Strategic Partners Finance –Administrative Assistant

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Strategic Partners Finance –Administrative Assistant

Employer:

Blackstone

Business Unit:

Strategic Partners

Business Unit Description:

Strategic Partners is a global leader in illiquid fund investing, including secondaries, co-investments and primary advisory. The Strategic Partners business was founded in 2000 and has significant experience in providing limited partners a range of liquidity solutions across illiquid asset classes on a fair, timely and confidential basis. Strategic Partners is one of the most prolific secondary market participants in the world and is recognized as an innovative investor, with broad transaction capabilities that reinforce its established reputation as a nimble and responsive investor. Through its private equity, infrastructure and real estate platforms Strategic Partners has executed 2,100+ transactions that represent interests in around 5,600 underlying fund interests managed by over 1,700 different financial sponsors.

Job Title:

Administrative Assistant

Job Description:

The Administrative Assistant will provide support to Blackstone’s Strategic Partners finance team in New York. The responsibilities include:

• Managing calendar(s) including scheduling internal and external appointments, confirming meetings, coordinating with other assistants
• Answering calls and acting as a gatekeeper, redirecting inquiries to other professionals when appropriate, as well as client liaison
• Acting as back-support for other senior professionals
• Coordinating travel arrangements including flights, visas/passports, cars, hotels, and other reservations
• Completion of detailed corporate expenses including allocation, tracking receipts and reimbursements
• Booking conference rooms for internal and external meetings, meeting and greeting guests, registering guests in visitor system
• Coordinating on-going group meetings, managing team meeting agendas, and organizing team events and cultural initiatives
• Maintaining and organizing files
• Monitoring and maintaining office equipment and inventory supplies
• Role may require some work after regular business hours to do time sensitive tasks
• Assisting with a variety of bespoke projects

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The successful candidate should have:

• 3+ years of assistant experience
• Ability to utilize discretion and independent judgment
• Team oriented individual who builds relationships and thrives in a dynamic environment
• Strong communication skills; high EQ
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks and deadlines
• Perform duties with the highest level of confidentiality and integrity
• Experience with coordinating travel arrangements
• Independent worker with strong follow-through skills
• Ability to build relationships with key players and management
• Creative thinker
• Extensive familiarity with Microsoft suite
• Familiarity with Concur is preferred

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$70,000 - $130,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.
Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at [email protected].

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.
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