Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

Al Etihad Payments empowers employees to work in an environment that best promotes their productivity and well-being, while providing high-quality workplace and fantastic professional experience.

Get to Know Us

Al Etihad Payments is the UAE’s designated retail payments entity, dedicated to developing and operating world-class infrastructure, standards, and solutions for the UAE Economy. Al Etihad Payments is a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE, strongly supported by the UAE Government.

Our employees are committed to work with licensed financial institutions and other payment service providers to foster innovation and deliver excellent financial services to all in the UAE, efficiently and without friction.

Al Etihad Payments supports the government’s objectives of a cashless society, national digitization, and the Central Bank of the UAE objective of being a top ten central bank globally.

Our Culture

We are a collaborative, diverse and passionate group of individuals that works as one team. We support one another, make impactful contributions to the organization, and develop and nurture meaningful connections across the payment’s ecosystem!

About the role

Executive Assistant carries out administrative tasks on behalf of the CEO and the COO, thereby allowing them to allocate maximum time on strategic tasks.

What You’ll Do

• Act as first point of contact: dealing with correspondence and phone calls Act as a first point of contact: dealing with correspondence and phone calls.
• Manage diaries and organize meetings and appointments.
• Book and arrange travel, transport and accommodation.
• Organize events and conferences.
• Reminding the executives of important tasks and deadlines
• Type, compile and prepare reports, presentations and correspondence.
• Managing and inputting into databases and filing systems
• Implement and maintain procedures/administrative systems.
• Liaise with staff, suppliers and clients.
• Collate and file expenses.

• Assist the executive with other miscellaneous task, such as conducting research and completing reports etc.
• Arrange for the necessary resources/facilities and provide operational support
• Manage office needs, requests, including stationary and other office supplies inventory.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Technical and Behavioral Skills

• Excellent Business Communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with colleagues and vendors
• Multitasking and proactive
• Impeccable skills for organizing and prioritizing

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably Bilingual (speaks English and Arabic fluently)

What you can expect from us

• Modern work environment with level of flexibility.
• Dynamic and motivated team of colleagues working towards achieving UAE National Objectives;
• Competitive compensation package, including annual bonus and additional benefits like child educational allowance and annual flight tickets (where eligible);
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage;