Overview
Office Manager / Administrative Assistant Jobs in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Capital West Partners
Title: Office Manager / Administrative Assistant
Company: Capital West Partners
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Capital West Partners
Established in 1990, Capital West Partners is a leading transaction advisory firm, based in Vancouver, BC, serving entrepreneur-owned, Western Canadian-based companies in the “mid-market” (i.e. companies with revenues between $10 million and $300 million). We help our clients plan, negotiate, and complete major transactions such as business sales, acquisitions, and strategic financings. As one of the most active transaction advisory firms in Western Canada, we have successfully closed transactions totaling $10 billion for clients such as lululemon, Artizia, Canfor, A&W, The Keg, and Harbour Air, among many others. See our website for more information – www.capwest.com.
Our team of 14 individuals has vast experience in advising companies on a wide range of transactions and across various industries. Bringing energy and tenacity to every client assignment, we enjoy the challenge of seeing each deal through to successful completion and achieving our client’s transaction objectives. We are proud of our company culture of teamwork, open communication, and creating opportunities for all our team members.
Role Description
The role includes a wide range of responsibilities including:
Office Management / Basic Bookkeeping:
- Managing relationships and related administration with vendors e.g. landlord, suppliers of office equipment and other office services
- Managing payroll, expense reports and benefits related items for staff
- Managing incoming payments from customers, including preparation of invoices and banking related activities
- Preparing month end financials with CFO (Note: accounting background / experience is NOT a requirement for this role)
- Co-ordinating office meeting room use
- Managing office databases and files
- Planning team events
- Ad hoc tasks that ensure the smooth overall functioning of the office
Deal Team Support:
- Preparation of client presentations in Microsoft Powerpoint;
- Conducting industry research for client projects
Skills and Qualifications
The successful candidate will have the following:
- 2+ years experience working in an office environment in an office management or other administrative support role
- Strong attention to detail
- Proactive, energetic approach – keen to help out on a broad range of tasks
- Ability and desire to take on responsibility and learning new skills
- trong teamwork skills
- Experience working with Microsoft Powerpoint and Word
Hours
Standard hours are 8am – 4pm, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility on start time and number of days per week.
The ideal candidate can work 24-40 hours/week. This could potentially be across 3-5 days per week. The specific number of hours and days as well as starting and ending times each work day can be tailored to the candidate's preferences, subject to ensuring the needs of the business are met.
Compensation and Benefits
- $60,000 – $70,000/year for 40 hours/week (pro-rated accordingly if less than 40 hours/week)
- $1,500 Health Spending Account per year
- 15 days vacation
