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It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!
At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.
Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.
Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.
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BlackLine is currently seeking an Executive Assistant to provide exceptional administrative senior level support to the Senior GVP, Global Sales and as needed support to the Team leaders. This role is key to keeping the Senior GVP, Global Sales focused on priority execution. This role uses knowledge of the team, priorities and projects to schedule meetings and calls to best advantage, deciding what requests have priority. This role interfaces with other EA's and is expected to build good working relationships at all levels. Responsibilities include managing multiple calendars, arranging travel, and managing expenses, meeting preparation and organization, preparing reports, planning offsites and handling information requests. This is a dynamic, fast-paced organization and this position requires a high-energy individual with strong administrative and inter-personal skills. This position reports to the Senior GVP, Global Sales. Communicates regularly with internal BlackLine staff, but also communicates with Board of Directors and on occasion with external clients
You'll Get To:
- Maintain up-to-date awareness of the executive's obligations to proactively assist and/or anticipate needs; able to provide support to leaders before they realize they need it
- Expand the reach of the Senior GVP, Global Sales.
- Prioritize conflicting needs, handle matters expeditiously, proactively, confidentially and follow-through on a variety of special requests to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
- Develop and maintain productive and professional working relationships with executive level staff and others at BlackLine
- Schedule meetings for Senior GVP, Global Sales using knowledge and understanding of the key business priorities. Actively make decisions about the timing of meetings, suggest attendees that may have been overlooked, and provide overall collaborative support to make the meeting and the team more effective.
- Acts as a point of contact or liaison between the Senior GVP, Global Sales and other stakeholders.
What You'll Bring:
- Above average communication skills.
- Proven success in managing multiple schedules and calendars, with the ability to anticipate obstacles and respond to a constantly changing working environment
- Ability to understand the œbig picture and be pro-active to prevent problems/conflict
- Knowledge of proper administrative protocol and the ability to interface with all types of people in a friendly and professional manner
- Exceptional organization skills
- trong attention to detail, ensuring that all communications, deliverables, and projects are accurate, professional, and audience-appropriate
- Ability to solve problems and initiate logical solutions
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Build and facilitate strong professional relationships with team members and executive management
- Ability to communicate effectively in one-on-one and group situations- both written and verbally
- Requires a high level of confidentiality
- Ability to work well, accurately, and with flexibility and optimism in stressful, high visibility situations
- Effective travel logistic planning skills.
Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:
- A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
- A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
- A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.
BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.
BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.