Principal Financial Group · 15 hours ago
Sr Administrative Assistant
Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$24.21/hr - $38.37/hr
4+ years expPrincipal Financial Group is seeking a Sr Administrative Assistant to provide a broad range of administrative support across their Asset Management Aligned Investors space. The role involves project coordination, meeting support, travel coordination, and ensuring efficient management of day-to-day operations.
Financial ServicesInsurance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Travel and expense coordination for leadership. Provide real-time support by anticipating and resolving travel disruptions, demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness beyond standard business hours. Ensure all travel complies with corporate policies while accommodating executive preferences and business needs
Handling meeting logistics, process meeting requests on behalf of leaders supported based on availability and priority, and maintain and organize meeting materials. Uses attention to detail to identify scheduling conflicts and proactively engages with others to resolve. Understands priorities of the person(s) supported, as well as their business needs
Responsible for making recommendations on the most efficient and effective way for the person(s) supported to organize their work. Can connect various channels of information/communications together to make assessments and assist in prioritizing information for the person(s) supported. Provided high-level training/guidance on how to navigate technology platforms such as travel and expensing platforms along with other department specific technology platforms. May coordinate/draft/edit monthly reports, order supplies, manage role and access requests, assist with on-boarding new employees, research and book travel arrangements in partnership with those supported, expense management, creation/maintenance of distribution lists. Initiate some HR tasks on behalf of person(s) supported
May be involved in a variety of business-value driven department or business-wide projects of complex nature tied to strategy and business plans with broader organizational impact
Qualification
Required
High diploma and 4+ years of related experience required
Strong organizational skills and strong attention to detail
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to gather and consolidate data from various sources
Ability to set priorities, handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
Flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and the ability to handle confidential information
Keyboarding and adaptability in computer, web and mobile business applications, proficiency in Windows based computer applications (Microsoft Office) and the operation of office equipment
Preferred
Experience booking travel and expense coordination in a corporate setting is a plus
Benefits
Personal Time Off (PTO) is provided to hourly (non-exempt) employees and provides a set amount of accrued time earned each pay period.
Pension Eligible
Company
Principal Financial Group
Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dan Houston
President and CEO
Liliana (Lil) Waters, CPA, FLMI
CFO – US Distribution
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