Executive Assistant to the CEO
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Are you an organized, resourceful professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment at the highest levels of leadership? We’re looking for a dynamic Executive Assistant to the CEO—a trusted partner who can anticipate needs, manage complex priorities, and ensure our CEO’s time is focused where it matters most. This is a rare opportunity to play a critical role at the heart of a growing company, serving as the CEO’s right hand, trusted confidant, and key liaison with senior leaders, the Board of Directors, and external partners. If you’re ready to bring exceptional discretion, judgment, and problem-solving skills to a role with real impact, we’d love to meet you.
Job Summary
Job Duties
- Manage the CEO's complex and rapidly shifting calendar, balancing strategic priorities with high-value meetings, investor relations, and board commitments. (Essential)
- Serve as a key contact for internal and external stakeholders, representing the CEO with tact and professionalism. (Essential)
- Track deadlines, deliverables, and milestones for key strategic initiatives, maintaining executive visibility. (Essential)
- Manage confidential matters related to the CEO's personal and professional interests, maintaining the highest level of confidentiality regarding company information, business transactions, and personal matters. (Essential)
- Prepare and edit correspondence, communications, presentations, agendas, and reports with precision and professionalism. (Essential)
- Anticipate needs, solve problems before they arise, and serve as a steady, trusted presence in a high-pressure environment. (Essential)
- Effectively allocate CEO's time by screening calls, correspondence, and meeting requests. (Essential)
- Prepare comprehensive travel itineraries with contingency planning for schedule changes, weather disruptions, and last-minute priority shifts. (Essential)
- Coordinates team member selection and development and ensures team members comply with appropriate policies and procedures.
- Arrange and manage all aspects of domestic and international travel for the CEO—both business and personal—including flights, ground transportation, accommodations, and dining arrangements.
- Drive strategic and operational projects from conception to completion, ensuring milestones and deliverables are met on time and with excellence.
- Exercise sound judgment in handling sensitive communications and decision-making.
- Conduct research and compile information to support various projects and initiatives.
- Research, resolve, and follow up on concerns in an appropriate manner.
- Coordinate board meetings and board communications, investor relations activities, and executive leadership team communications.
- Coordinate tasks of a personal nature for the CEO, exercising discretion and professionalism.
- Prepare, reconcile, and submit expense reports, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness.
- Review, code, and submit invoices for payment.
- Notarize documents as needed.
- Other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED (Required)
- Bachelor's Degree in business or related field (Preferred)
- Minimum 7 years' experience supporting a C-level executive (Required)
- Minimum 2 years' experience supporting an executive of a publicly-traded company (Preferred)
- Strong attention to detail, organizational and multitasking skills
- Ability to interpret and effectively manage a large and complex workload with competing priorities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently as well as a team in a fast-paced multi-tasked environment
- Ability to maintain strict levels of confidentiality
- Advanced computer proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to provide data entry in a timely and efficient manner
- Ability to work extended hours on a regular basis
- Ability to respond to business needs after normal business hours
- Ability to perform in-person work on a consistent basis
- Ability to travel 0-10% of the time
- Notary Public (Preferred)
BENEFITS
At Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility.
- Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4 plan options so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your family
- Comprehensive Dental and Vision Plans
- On-Site Fitness Center
- Voluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
- Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent Life
- Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage
- 401(k) Plan with Sun matching contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Identity Theft Insurance
- Legal Assistance Plan
- Pet Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal education
- Vacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting SunRV Resorts across the nation
- Team Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and more
- Up to six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth of a child, adoption, or placement of a child
- Paid Time Off including ten holidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty
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If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance completing an online application, please contact us at (844) SUN-4343. Alternatively, an email may be sent to careers@suncommunities.com. "Applicant Accommodation" should be included in the subject line of the email.
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