Executive Assistant- Accounting

This position provides executive support for the Vice President and Comptroller of Southern Company Services and Southern Nuclear, and administrative support to its organizational team.

The Executive Assistant position requires someone to have experience in the administrative field supporting an officer in a corporate environment. This position requires the candidate to have exceptional organizational and decision‑making skills, be detail‑focused, a self‑starter with the ability and desire to work through changing priorities with minimal supervision. The successful candidate should have a thorough working knowledge of relevant computer applications and administrative best practices.

This position works in close contact with executive offices across the Southern Company footprint to manage calendar and travel arrangements.

This position views and hears significant amounts of confidential information and must be able to maintain that confidentiality.

This position is based at the Energy Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The position is considered hybrid with in‑office expectations that average 4 days per week.

• High School diploma or equivalent;
  Bachelor's degree preferred
• Corporate Executive Assistant experience preferred
• 5+ years or more of experience providing administrative support at the executive and/or senior director level preferred.

• Experience managing confidential information
• Experience with timekeeping, expense reporting, arranging travel, and coordinating meetings
• Ability to navigate computer applications to obtain records (e.g., timecards, purchase orders, vendor invoices, employee expense statements, etc.) and compile/assemble documentation packages/files
• Experience managing an executive‑level calendar and incoming inquiries with minimal direction
• Ability to coordinate and perform the organization’s document retention activities in accordance with Company policies and requirements
• Demonstrated experience taking initiative and being a self‑starter in day‑to‑day responsibilities
• Ability to professionally represent the office of the Vice President & Comptroller, including professional interactions with other executives, managers, peers, department employees, external organizations and vendors
• Exceptional organizational skills with ability to prioritize, multi‑task and proactively prepare for upcoming meetings and events
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office products (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams)
• Exceptional organizational skills with ability to prioritize and multi‑task
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Ability to make decisions and anticipate next steps
• Candidate must possess exceptional communication skills, a strong attention to detail, maintain a sense of urgency, and be service oriented

• Customer focused, committed to providing quality service
• Resourceful, "can do" attitude
• Candid, transparent
• Persistent, Positive
• Flexible (i.e. able to adapt to changing priorities)
• Team Player
• Embody Our Values – safety first, intentional inclusion, act with integrity and re performance
• Must perform daily with a safety‑focused attitude and commitment to zero accidents or injuries

Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services.

Through an industry‑leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net‑zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into…