Senior Administrative Assistant

About us:

Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy transition solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired over 47,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through LS Power Grid, the Firm has built and operates approximately 780 miles of high-voltage transmission and has another 350+ miles and multiple grid infrastructure projects currently under construction or development. Across its efforts, LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are accelerating the energy transition, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised $54 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.

Our Purpose, Mission, & Values:

Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world

Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem

Our Values are the willingness to participate in and help strengthen our culture of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership

Our People create value and are our Most Valuable asset.  We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.

Benefits

We provide our team the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees' happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $80,000 - $90,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New York City.  This salary range may also be modified in the future.

About the Role:

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Administrative Assistant (SAA) to support our Private Equity team. As the Senior Administrative Assistant, you will perform a variety of support duties for the Private Equity professionals and other groups. The Private Equity team focuses on managing current investments, seeking new investment opportunities and following market trends.

The work performed will include a broad range of responsibilities involving the handling of confidential information. You will exercise considerable initiative, judgment and discretion in completing assignments; perform tasks in a timely manner, with great attention to detail and know how to prioritize accordingly. As the SAA, you will communicate messages with great accuracy and value the urgency of certain duties as well as maintain confidentiality and professionalism at all times. You will anticipate needs and follow up to make sure tasks are completed in a satisfactory manner.

What you will do:

• Performs a range of operational support activities for the company including compiling reports, furnishing information to internal and external parties
• Maintain and update the deal tracker. This includes entering and organizing deal data, managing the tracker in Excel, and preparing regular updates or summary reports for internal distribution
• Provide back-up support to other Private Equity Executives and their Administrative Assistants.
• Coordinates travel and prepares itineraries: Adapts and maintains availability to respond to extensive logistical changes
• Provides administrative support functions including:
  • Meeting arrangements (reserves conference rooms, arranges catering orders, guest security clearance, and restaurant reservations
  • Calendar management and updating Outlook Contacts
  • Conference call scheduling in all time zones; setting up WebEx, video conferencing capabilities
  • Phone call screening
  • Expense report processing
• Organize and file all paperwork related to corporate deals; file electronically
• Basic administrative functions such as arranging courier services, mail packages, using office machines to print and scan
• Must be well versed in Microsoft Outlook and Excel and have strong internet research skills
• Coordinate bill payment with the accounting department for outside consulting services
• Provides occasional personal support to executives, ensuring both business and personal priorities are handled efficiently

We want you on our team because you…

• Hold a Bachelor's degree and have 5+ years of experience in an Administrative Services role in the financial industry
• Are independent, highly organized and extremely reliable and have a positive attitude
• Conserve executives' time by being proactive, solution-oriented and a confident communicator
• Are flexible and willing to adapt to dynamic office environment
• Are resourceful and creative in completing certain tasks without much direction or instructions
• Are willing to take on new responsibilities and can be held accountable for the completion of all assignments
• Have the ability to follow-up with all parties involved to make sure projects are completed correctly and on time
• Are able to work well under pressure and maintain professionalism under all circumstances; must have excellent interpersonal skills
• Possess the desire to excel; you are self-motivated
• Are a great team player; communicates effectively with other internal groups in obtaining tools needed to provide support to the executives in the group.
• Have experience with the following programs:
  • Microsoft: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Concur Travel and Expenses