Executive Assistant to the CEO Finance Support
Rippleworks, United States
Job Description
Rippleworks Foundation believes all people should have equitable access to the resources and opportunities to live life to the fullest. Our mission is to relentlessly focus on the needs of social ventures by providing practical support for impactful entrepreneurs and their teams so Ventures can improve more lives. Rippleworks’ programs has directly supported 250 ventures by running 275 projects in 60 countries, held workshops for over 1,000 leaders and has deployed $150 million in unrestricted funding to our Ventures.
We are a 40+ person team to create the best possible workplace for purpose-driven professionals to make an outsized difference in the world: learning, growing, and feeling joy along the way.
Rippleworks has been named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (by Fast Company) and one of the world’s Best Workplaces for Innovators (by Fast Company and Accenture)
We support our portfolio of Ventures 3 ways:
Rippleworks Projects: Rippleworks leads short-term, high-impact projects where social ventures address key operational challenges through customized engagement that pair ventures with industry-leading executives who bring deeply relevant entrepreneurial experience.
Rippleworks Leaders Studio: Rippleworks designs and delivers practical, interactive, expert-led learning sessions designed specifically for social venture leaders who are seeking to learn and grow. Rippleworks partners with leading industry executives to run interactive, results-driven learning programs where social venture leaders gain the critical skills they need to deliver impact at scale.
Rippleworks Capital: Rippleworks provides hard-to-find capital required for scale (grants and investments in the $1M-$3M range) to 50+ ventures working in 80+ countries.
Our Commitment to Diversity Equity Inclusion amp; Belonging: We know inequities exist across the globe and are perpetuated by practices such as systemic racism and colonialism.
Rippleworks is taking an active role in disrupting these inequities that disadvantage historically excluded people. As such, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) is integral to realizing this vision.
We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rippleworks. Candidates from racially underrepresented and marginalized groups (Black, Latinx, Native American or individuals with national origins from developing countries that reflect the communities we serve) are strongly encouraged to apply. Rippleworks also complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email .
The Executive Assistant amp; Finance Support role in the Office of the CEO has two key components: 1) administrative business support to the CEO amp; Co-founder so they can effectively accomplish key strategic tasks and lead company initiatives, and 2) administrative tasks that support the Sr. Director, Finance to facilitate sound financial processes and practices across the organization. This role reports directly to the CEO.
This role is more than just the right-hand of the CEO, they’re also a strategic thought-partner and serve as an ambassador to both external and internal stakeholders. The EA must be welcoming, inviting and a true partner to everyone they engage with as they represent the CEO and/or Rippleworks. The role requires discretion and confidentiality as well as an extremely strong ability to be proactive, prioritize, and organize. The EA remains flexible and calm and is able to ‘see the big picture,’ while managing all the details in a timely and consistent manner.
Requirements
- Administrative
- Manage the CEO’s calendar and scheduling with the ability to prioritize meetings (because of cross-functional exposure and context you know what is important)- allows for scheduling triage
- Manage the overall schedule and calendaring of executive team meetings and retreats, as well as Board of Directors meetings
- Manage the RW-wide calendars in collaboration with key stakeholders, such as People amp; Workplace, Operations and Strategic Planning (OSP), and Marketing
- Expense reporting and approvals in pursuit of easing the CEOs day-to-day schedule
- Make all travel arrangements on behalf of the CEO and those needed for a conference or event if the team is also attending
- Email communication in collaboration with, and on behalf of, the CEO; ghostwriting when appropriate
- Support and coordination for additional external commitments of the CEO