Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Executive Assistant

Job Overview:
The Executive Assistant, will report directly to the Spanish Country Manager and in their role of Executive Assistant will perform general administrative duties to support day-to-day department operations in such areas as scheduling of meetings, travel arrangements, expense reporting, calendar management, taking and distributing meeting minutes, copying, screening mail, ordering supplies, and maintaining department records.
Major Accountabilities:
•\tHave a good understanding of the business requirements and needs to support the Spanish Country Manager
•\tPerform general administrative duties to support day-to-day department operations as phone coverage, scheduling meetings, completing travel arrangements, expense reporting, maintaining management calendar, taking and distributing meeting minutes, generating copies, screening mail, filing, ordering supplies and maintaining department records
•\tPrepare correspondence, memorandum, reports, presentations or other assigned documentation in specified software package
•\tAssist in preparing and maintaining departmental budget
•\tAdminister programs, projects or processes specific to the operating unit served and maintains spreadsheets or databases to monitor departmental information.
•\tMay research special topics as assigned
•\tServe as administrative liaison with others within and outside the company
•\tDevelop and produce reports as assigned
•\tMay monitor and coordinate work of other employees or temporaries.
•\tSupport the Crisis Commanders and the local Office Response Team (ORT)
•\tSupport all local topics related to Health and Safety
•\tSupport when needed with organisation of team and leadership Meetings, pulling together agendas, and business presentation
•\tWork closely with Marketing & Communication teams relating to events, forums, hospitality etc
•\tManage interaction with Mastercard Law enforcement support teams regarding police attestations demanding cardholder data
•\tAttend and manage all related interaction with Spanish government institutions regarding traffic fines to corporate cars, general payment enquiries, etc

Education/Skills
-\tDegree
-\tFluent in English
-\tAgile, flexible, creative
-\tKnowledge of the payment industry will be considered a strong plus
-\tKnowledge of department budgets and desk top computer software
-\tOrganizational skills
-\tAbility to interact with a team of senior leaders
-\tLeadership attitude and ability to work with different person/ teams and make things happen
-\tProblem solving and ability to work under pressure

Experience:
Executive Assistant experience in managing senior executives and all the complexities related to their management

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.