We are a dynamic management consultancy looking to recruit a bright and motivated Executive Assistant and Office Manager for our Chicago office. CIL is a fast-growing, award-winning management consulting business operating in the UK, US, France and Germany with a staff of ~200 employees across the combined groups. Our US business is a team of ~25 people and have exciting growth plans for the future.

This hands-on role is central to the smooth-running of the business. The successful candidate will have a critical role supporting our Chicago-based senior team, liaising with our UK operations teams while also helping to maintain a happy & motivated Chicago office environment. This person would be directly reporting to our Head of Senior Team Support (based in the UK) and working closely with the senior team in Chicago.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as an EA to the Chicago-based senior team (a Partner, a Principal and our Associate Principal)

• Responsible for the smooth-running of the office

• Ad hoc EA support for senior team visiting the US from the UK (working alongside their respective UK EAs)

• Collating and inputting CRM data

• Being first port-of-call for simple IT issues and assisting the IT team with basic tasks

• Liaising with all UK operations functions (e.g. finance, HR, marketing) on an ad hoc basis

• Acting as a bridge between UK operations team and the US, escalating issues where appropriate and helping come up with solutions

Previous experience and skills

• Practical experience of working in a similar role, preferably within financial or professional services

• Advantage if worked in multinational company where needed to work closely with colleagues overseas

• Excellent Microsoft Excel and Word skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Good academics (degree not essential)

Candidate requirements

Successful CIL people share some key attributes – we are supportive, non-hierarchical, hard-working, unpretentious and direct. We don’t take ourselves too seriously and tend to tease those that do. The successful candidate for this role will:

• Have a smile on their face each morning – we’re looking for someone bright, personable with a can-do attitude

• Be empathetic – consider work/life balance, priorities and impact on wider team when supporting the senior team

• Be comfortable multi-tasking every day

• Be exceptionally organized with the ability to create their own to-do list

• Have an excellent attention to detail

• Have the confidence to manage multiple requests from senior people

• Be proficient in Microsoft Office (particularly Microsoft Outlook and Excel)

• Be confident in assisting with basic IT issues

• Be articulate, able to write and speak accurately, and to take accurate messages

• Display high levels of integrity when dealing with sensitive information

Benefits

As well as the benefits below, we pride ourselves on being flexible to the needs and personal circumstances of every single employee. The main benefits we offer include:

• Highly competitive remuneration and participation in our company bonus scheme

• Monthly employer healthcare contributions from $430 (employee only) up to $1080 (employee + family)

• 401(k) contributions

• Option to take up to 38 days’ holiday per year, made up of:

• 17 days’ regular holiday entitlement

• 10 federal holidays

• Option to buy an additional 11 days

• An incredible company culture, with support to pursue activities & interests outside of work

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. CIL commits to creating and maintaining a culture where every employee feels included and respected; to countering discrimination through our recruitment and training processes and our interaction with other stakeholders; and to celebrating the diverse contributions of all our employees and stakeholders.