The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Legal, Finance & Corporate Legal, Administrative Assistant, New York

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc • $70K — $110K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years as an Administrative Assistant in law, accounting, consulting, or corporate settings
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Highly organized, efficient, and detail-oriented
  • Problem-solving ability in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience handling sensitive and confidential information
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Strong judgment and resourcefulness, with a team-oriented mindset

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive administrative support to senior executives
  • Coordinate and schedule complex meetings and conferences
  • Maintain detailed calendars and manage logistical needs
  • Handle high volumes of communication professionally
  • Prepare travel arrangements and process expense reports
  • Create presentations and reports for legal team operations
  • Perform legal-specific administrative duties and assist with documentation

Benefits

  • Competitive health and wellness offerings
  • Comprehensive retirement plans
  • Work-life balance programs
  • Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Description

LEGAL

Legal is seeking a highly motivated Administrative Assistant. This role is to support teams consisting of Managing Directors, VPs, and Associates. Previous experience in supporting senior executives and managing complex calendars is a must as well as the ability to work well under pressure in a busy and dynamic environment

JOB SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES
  • General administrative support (covering phones, maintaining files, distributing mail, scheduling meetings, coordinating travel arrangements, etc.)
  • Provides administrative support in a complex team environment to a group of VPs and Managing Directors
  • Coordinate senior-level internal/external meetings and conference calls for the team
  • Maintain detailed calendars and related logistics for the team
  • Handle a high volume of phone calls and interact with senior level business leaders in a professional and effective manner
  • Prepare and process travel and expense reports in a timely manner
  • Create slide decks and various reports related to the operation of our Legal teams in Dallas and Richardson
  • Perform other tasks, including but not limited to, preparing correspondence and other communications, file organization, archiving
  • Handle several legal-specific administrative duties, including but not limited to, legal engagements, legal matter creation, and outside counsel invoices
  • Assist attorneys with the creation of recurring legal documents and contracts
  • Assist our COO team members as it pertains to various divisional programs and initiatives, such as our summer intern program, our committees and our social networking events
  • Maintain understanding of firm policies and learn how to use key tools and applications (e.g., expense, document management and vendor management systems)
  • Arranging internal and client meetings - booking of conference rooms, registering guests, ensuring materials organized
  • Create documents (i.e., PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, etc.)
  • Acting as the main point of contact for administrative queries for the department
  • Assist with catering requests as needed to support internal and external meetings for the department


NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Minimum 5+ years' experience as an Administrative Assistant in a law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, banking or corporate environment
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Organized, efficient, detail-oriented, and highly motivated
  • Ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently
  • Knowledge of general business, corporate and government cultures
  • Ability to handle highly sensitive, confidential and non-routine information
  • Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels
  • Maintains a positive attitude and has the ability to prioritize and remain flexible as priorities change
  • Must have excellent judgment; be an independent thinker and resourceful
  • Team player with a positive attitude
  • Highest degree of integrity, professionalism, diplomacy and discretion required
  • Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook


Salary Range
The expected base salary for this New York, NY, United States-based position is $70000-$110000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits
Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.

About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments concerning mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense, risk management, and restructurings and spin-offs; and underwriting services comprising public offerings and private placements of a range of securities, loans, and other financial instruments, and derivative transactions. The company’s Institutional Client Services segment provides client execution services, such as fixed income, currency, and commodities client execution related to making markets in interest rate products, credit products, mortgages, currencies, and commodities; and equities related to making markets in equity products, as well as executes and clears institutional client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges. This segment also engages in the securities services business providing financing, securities lending, and other brokerage services to institutional clients, including hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and foundations. Its Investing and Lending segment originates longer-term loans; and invests in debt securities, loans, public and private equity securities, real estate, consolidated investment entities, distressed assets, currencies, commodities, and power generation facilities. The company’s investment management segment provides investment products and services, as well as offers wealth advisory services, including portfolio management and financial counseling, and brokerage and other transaction services.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Careers

Join the prestigious team at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a global leader in finance and investments, and propel your career to new heights. Our firm is renowned for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and leadership in the financial sector.

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Learn more about The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc
Size
45,100 employees
Market Cap
$115.8 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$9.4 billion
Founded
1869
5 Year Trend
+11.3%
Revenue
$53.4 billion
NASDAQ
GS
* Ladders Estimates

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