Finance & Operations Support – Freelance

Posted 12hrs ago

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Executive Assistant supporting a Silicon Valley robotics company’s C-level executive. Managing phones, calendars, inboxes, accounting, vendors, and operations remotely.

Responsibilities:

  • Answer the company’s main Dialpad line and determine the purpose of each call
  • Screen, qualify, and route inquiries to internet sales, showroom sales, rentals, events and marketing, shipping, and after-sales support
  • Learn the company’s product and service lines to direct callers accurately and provide basic information
  • Manage the executive’s calendar, prioritize requests, resolve conflicts, and preserve meeting buffers
  • Confirm meetings, send reminders, and ensure the executive is prepared for commitments
  • Review the inbox, flag time-sensitive items, track pending responses, and prepare email drafts
  • Coordinate business and personal appointments, reservations, travel arrangements, and itineraries
  • Support invoicing, accounts payable and receivable follow-up, expense tracking, and reconciliations
  • Prepare financial records, expense reports, and routine financial summaries
  • Assist with budgeting, vendor payments, purchase orders, and coordination with external accountants or bookkeepers
  • Handle sensitive financial and business information with discretion
  • Track vendors, shipments, orders, and internal processes; flag bottlenecks
  • Document and improve operational workflows
  • Keep records accurate and audit-ready
  • Coordinate employee birthday reminders, food deliveries, remote greetings, and other approved team activities
  • Prepare quotes, correspondence, reports, presentations, agendas, and other requested documents
  • Maintain organized digital files and frequently used documents and templates

Requirements:

  • Proven Executive Assistant experience in a high-ownership role, including calendar and inbox management, handling confidential information, and working directly with a C-level executive
  • Hands-on accounting or finance experience, including invoicing, accounts payable/receivable, bookkeeping, expense management, reconciliations, or financial reporting support
  • Experience in business or operations support, including vendor management, process coordination, and order or shipment tracking
  • Strong spoken and written English
  • Confident, professional phone presence and customer-facing or phone-support experience
  • Sound judgment when screening and routing inquiries
  • Proficiency with Google Workspace, especially Google Sheets for financial work
  • Experience with executive calendar, inbox, meeting, and travel coordination
  • Experience with phone and call-routing systems such as Dialpad or similar
  • Experience with vendor, order, and shipment tracking
  • Experience preparing quotes, reports, presentations, and agendas
  • Experience with workflow documentation and record keeping
  • Discretion and integrity with confidential financial and business information
  • Proactive working style with judgment to solve routine problems independently and escalate appropriately
  • Excellent organization, follow-through, and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage competing priorities calmly
  • Flexibility in a fast-paced startup environment
  • Quick learning, especially of robotics and AI product lines
  • Computer with at least 8GB RAM and Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 processor or higher
  • Internet speed of at least 40MBPS
  • Headset with extended noise-cancelling microphone and webcam
  • Back-up computer and internet connection
  • Quiet, dedicated workspace at home
  • Reliable internet connection
  • Own computer with Intel Core i5 or similar or higher operating system
  • 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM PST

Benefits:

  • No benefits package included