Executive Administrative Assistant (Fluent Arabic and English required) - Riyadh

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in ‎60+
cities across nearly ‎30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry
knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management,
and organization transformation - www.oliverwyman.com
Oliver Wyman is looking for an experienced bilingual (Arabic and English)
Executive Administrative Assistant (EA) in Riyadh to provide administrative
support to up to ‎3 of our Partners.
Why Oliver Wyman?
Working as part of our global, entrepreneurial company, you 'll do meaningful
work from day one. We're looking for individuals who challenge the norm, and
constantly strive to build something new for the firm and the world around us.
At Oliver Wyman, there's no "one size fits all" - we hire exceptional people
and help them thrive through a built-in support network, flexible career
paths, and no artificial barriers to advancement.
We have a collaborative, supportive, flexible and impactful team environment -
we want you to bring your authentic self and enjoy working alongside diverse
and down-to-earth colleagues who do serious work, but don't take themselves
too seriously.
At Oliver Wyman we believe and actively support work/life balance and have a
culture that encourages openness, authenticity, flexibility and well-being, as
well as being socially impactful - for more details, please visit our website:
www.oliverwyman.com
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join Oliver Wyman as an Executive Assistant
in our Riyadh office, supporting between ‎1 and ‎3 of our Partners - we are
looking for an experienced Executive Administrative Assistant with fluent
Arabic and English
Responsibilities
As Executive Administrative Assistant you will provide bilingual (Arabic and
English) executive level administrative support between ‎1-‎3 of our Partners.
You will be responsible for supporting Partners on all aspects of daily
administration, including diary management, scheduling internal and external
meetings, conference calls, video conferences and making international travel
and accommodation arrangements.
Executive Administrative Assistants at Oliver Wyman also play a pivotal role
in supporting Partners with client development and marketing activities,
including RFPs and contract negotiations. You will become familiar with their
clients and their sales goals, Practice themes and Oliver Wyman 'products',
enabling you to confidently arrange client meetings, to maintain the list of
client contacts and business activities in the CRM database and to also track
and maintain sales activity/pipeline.
The Partners you support will also entrust you to proactively identify clients
that have not been contacted or met with recently and to optimize client
meetings whilst travelling in another international locations, as well as to
customize client mailings and to prepare client proposals.
This role is a permanent, full-time role - you will work: 9am-6pm with
additional hours as needed.
Who are we looking for?
* You will be an experienced Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant, with at least ‎3 years ' experience of supporting multiple senior stakeholders
* You will have gained your Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant experience from within a management consultancy, financial services or professional services/corporate organization - experience of working for a Global firm will be advantageous
* Experience of using a CRM system (Microsoft Dynamics, in particular) is desirable
* Fluent English and Arabic language skills are essential
In addition:
* You will have a strong service-focus, be able to work within a fast-paced environment and be dedicated to meeting the expectations of all staff through securing effective relationships with clients and executing deliverables to the highest standards
* You will be skilled in using Excel and PowerPoint and experience of using SharePoint and Google Drive will be a definite advantage
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Administrative
Assistant who is looking for their next career move and who is keen to add to
the culture of our Riyadh office.
At Oliver Wyman we do not unlawfully discriminate against anyone and we are
particularly mindful of the requirements to prohibit discrimination based on
nine protected characteristics namely: age, disability, gender reassignment,
race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, marriage and civil
partnership and pregnancy and maternity. Additionally, we pay close attention
to work/life balance and family life, military status and personality types.