Associate, Office Operations & Executive Support
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Meet the Company:
We are MERU. A values-driven impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies. We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales) and our clients include private equity firms credit funds investment banks and law firms. We bring deep turnaround experience a group of veteran operators and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation. MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the eight-plus years since its founding.
Associate Office Operations & Executive Support Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the New York office ensuring a professional productive and welcoming environment
- Manage inventory and place weekly or monthly orders for office and kitchen supplies including coffee and snacks
- Receive deliveries vendor relationships and building coordination serving as the primary liaison for maintenance repairs and service requests through BuildingEngines
- Coordinate building access and ID badges for new hires and employees while ensuring compliance with firm and building security protocols
- Partner with IT (Ripple) to ensure office equipment printers AV systems and Wi-Fi are functioning properly and support new hire equipment setup
- Maintain organization cleanliness and functionality across all shared spaces meeting rooms and common areas
- Track and reconcile office-related expenses in partnership with Finance
- Provide comprehensive scheduling calendar and logistics support to partners and senior leaders including meeting coordination agendas and follow-up actions
- Assist with travel planning expense processing and ad hoc administrative requests
- Partner with the onboarding team to ensure new hires have a smooth first few days coordinating logistics and creating a warm organized welcome experience
- Provide support to the recruiting team as needed including sourcing candidates coordinating interviews and managing onboarding logistics
- Partner with the Relationship Cultivation team to plan and execute firmwide and local events that strengthen culture relationships and engagement
- Plan and execute internal and client-facing functions that reflect the firms culture and professionalism
- Build and maintain strong relationships with employees across all levels to foster a collaborative and inclusive office environment
- Maintain accurate records and documentation for office and administrative processes
- Provide ad hoc operational and administrative support across departments as needed
Associate Office Operations & Executive Support Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree preferred or equivalent work experience
- 2 years of experience in office management operations coordination or EA support
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills with attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook Excel Word PowerPoint); experience with scheduling and expense systems a plus
- Professional demeanor proactive problem-solving skills and ability to maintain confidentiality
$100000 - $110000 a year
Base Salary Bonus
The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team:
Were Partners not consultants.When you join MERU you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems supported by a team of people who will challenge you support you and inspire you.
In order to be Partnerswe dont silo people into just one functional area of the business instead advancing our teams capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers.Additionally we dont just focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success.In training team members to be well-rounded individuals we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients allowing the ability to gain experience in diligence turnarounds interim management data science and more.
To aid this career advancement and development MERU provides an internal Coach to each team member in order to guide and maintain their professional development plan goals.Unlike most Firms we actually focus on the achievement of those goals for each individual team member providing opportunities that would not usually be offered.
FinallyMERU values personal time only traveling when necessary in order to celebrate and respect your personal life.We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members.
When you come to MERU you come to further your career and maintain your entrepreneurial spirit never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact solutions and value to clients.Learn more about our colleagues core characteristics and culture here: of MERU Service Offerings:
Performance Improvement:
Help companies identify and achieve their full potential by leveraging a value-focused approach to driving sustainable margin expansion impact. Services include MERU 360 Assessment Transformation Plan Development Chief Transformation Officer placement Cash Cycle and Working Capital Optimization and Implementation Performance Management.
Turnaround & Restructuring:
Partner with clients during uncertain times to help stabilize operations and rapidly triage the causes of financial distress charting a path back to long-term sustainability. Services include Interim Management Turnaround Plan Development and Execution Liquidity Management Stakeholder Negotiations Strategic Alternatives Assessment Bankruptcy Insolvency and Case Management.
Transaction Services:
Partner with private equity firms across the investment lifecycle from due diligence to portfolio value creation and exit planning. Services include Due Diligence Pre-Close Planning Post-Close Implementation and Exit Planning.
Data Insights:
Work with companies at all stages of their digital transformation journey to automate reporting processes build scalable data platforms and leverage predictive analytics to transform data from a liability into an asset. Services include Data Discovery and Analysis Data Prep and Integration Self-Service Analytics Data Visualization and Reporting Data Science and Advanced Analytics and Strategy Enablement.
Voluntary Inclusion
It is MERUs policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment compensation and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race color sex sexual orientation family medical history or genetic information political affiliation military service pregnancy marital status family status religion national origin age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters
Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that MERU will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency person or entity.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Business
- Information Management
- Accounting
- Corporate Risk Management
- Faculty
- Jms
About Company
We are MERU: a values-driven, bottom-line focused team dedicated to fixing companies. From transactions to transformations, MERU brings functional and industry expertise, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation.
