Executive Assistant at Korapay
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Executive Assistant at Korapay

 

Executive Assistant at Korapay

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Korapay is a payment infrastructure servicing a wide band of businesses making local and international payments. We are a marketplace for digital financial services across Africa. Our vision, which is at the core of what we do every day, is to create a world void of digital financial barriers across Africa. We are committed to delivering reliable, secure, and easy to use digital financial solutions to every single customer with a guarantee that it is improving their lives.

Executive Assistant at Korapay

Executive Assistant at Korapay

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Executive Assistant

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Department: Operations

Description

  • As the Executive Assistant to our CEO, you will provide high-level administrative support in a one-on-one working relationship.
  • We are looking for someone who is creative and has the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities.
  • Our ideal candidate should have the ability to work independently on projects, from conception to completion, and must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.
  • We expect that you will have great people management skills as your role involves working with a lot of stakeholders both internally and externally.
  • We’re looking for an EA who can be flexible, proactive, and resourceful – even in the face of a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment. You thrive in navigating ambiguity, handling high-priority topics, and have a passion for being the glue that holds the team together.

About the Job
What you will be expected to do at Kora:

Executive Support:

Executive Support:

  • Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks for the CEO including: managing an extremely active calendar of appointments; composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential; arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related meetings.
  • Plans, coordinates and ensures the CEO’s schedule is followed and respected. Acts as a “gatekeeper” and “gateway”, creating win-win situations for direct access to the CEO’s time.
  • Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the CEO’s office and internal departments; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with Senior Management.
  • Works closely and effectively with the CEO to keep him 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 the CEO updated.
  • Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
  • Prepare Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, agendas, reports, special projects and other documents in support of objectives for the organization.
  • Conserve the Executive’s time by reading, researching, collecting and analyzing information as needed, in advance.

Administrative Support:

  • Prepare and gather reports, memos, invoices letters, and document accordingly
  • Maintain strong relationships with vendors and keep price data in order to get the best pricing on supplies and services
  • Produce professional-quality reports, presentations and briefs
  • Read and analyse incoming memos, submissions, and distribute them as needed
  • Perform office duties which includes ordering supplies and managing a records database.
  • Develop and carry out an efficient documentation
  • Handle correspondence in and out of the CEO’s office and provide reports
  • Handle other administrative and strategic functions that may be assigned.

Requirements
Here’s what we are looking for: