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Sarah Goodnough

New York,NY

Summary

Executive Assistant skilled at offering high-level administrative support to senior-level staff. Expertly assists executive team using exceptional communication and organizational skills.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Assistant to Firm

TruArc Partners, LP (formerly named Snow Phipps Group)
06.2019 - 06.2023
  • Executive Support to office, including 6 Partners, 2 Co-Managing Partners, 17 financial professionals, and 3-4 remote operating partners
  • Program administrator for Concur; implemented Concur as an integrated platform (travel, expensing and invoicing) firm wide in 2019.
  • Administrator for Company Corporate American Express Accounts ( 2 control accounts, 22 cards)
  • Administrator for Quickbooks
  • Assisted with Cybersecurity compliance initiatives alongside outsourced IT firm, as well as onboarding/terminations and other HR related functions
  • Coordinated company events, ie company happy hours, annual investor meeting, and fundraising meetings
  • Worked closely with advisory firms to coordinate fundraising calls, meetings
  • Updated company database and CRM systems
  • Heavy travel bookings for firm, done directly with vendors, as well as through designated travel agency
  • Responsible for passport renewals, visa expedition, travel documents and itineraries
  • Create and submit expense reports for all employees to CFO on a timely basis
  • Help facilitate execution of legal documents, both electronically, and wet ink, in timely manner
  • Heavy calendar management in Outlook for firm, managed email inboxes for select senior executives
  • Light ad hoc personal and familial support for senior management executives
  • Worked alongside office manager to tend to facilities and building requests or concerns

Executive Assistant to Three Managing Directors, Two Vice Presidents, and One Director

GCA Advisors
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Arrange all client meetings, and coordinate heavy travel domestically, and internationally
  • Assist with all aspects of office maintenance and facilities upkeep
  • Formulate deadline driven documents, bios, references and other relevant items on demand
  • Create spreadsheets weekly to track correspondence and stages of all open/closed/current deals
  • Maintain CRM contact system, by entering all client relationships, and relevant contacts/companies
  • Allocate and submit expenses through Concur in a timely manner.

Executive Assistant to Head of Global Market Sales, Americas, Co-Head of Securitized Product Sales, and Prop Trading Team

Nomura Securities International
2015 - 2016
  • Provided C-level and Senior Management administrative support, in addition to managing business needs of Prop trading team
  • Coordinated frequent business travel to Americas and Headquarters/dual office in Japan
  • Arranged for successful acquisition of expedited visas, and preparation of all other consular documents and services
  • Maintained over 15 calendars across several time zones to account for all executive and team meetings
  • Arranged all aspects of travel, including car service, flights, hotels, conference and event registration, expedition of materials for all domestic and international meetings, as well as processing of all travel expenses in timely manner

Part-time Temp Administrative Support

Career Group/ Glocap
01.2013 - 01.2015

Provided executive and administrative support for several financial services firms ( PE, banking, venture capital etc) via staffing firms , Career Group and Glocap.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Political Science, Pre-Law Program

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Skills

  • Concur, Quickbooks, Dealcloud, Salesforce Trinet
  • Advanced MS Office Suite
  • Google Drive
  • Team building, Verbal/Written Communication, Task Prioritization, Organization and Time Management, Project Planning, Critical Thinking

Timeline

Executive Assistant to Firm

TruArc Partners, LP (formerly named Snow Phipps Group)
06.2019 - 06.2023

Executive Assistant to Three Managing Directors, Two Vice Presidents, and One Director

GCA Advisors
01.2018 - 05.2019

Part-time Temp Administrative Support

Career Group/ Glocap
01.2013 - 01.2015

Executive Assistant to Head of Global Market Sales, Americas, Co-Head of Securitized Product Sales, and Prop Trading Team

Nomura Securities International
2015 - 2016

Bachelor of Science - Political Science, Pre-Law Program

Florida State University
Sarah Goodnough