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Featured Administrative Professional Job Description:  Financial - Accounting/Tax/Consulting


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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.


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