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Executive Assistant

Job in Birmingham, West Midlands, B1, England, UK
Listing for: QAD, Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-02
Job specializations:
  • Administrative/Clerical
    Office Administrator/ Coordinator, Virtual Assistant/ Remote Admin, Executive Admin/ Personal Assistant, Business Administration
  • Business
    Office Administrator/ Coordinator, Business Administration
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Executive Support responsibilities:

  • Independent work on various project co-ordination and related tasks in support of the COO function(s) that require alignment with multiple team across QAD globally
  • Support ad hoc analysis and documentation preparation where required
  • Create content and execute specific communication tasks
  • Manage complex and ever-changing executive calendars across multiple time zones.
  • Coordinate meeting requests prioritizing schedules and ensuring effective use of executive time.
  • Prepare and submit executive expense reports accurately and on time.
  • Draft compose and prepare correspondence presentations and documents including confidential communications.
  • Organize domestic and international travel including detailed itineraries visas (where applicable) accommodation and logistics.
  • Prepare agendas briefing materials and supporting documentation for meetings.
  • Organize internal and external meetings including scheduling reminders meeting logistics and required content.
  • Handle correspondence on behalf of executives and ensure timely follow-up on action items.
  • Monitor executive action items and proactively follow up to ensure completion.

Administration responsibilities:

  • Completing a broad variety of administrative tasks for the COO & other executives including:
  • Managing calendars and all meeting requests
  • Completing expense reports
  • Composing preparing correspondence information that is sometimes confidential
  • Arranging detailed travel plans itineraries and agendas
  • Acting as the point of contact among executives employees and external partners
  • Organizing meetings including scheduling sending reminders and organizing any content needed
  • Handling correspondence directed to managers
  • Managing budgets and travel spend working closely with FP&A

Qualifications :

Must haves

  • 3 years or more experience in executive support or administrative support areas
  • Experience supporting C-level executives within a fast-paced global organization is highly desirable.
  • Strong project coordination skills
  • Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks with excellent attention to detail and a quick grasp of business issues
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Highly resourceful team-player with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
  • Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion be adaptable to various competing demands.
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Outlook Excel and Power Point
  • Advanced proficiency with Google Workspace including Gmail Google Calendar Google Docs Google Sheets Google Slides Google Drive and Google Chat.
  • Experience using collaboration and virtual meeting platforms such as Google Meet Microsoft Teams.
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work over various time zones

Personal Attributes

Success in this role requires someone who is:

  • Trustworthy with unquestionable integrity.
  • Professional discreet and able to handle highly confidential information.
  • Calm under pressure with an excellent temperament.
  • Proactive and resourceful.
  • Adaptable to changing priorities and business needs.
  • Dependable responsive and committed to delivering excellence.
  • Detail-oriented with a passion for organization and continuous improvement.

Success in Your First 90 Days

  • Calendars travel workflows and expense processes are fully mapped and running smoothly for all executives you support.
  • You are the trusted go-to point of contact for at least one recurring leadership forum such as a business review or leadership team meeting.
  • You have built working relationships with counterpart EAs and key stakeholders across the business.
  • You have identified and implemented at least one process or AI-enabled improvement that saves your leaders time.

Who You Are

  • You embody QADs core values: drive for results commitment to the team extreme ownership a willingness to challenge the status quo and integrity and respect for all.
  • Proactive and low ego: you anticipate what is needed before being asked and you take real pride in the details.
  • Calm under pressure adaptable when plans shift and effective at managing ambiguity across a global organization.
  • A natural collaborator…
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