Corporate Executive Assistant

Welcome to CPAB – Canada's Public Company Audit Regulator
The Canadian Public Accountability Board oversees public accounting firms that audit reporting issuers. We promote audit quality through proactive regulation, robust audit assessments, dialogue with domestic and international stakeholders, and practicable insights that inform capital market participants and contribute to public confidence in the integrity of financial reporting.

We do important work, and we need remarkable people on our team

We are recruiting for a Corporate Executive Assistant to join our Toronto Team.
Who are we looking for?
You are at the top of your game and recognized for your executive support skills, results-driven and proactive approach, and your excellent verbal and written communications skills, organizational and time management skills. Naturally curious, you model a compelling style of accountability, integrity and discipline, high attention to details, consistency and follow-through. Technological changes and the impact to the way you work, has never been an issue. You share our commitment to – embracing different perspectives, experiences and people.

Who are you?
You are looking for an opportunity to work with the best and the brightest, to learn and grow. You have over five years of experience supporting executives, up to and including the C-suite. You have a special ability to be one step ahead of the people you are supporting while anticipating their needs. You have superb judgment in a variety of situations, combined with the ability to maintain a realistic balance between multiple, competing priorities.

You've been successful at being diplomatic, building consensus and fostering positive relationships. You take great pride in your own work whether it's calendar management or project management it's always accurate and of the highest quality.

What would you be doing?
The Corporate Executive Assistant is responsible for providing comprehensive support to the CEO, Board of Directors, and the Leadership Team including:

• Provide sophisticated calendar coordination and forward planning for CEO, by prioritizing inquiries and request while troubleshooting conflicts, make judgments and recommendation to ensure smooth day-to-day engagements.
• Act as a liaison between CEO and Board of Directors, as well as provide support to them.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the CEO, including those of a highly confidential or critical nature.
• Prioritize and determine appropriate course of action, referral, or response, exercising judgment to reflect CEO's style and organization policy.
• Provide broad variety of administrative tasks that facilitate the CEO's ability to effectively lead the organization, including assisting with special projects, collecting and preparing information for meetings with staff and outside parties, maintaining contact lists, assist with travel arrangements and completing expense reports.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• 1 year certificate program from a recognized Community College.
• 5 + years of experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to liaise with the internal and external stakeholders on complex matters.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong commitment to service excellence, possess an intuitive sense of discretion and confidentiality, and are graceful under pressure.
• Ability to work effectively, both independently and as a team member; demonstrated ability to take initiative and exercise sound judgment.
• Strong time management skills are required to effectively prioritize and meet multiple conflicting deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated advanced proficiency with computer applications (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe, etc.), and the ability to adapt to and learn new applications.

What's in it for you?
Certified a Great Place to Work for the second year in a row, at the Canadian Public Accountability Board, we thrive to be our best, continuously learning and growing. We work together to contribute to the public confidence in the integrity of financial reporting. Our work is based on our core values: teamwork and inclusivity, innovative and courageous, and collectively we strive to reach our potential and achieve success that is mutual.

Sound Right?
If your skills match our requirements and you want to contribute to CPAB, we want to hear from you.

We invest in our people. We encourage team members to develop their careers by bringing together their interests with the continuous improvement of our organization and the profession.

The Canadian Public Accountability Board is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from BIPOC candidates and from people with disabilities; we provide accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout our hiring process.