Gusto
Senior Executive Assistant - Legal & Compliance
Gusto, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
About Gusto
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually.About The Role
The Legal & Compliance (L&C) Executive Assistant provides administrative and operations support to leaders at Gusto. They will be the primary Executive Assistant to 2-3 leaders within the L&C Team and contribute to the success of the broader organization through collaboration with key partners and other Executive Operations teammates. This person will bring structure and coordination, provide calendar and meeting management, and impact team morale through community and events.We’re looking for someone who thrives in creating operational rigor, gets energy from supporting others, and who brings a solutions-oriented mindset to any challenge. The Legal and Compliance Team Executive Operations Partner should be resourceful, intellectually curious, organized, and a natural connector. The ideal candidate should exhibit calm under pressure, think critically, care about the details, strive to work autonomously while not being afraid to ask for help, and take pride in being part of building a high-functioning team.About The Team
The Executive Operations Team at Gusto is a “glue function” that keeps the operations of each team running smoothly. They partner with cross-functional teams by building relationships, communicating and cascading information, and identifying solutions to gaps and inefficiencies. The Legal & Compliance Executive Operations Partner will be tied functionally to the Legal & Compliance Team.Here’s What You’ll Do Day-to-day
Operational Excellence: Implements and maintains operational systems and processes to enhance the effectiveness of the team.Calendar Support: Organizes, coordinates, and schedules meetings and events in a strategic and proactive way to reduce conflicts and increase leadership effectiveness.Meeting Management: Partners with leaders to build team cadences and support day-to-day meetings through notes, presentations, tracking action items, and keeping the team on track to progress.Travel Planner: Booking and arranging flights, hotels, and transportation.Gifted communicator: Communicates clearly both verbally and in writing with the leads being supported, peers on the ExecOps team, and cross-functional partners.Events and Community Building: Embodies Gusto Values while planning team off-sites, team-building events, and connecting the dots between different parts of the Gusto organization.Special Projects and Functional Team Support: Identifies and takes on specific projects that will help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the functional team supported.Relationship builder: You’ll be getting to know many employees across the organization, as well as many external vendors.Trusted Partner: Uphold a strict level of confidentiality and discretion with all sensitive information.Work Experience
Here’s what we're looking for:
5+ years of direct administrative experience supporting one or more C-Level executives or General Managers of a Division.Career EA who loves the profession and wants to stay an EA for the long term.Demonstrated ability to own large x-functional projects and scheduling from end to end.Experience organizing team events with ~30 Attendees.Demonstrated ability to organize complex travel schedules.Experience supporting a Legal & Compliance team is a plus.Skills & Characteristics
Organized and detail-oriented. Able to prioritize multiple assignments and stay calm under pressure.Structured Thinking, Structured Mindset.Intellectual curiosity to discover new ways to make things better.Excellent Communication Skills.Confidentiality.Excellence with major productivity suites, especially Google Apps.Natural ability to connect the dots on different ways of working, communicating, and collaborating.Attributes others will have said about you: Organized, methodical, constantly learning new things, high attention to detail.Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $98,000 & $116,000 in Denver and between $119,000 & $140,000 in San Francisco & New York City. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
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Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 300,000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually.About The Role
The Legal & Compliance (L&C) Executive Assistant provides administrative and operations support to leaders at Gusto. They will be the primary Executive Assistant to 2-3 leaders within the L&C Team and contribute to the success of the broader organization through collaboration with key partners and other Executive Operations teammates. This person will bring structure and coordination, provide calendar and meeting management, and impact team morale through community and events.We’re looking for someone who thrives in creating operational rigor, gets energy from supporting others, and who brings a solutions-oriented mindset to any challenge. The Legal and Compliance Team Executive Operations Partner should be resourceful, intellectually curious, organized, and a natural connector. The ideal candidate should exhibit calm under pressure, think critically, care about the details, strive to work autonomously while not being afraid to ask for help, and take pride in being part of building a high-functioning team.About The Team
The Executive Operations Team at Gusto is a “glue function” that keeps the operations of each team running smoothly. They partner with cross-functional teams by building relationships, communicating and cascading information, and identifying solutions to gaps and inefficiencies. The Legal & Compliance Executive Operations Partner will be tied functionally to the Legal & Compliance Team.Here’s What You’ll Do Day-to-day
Operational Excellence: Implements and maintains operational systems and processes to enhance the effectiveness of the team.Calendar Support: Organizes, coordinates, and schedules meetings and events in a strategic and proactive way to reduce conflicts and increase leadership effectiveness.Meeting Management: Partners with leaders to build team cadences and support day-to-day meetings through notes, presentations, tracking action items, and keeping the team on track to progress.Travel Planner: Booking and arranging flights, hotels, and transportation.Gifted communicator: Communicates clearly both verbally and in writing with the leads being supported, peers on the ExecOps team, and cross-functional partners.Events and Community Building: Embodies Gusto Values while planning team off-sites, team-building events, and connecting the dots between different parts of the Gusto organization.Special Projects and Functional Team Support: Identifies and takes on specific projects that will help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the functional team supported.Relationship builder: You’ll be getting to know many employees across the organization, as well as many external vendors.Trusted Partner: Uphold a strict level of confidentiality and discretion with all sensitive information.Work Experience
Here’s what we're looking for:
5+ years of direct administrative experience supporting one or more C-Level executives or General Managers of a Division.Career EA who loves the profession and wants to stay an EA for the long term.Demonstrated ability to own large x-functional projects and scheduling from end to end.Experience organizing team events with ~30 Attendees.Demonstrated ability to organize complex travel schedules.Experience supporting a Legal & Compliance team is a plus.Skills & Characteristics
Organized and detail-oriented. Able to prioritize multiple assignments and stay calm under pressure.Structured Thinking, Structured Mindset.Intellectual curiosity to discover new ways to make things better.Excellent Communication Skills.Confidentiality.Excellence with major productivity suites, especially Google Apps.Natural ability to connect the dots on different ways of working, communicating, and collaborating.Attributes others will have said about you: Organized, methodical, constantly learning new things, high attention to detail.Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $98,000 & $116,000 in Denver and between $119,000 & $140,000 in San Francisco & New York City. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
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