Imagine how your ideas and expertise can change a patient’s life. Patients are at the heart of what we do at Edwards Lifesciences. Our Finance teams work hard to optimize our current and long-term success and enable our ongoing strategy of innovation, leadership, and focus. As part of the team, whether providing analysis, forecasting, or reporting financial information, your application of accurate financial business practices will play a fundamental role in how we impact the quality of life for patients all over the world.
The Executive Administrative Assistant serves as a trusted partner to the Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer and the Senior Vice President Treasurer. This role supports executive effectiveness through thoughtful prioritization, complex calendar and travel coordination, preparation for key meetings, and smooth execution of Controllership and Treasury team activities.
How you’ll make an impact:
Executive Partnership & Prioritization
- Manage the Senior Vice Presidents calendars, prioritizing meetings, protecting time for strategic focus, and resolving scheduling conflicts in alignment with business objectives.
- Prepare agendas, briefing documents, speaking notes, PowerPoint presentations, and other pre-read meeting materials, while identifying time-sensitive matters and follow-up actions.
- Serve as a welcoming and responsive point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
- Exercise sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential or sensitive information.
Business & Operational Coordination
- Prepare and review recurring financial reports, dashboards, executive communications, and related presentations.
- Maintain the Global Controllership and Global Treasury calendars, including month-end, quarter-end, and key filing dates.
- Support expense reporting, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and tracking of organizational spending.
- Coordinate departmental processes and reporting, including senior leader onboarding, new-hire and talent summaries, anniversaries, and other team needs.
Meetings, Events & Travel
- Support planning and execution of key Finance activities, including the Global Finance Conference, the Global Treasury Conference, MedTech leadership meetings, BSC Finance visits, quarterly business reviews and calls, town halls, employee events, and annual business processes.
- Coordinate domestic and international travel, including complex multi-country itineraries and global time zone considerations.
- Manage event logistics, agendas, materials, and timely coordination with participants and partners.
Stakeholder & Team Support
- Build trusted, collaborative partnerships across Finance, MedTech peers, Executive Assistants, cross-functional stakeholders, and external banking partners.
- Support employee engagement, volunteer activities, recognition efforts, anniversaries, and milestone celebrations that contribute to a positive team experience.
- Bring a responsive, service-oriented approach and help coordinate priorities across the organization.
What you'll need (Required):
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- A minimum of six years of executive administrative support experience, including experience supporting senior executives.
What else we look for (Preferred):
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex calendars, global travel, meetings, events, and executive communications while balancing multiple priorities with strong attention to detail.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.
- Experience supporting Finance executives or senior leaders in a public company environment.
- Experience coordinating enterprise-wide meetings, conferences, budgeting, expense management, or reporting processes.
- Experience collaborating across global organizations and multiple time zones
Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $72,000 to $98,000 ,(highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.
Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Skills Required
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- At least six years of executive administrative support experience, including experience supporting senior executives
- Ability to manage complex calendars, global travel, meetings, events, and executive communications while balancing multiple priorities
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams
- Experience supporting Finance executives or senior leaders in a public company environment
- Experience coordinating enterprise-wide meetings, conferences, budgeting, expense management, or reporting processes
- Experience collaborating across global organizations and multiple time zones
Edwards Lifesciences Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered strong, with multiple plan choices, HSA options, and fertility support, and the company highlights holistic well‑being programs.
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Retirement Support — A company 401(k) match and well‑regarded retirement offerings add clear long‑term value to total compensation.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a discount and look‑back feature makes equity ownership accessible and enhances the total rewards package.
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What We Do
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW), is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. We thrive on discovery and expanding the boundaries of medical technology, serving patients in 100+ countries, with the help of our employees in areas including Clinical Affairs, Quality Engineering, Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Sales & Marketing, corporate functions and more. Our roots date back to 1958 when Miles Lowell Edwards, a retired engineer with a background in hydraulics and fuel pump operations, set out to build the first artificial heart. Edwards believed the heart could be mechanized and was encouraged by Dr. Albert Starr to focus on developing an artificial heart valve. After just two years, the first Starr-Edwards mitral valve was developed and successfully placed in a patient. This innovation spawned Edwards Laboratories. Miles’ fascination with healing the heart and helping patients with heart disease stemmed from his own experience with rheumatic fever as a teenager and continues to fuel our patient-first culture today. Today, we are as passionate about providing innovative solutions for people fighting cardiovascular disease as we have ever been. It's our Credo. It takes integrity, collaboration, innovation, and focus. We are leaders in the design and manufacture of tissue replacement heart valves and repair products as well as advanced hemodynamic monitoring. We partner with physicians to innovate products designed to help patients live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Our work is both rewarding and a privilege. The importance of what we do defines our approach. We work together to create an environment where ideas can flourish and we provide our people with the resources, expertise and support to bring those ideas to life. For our legal terms and trademarks, please visit: https://www.edwards.com/legal/legal-terms
