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Assistant* to HQ & Global Legal functions

Location: Darmstadt

Looking for an opportunity to join an international and diverse team?

We are looking for an assistant* in the HQ legal team to support the HQ and Global Legal functions with a special focus on legal controlling & legal budget administration. The successful candidate* will provide high-quality administrative and personal assistance in a timely and professional manner.

As an extremely organized professional, you will manage your daily schedule and perform well in a global environment with cultural sensitivity and interpersonal skills. This position reports directly to SVP, Global Legal & General Counsel and provides executive support on administrative and controlling topics.

• Broad variety of administrative tasks including legal calendar and agenda management, composing and preparing information and correspondence that is sometimes confidential, etc.
• Respond promptly to queries to the HQ legal team and support the daily business
• Manage information and communication flow to the SVP and other internal stakeholders in a timely and accurate fashion 
• In particular:
  • Administration
    • Support of the legal team regarding various administrative and organizational tasks (e.g. mail processing, obtaining approval for orders, vacation requests, etc. based on the company's internal processes including follow-up)
    • Appointment and travel planning including travel expense accounting
    • Preparation of presentations, support in administration of various approval processes
    • Organization of notary appointments including preparation/follow-up and invoice verification
    • Organization, preparation and follow-up of meetings, conference calls and events (mainly internal, partly international)
      
      

  • Controlling

    • Budget planning and control (including preparation of a monthly report, follow-up of IT costs) for the legal department in coordination with the cost center manager
    • Invoice control and account assignment, reconciliation with purchase orders and budget
    • Budget planning and control of legal and consulting fees worldwide
    • Reconcile quarterly accruals, deferrals based on cost center report including audit

• Two to four years professional experience in executive office or administrative support areas, e.g. commercial education as management assistant, European secretary or similar
• First relevant professional experience in assistance at Vice President/executive board level, experience in the financial sector and legal department an advantage
• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks with excellent attention to detail and a quick grasp of business issues
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
• Loyalty, confidentiality, discretion and team orientation
• Expertise with Microsoft Office especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word
• Experience in working with SAP
• Excellent written and oral skills in German and English 
• Fun in optimizing processes, working as an assistant and aspirations to learn and grow in an exciting business environment