executive assistant.

Are you a resilient, proactive professional looking to advance your career as an Executive Assistant? Randstad is seeking a highly experienced Executive Assistant to support a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and a VP at a global enterprise in downtown Toronto. This hybrid role requires a confident problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can expertly navigate complex executive assistant tasks, global travel logistics, and high-level calendar management. You will act as a critical gatekeeper, setting firm boundaries while partnering with a supportive VP and a collaborative global administrative team.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity.

Advantages
• Highly competitive base salary ranging from $110,000 up to $120,000 for exceptional candidates, commensurate with experience.
• Attractive annual bonus structure, generous vacation package and comprehensive benefits package and a defined Contribution Pension plan with company matching up to 10% to help secure your long-term financial future.

Responsibilities
• Manage heavy and complex executive calendars, resolving scheduling conflicts and optimizing time management for the CTO and VP.

• Coordinate intricate global travel arrangements, including flights, accommodations, and ground transportation across various international time zones.
• Process, track, and reconcile executive expense reports utilizing Concur or similar enterprise expense management systems.
• Anticipate executive needs proactively, from ordering catering and securing meeting rooms to preparing vital documentation days in advance.
• Prepare, format, and proofread high-level presentations, executive decks, and comprehensive reports using the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Support high-level meetings by drafting clear agendas, taking accurate minutes, and tracking action items and deliverables to completion.
• Act as a gatekeeper and trusted partner, setting and maintaining professional boundaries to protect the executives' time and focus.
• Collaborate with a global network of Executive Assistants to coordinate international meetings, events, and office efficiency initiatives.
• Assist in the onboarding of new team members, ensuring a smooth transition into the technology and digital departments.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive corporate information with the utmost discretion and professionalism at all times.

Qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years of proven experience working directly as an Executive Assistant supporting senior-level or C-suite executives.
• Exceptional calendar and inbox management capabilities within a high-demand, globally focused corporate setting.
• Deep expertise in business administration principles, C-suite executive support, and international travel coordination.
• Advanced proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong familiarity with expense management platforms (such as Concur) and enterprise resource planning software (such as SAP).
• High emotional intelligence, grit, and the resilience to process direct, blunt feedback without taking it personally.
• Outstanding organizational and time-management skills, with a proven ability to prioritize competing deadlines effectively.
• Forward-thinking and proactive mindset, constantly anticipating the operational needs of C-suite executives.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with a wide range of global stakeholders.
• Ability to make confident, independent decisions while aligning with executive leadership expectations and company protocols.
• Supreme adaptability to thrive in an open-floor, fast-paced, and frequently changing corporate work environment.
• Demonstrated background in business administration, successfully managing complex administrative duties in a highly fast-paced environment.
• Verifiable experience booking, managing, and rapidly adjusting global travel itineraries across multiple international time zones.
• Advanced technical proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Hands-on professional experience with Concur or similar transferable enterprise expense management systems.
• Ability to commute to the downtown Toronto office (King Street West area) a minimum of three days per week, with occasional five-day on-site weeks.
• Willingness to be available occasionally during evenings or weekends for brief periods to resolve urgent global travel emergencies or flight delays.
• Ability to travel globally on an occasional basis (estimated once a quarter or up to three times a year) to support executive initiatives.
• Successful completion of a comprehensive criminal background check and the provision of two professional managerial references.
• A resilient, proactive, and boundary-setting professional demeanor capable of partnering with high-energy, demanding executive leaders.

Summary
If this Executive Assistant role doesn't perfectly match your goals, reach out today! We have many other business administration opportunities to help build your successful career.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to View email address on randstad.com to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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