complex administrative duties in a responsible and confidential nature for Emerson Automation Solutions Executives to relieve them of administrative details. This position reports to the CFO and provides support to the CFO and VP of Finance.
Responsibilities
- Handles projects of an administrative nature which require extensive confidentiality, discretion and independent judgment.
- Requires a high degree of accountability due to the extent of areas supported by the Executive team.
- Composes correspondence, prepares reports requiring information from a variety of sources and where the format is usually not defined, and conducts special projects.
- Assures that correspondence properly represents company standard procedures through use of good English, grammar, spelling, punctuation and proofreading.
- Communicates daily with personnel from all levels of the organization, Emerson Corporate, Emerson Business Units, and externally in order to complete assigned tasks.
- Screens calls, letters and/or visitors. Answers routine questions, furnishes information, and directs inquires to the appropriate department. An in-depth knowledge of Emerson’s business, policies, procedures, and personnel is involved. Acts as the first point of contact to outside inquires.
- Utilizes automated office equipment and is required to be proficient in the use of one or more software packages including spreadsheets and graphs.
- Schedules appointments and coordinates arrangements for travel, meetings and conferences including executive level meetings, conferences and presentations. Manages the Executives calendar coordinating with Emerson representatives as required.
- Organizes and expedites flow of paperwork through the Executives offices. Responds to correspondence and requests, outlining specifics of what needs to be completed and/or instituting follow-up action.
- May provide work direction to other office employees in the work group.
- Job requires considerable independent judgment and initiative. Anticipates needs and accomplishes tasks without direction in most cases.
- Performs other miscellaneous duties as assigned.