Executive Assistant - CFO

Who We Are

Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world’s most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion. 

We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker’s list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple – our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team.

What We’re Looking For

The Finance team is looking for an Executive Assistant to support the CFO and provide some support to his leadership team. The right candidate must be a team player who is solution oriented, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and has a strong sense of urgency to all matters. Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks is a must. We are fully committed to the success and personal growth of our staff. If you have the right skill set / experience, take pride in your work, and work with integrity; we can’t wait to meet you!

Responsibilities:

• Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks for the CFO including: heavy calendar management: proactively managing scheduling conflicts, completing expense reports; budget management, booking domestic and international travel, composing and preparing correspondence that is at times confidential, high level gate keeping, keeping the CFO on track
• Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the CFO and the rest of the company
• Works closely and effectively with the other teams to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Acts as a "barometer," having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping them updated.
• Communicates effectively with internal Finance teams on the CFO's behalf
• Handles confidential matters discretely and professionally

What we're expecting:

• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships, problem solver
• Strong written and verbal communication 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
• Demonstrates ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions
• Ability to learn new systems
• Proactively addresses any challenges and able to anticipate upcoming needs

Qualifications:

• 7-10+ years supporting a C level executive
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

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Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $120,000.00

Monday – Thursday in office (9am-6pm), most Fridays are remote (9am-3:30pm)