Executive Assistant to CRO

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 676,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.

About the Team

As an Executive & Personal Assistant you will act as the trusted liaison with the Chief Revenue Officer's (CRO) internal/external stakeholders and teams, you will work to ensure that he is able to focus on priority work by leveraging your exceptional organisation, communication, and administrative skills to triage and prioritise incoming requests. No two days will be the same, so if you are someone that enjoys working in a fast-paced environment with variety in your work then this role is for you.

Responsibilities:

• Extensive business and personal calendar management for the executive cross multiple time zones 

• Acting as the point of contact for internal/external stakeholders requiring time and or action from the executive

• Proactively coordinating internal and external meetings inc. agenda preparation, venue and technology, documenting minutes, etc.

• Travel arrangements for executive and family including but not limited to flight & hotel bookings, transfers, itinerary planning, visa coordination, and other local requirements

• Manage business expenses, personal invoices, bill payment and insurance reimbursements 

• Manage household operations, such as vendor management, housekeeper coordination, etc. 

• Coordinate reservations, meal, and appointments for executive and family 

• Complete day-to-day errands and situational requests 

• Coordinate logistics required for personal events, appearances, or activities 

• Manage administrative duties for executive’s private venture fund 

• Assistance in preparing documents and presentations

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Degree holder with at least 6+ years of PA/EA experience, serving CEO/Founder

• Diligence, reliability, and a strong sense of responsibility particularly in relation to confidential and sensitive matters

• A calm demeanor 

• Appetite for new challenges and opportunities

• Comfortable with all forms of start-up ‘start up’ technologies including and not limited to Slack, Google Suite, Confluence, Zoom, Wechat, Whatsapp

• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Exceptional communication in verbal and written English.

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Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.