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Senior Business Administrator

Microsoft

Microsoft

Redmond, WA, USA
Posted on Monday, February 12, 2024
OPG Create Team is seeking an experienced Senior Business Administrator that is organized, collaborative, and has an extreme level of attention to detail. Someone that thrives on complex planning, and as a part of a fun, highly energetic team can manage constant change. Your role will be to provide administrative, logistical, and operational support. A successful candidate comes with an ability to effectively manage a high and time sensitive workload with a calm, confident and positive attitude, ability to work independently, deal with ambiguity and have a passion for making managers and organizations great. This position requires someone who has communication skills, possesses the ability to set priorities, handle multiple time critical tasks simultaneously, and run the team in a structured way.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

  • Ability to look ahead and understand the prioritization of key objectives and help manage the deliverables or priorities
  • Provide proactive support, including core administrative functions such as calendar management, scheduling and coordination of group meetings, planning and coordinating domestic and international travel, submitting expense reports, managing headcount; understanding, tracking and closely monitoring operating budget expenses.
  • Provide team support, including organizing group morale events, and assisting with planning and execution of team off-sites.
  • Coordinate the set-up of office space for new hires, track and manage current/future space allocation as well as plan and coordinate office moves; assist with special projects as assigned; and participate in divisional administrative responsibilities.
  • Work closely with Create's admin team to ensure all administrative procedures unique to Create are handled as required and that all group support is running smoothly. Build and maintain good business relationships with executive level and counterpart administrative staff both internally and externally, and collaborate with business partners in Human Resources, Recruiting/Staffing, Finance, and Real Estate.
  • Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/ Minimun Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of experience supporting a manager in a fast-paced environment. Proactive in anticipating manager’s needs and able to work independently to make administrative decisions and requests for information on behalf of the manager o OR equivalent experience.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

  • Project management and office management skills including budget management, calendaring and understanding of the business to help the decision-making process. Ability to work well in a changing environment, under pressure, on short-notice, and take appropriate action.
  • Adaptable and must work successfully in a team environment, building and maintaining effective working relationships with a diverse group of contributors internally and externally.
  • Must maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive material and information with discretion and professionalism.
  • Organizational, analytical, anticipatory, and written communication skills.
  • In depth knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft products including Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Word, Excel, Windows and the ability to learn new internal systems quickly and become comfortable with new technologies.

Business Support ATR-C - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $22.79 - $39.66 per hour. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $33.03 - $45.91 per hour.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.