Executive Assistant

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San José, San José
In-Office
Mid level
Energy
The Role
As an Executive Assistant to the CFO, you will manage calendars, coordinate travel, create presentations, track meeting action items, and support finance projects, while working remotely.
Summary Generated by Built In
At World Kinect, our employees are the key to our global success. We are industry leaders due to the innumerable talents of our approximately 5000 strong professional team. Our people thrive in an entrepreneurial and culturally-diverse environment, where innovative thinking, collaboration and efficient execution are highly valued. Our high-performance culture is what allows us to drive sustained growth. Stronger together, we promote an environment where individuals can thrive.
 

 

Location: Remote (Costa Rica)

Why Join Us?

At World Kinect, we’re more than a global energy solutions company—we’re a team that values innovation, collaboration, operational excellence, and growth. As the Executive Assistant to our CFO, you’ll play a key role in supporting senior leadership, enabling effective business operations, and contributing to strategic initiatives. This is an opportunity to work remotely from Costa Rica while partnering closely with leadership across a dynamic, international organization.

What You’ll DoExecutive Support & Operational Excellence
  • Be the CFO’s right hand: Manage calendars, prioritize meetings, coordinate cross-functional interactions, and ensure seamless daily operations.
  • Travel & Expenses: Coordinate complex itineraries and manage expense reporting with precision and compliance.
Business Management & Strategic Support
  • Drive Business Rhythm: Support annual planning cycles, quarterly business reviews, and operational cadences.
  • Support Key Projects: Assist with finance initiatives, business management deliverables, and cross-departmental programs requiring alignment and follow-through.
  • Data & Insight Preparation: Gather information, prepare summaries, surface key insights, and help the CFO stay informed ahead of business decisions.
  • Monitor Priorities: Track key milestones and ensure accountability for business-critical actions.
  • Basic Data Analytics: Support the CFO with light data interpretation, trend identification, and Excel-based insights.
Communications & Presentation Excellence
  • Create Impactful Presentations: Design polished PowerPoint / Google Slides decks and visuals; Canva experience a strong plus.
  • Keep Teams Aligned: Prepare agendas, capture meeting notes, structure follow-up actions, and facilitate communication across senior leadership.
Technology & Productivity
  • Leverage AI Tools: Use Microsoft Copilot and similar tools to streamline tasks, analyze information, and boost productivity across operations.
  • Advanced Productivity Tools: Utilize Excel—including Pivot Tables—for data organization, reporting, and simple analytical tasks.
Personal Assistance
  • Occasional Personal Support: Handle a small number of personal tasks for the CFO with discretion and professionalism.
What We’re Looking ForExperience
  • 5+ years supporting C‑suite or senior finance leaders; business management support strongly preferred.
Skills & Competencies
  • Business Acumen: Understanding of financial terminology, business operations, and strategic planning.
  • Operational Rigor: Strong organization and project management capabilities.
  • Tech & Design Skills:
  • Advanced PowerPoint
  • Experience using Canva or other presentation/design tools
  • Data Skills:
  • Basic data analytics
  • Excel proficiency including Pivot Tables
  • Detail Orientation: Someone who is meticulous, accurate, and quality‑driven.
  • Proactive Mindset: Anticipates needs, acts without waiting for direction, and solves problems independently.
  • Communication: Excellent English (written and spoken); ability to synthesize information clearly.
  • Tools: Familiarity with Outlook, Concur, travel booking systems, Teams, SharePoint, etc.
Preferred Background
  • Background in business management, communications, marketing, or finance.
  • Experience working with dashboards, simple data visualization, or structured reporting tools considered an advantage.
Ways of Working
  • Remote-ready across time zones; comfortable with employer-of-record models.
  • Highly confidential, strong judgment, proactive, and anticipatory.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
  • Work remotely from Costa Rica while supporting global leadership.
  • Collaborate directly with the CFO and senior executives on high-impact initiatives.
  • Grow your skills in business management, analytics, design, and AI‑enabled productivity.
  • Be part of a company that values innovation, continuous improvement, and professional development.

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The Company
Melbourne, Victoria
5,028 Employees

What We Do

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, World Kinect Corporation (NYSE: WKC) is a leading global energy management company, offering a broad suite of solutions across the energy product spectrum. In addition to our core energy and fuel offerings to customers in the transportation sector, we provide advisory services, sustainability and renewable energy solutions, as well as supply fulfillment for natural gas and power. We continue to focus on advancing the energy transition to lower carbon alternatives through expanding our portfolio of energy solutions and providing customers with greater access to sustainably sourced energy. For more information, visit https://corp.worldkinect.com.

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