UL

Senior Executive Assistant, Legal

UL$100K — $115K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience as an administrative assistant or in a paraprofessional role.
  • Strong communication skills, particularly with senior leadership.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
  • Ability to make informed decisions based on data.
  • In-depth knowledge of the organizational area designated.

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Chief Legal Officer.
  • Relieve leadership of project details and administrative tasks.
  • Assist with confidential projects, including documentation creation.
  • Maintain office records and reports related to operations and personnel.
  • Manage calendars and coordinate travel arrangements.
  • Serve as a liaison for administrative issues within and outside the company.
  • Support the budgetary processes for the organizational unit.
  • Mentor Associate Executive Assistants.

Benefits

  • Eligible for annual bonus compensation (target payout of 10% of base salary).
  • Health benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Wellness programs offering mental and financial health support.
  • Retirement savings plan (401K) provided.
  • Paid time off including vacation (15 days), holidays (12 days), and sick leave (72 hours).
Full Job Description
Job Description

As the Senior Executive Assistant to the Chief Legal Officer, you will be a trusted partner and an integral part of this mission-driven team. This role goes beyond traditional administrative support-you will help create focus, drive alignment, and enable leadership effectiveness at the highest levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Provides a wide variety of complex administrative and staff support services.
  • Relieves the organizational unit of administrative work and project details where appropriate, including preparing varied to complex reports, typing documents, filing, answering questions regarding the organizational unit procedures and processes, screening phone calls as appropriate, etc.
  • Assists with high-level confidential projects, which may include creating supporting documentation such as graphs and charts.
  • Assists in the preparation and control of a variety of office records, statistics and reports regarding operations, personnel, etc.
  • Schedules, coordinates and maintains calendar and travel itineraries.
  • Makes meeting and travel arrangements.
  • Serves as administrative liaison within or outside the company regarding administrative issues related to the organizational unit assigned.
  • Assists in the budgetary process for the organizational unit.
  • Acts as a mentor for (Associate) Executive Assistant.
  • Read and follow the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices. Performs other duties as directed.


Qualifications

  • Higher Secondary Education plus generally ten or more years of related administrative assistant experience or paraprofessional experience.
  • Ability to interact and communicate with Senior Leadership, influence prioritization of schedules.
  • Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks within the assigned area.
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions based on information presented or researched.
  • Detailed knowledge of the organizational area assigned.

What We Offer:

Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000-115,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 10% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

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About UL

UL is a global safety certification company headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. It was founded in 1894 and has been providing safety testing, inspection, and certification services for over 125 years. UL operates in over 100 countries and has more than 14,000 employees worldwide. The company's mission is to promote safe living and working environments by advancing safety science. UL's services cover a wide range of industries, including consumer products, industrial equipment, building materials, and more.
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