Current job title: Administrative
Assistant
Industry: Accounting/Tax/Consulting
Department: Audit/Tax
Years worked in this industry: 2
Years worked in this department: 2
Special training or attributes needed or helpful to
get job in this industry (or specific department):
Experienced Admin.
Number of
managers and/or staff supported: 5
Typical work hours: 8:30am-5:00pm
Weekends or overtime hours: No
General salary range
(Note: This is a general figure or range provided by survey respondent and may
NOT be an exact salary in order to
give survey respondent some privacy. Also you must take into account that
the number of years worked in industry/department may contribute to this
salary as well as criteria such as level of position and person reports
to, required hours and geographical location.): approx.
$50,000
Benefits (direct or indirect):
18 days
unallocated PTO Days
Plus 2 4 day week ends, 4th of July and Labor Day
Plus this year 4 extra PTO days to be taken between July 4 and September 4
Medical/Dental/Eye vision plan/
Discount for Cell phone plan, health cub membership, others
401K with company match
Good Salary
Lingo you might hear in this industry:
There are hundreds of acronyms for this industry.
Engagement letters, a letter that is signed by the company stating a
description of the word to be completed
Gen Form – a form that is signed by each company employee that reviews
documents before an engagement letter is issued.
A typical day on the job: Most
communication is done via Microsoft Outlook, including all task
assignments. The Partners work on the location of the external clients
they are serving. May not see many of the Partners that I support for
weeks.
The day consists of communication, mail, phone, calendar, time entry, client transactions,
file management, meeting arrangements, travel arrangements, general tasks
– never in any particular order.
Positive things about being an administrative
professional in this industry: Flexibility to do the tasks on
an as need be basis. It is like juggling plates, trying to keep everything
a float all at the same time.
Negative things about being an administrative
professional in this industry: Stressful, some tasks need to
be done quickly.
Type of workspace/office:
Cubical [face windows]
Primary responsibilities as an administrative
professional in this position: Phones, mail, travel,
meetings, general planning.
Top thing(s) incumbent admin would require of job
applicants seeking to be her/his position replacement:
Applicant must be intelligent to work with well educated people. To
think one step ahead of what is required – good planning skills.
Office machines or equipment operated regularly:
Computer, printer, copier, fax machine
Technology (hard) skills used regularly:
Thinking, Microsoft office all facets of the program, Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook.
Critical soft skills: Expediting
everything
Pace of this position: All, some days
fast, some days slow, some days average
Geographical region: Northeast U.S.
Karen Porter, The Administrative Professional Job Performance and Career Success Coach™