SHAHRIA SHAKHAWAT
Queens
Summary
Strategic Executive Assistant and Business Support professional with experience supporting senior leaders in fast-paced corporate environments including financial services and technology. Proven ability to manage complex calendars, executive communications, travel logistics, stakeholder relationships, operational reporting, and cross-functional business initiatives. Known for executive presence, discretion, proactive problem-solving, and driving organizational efficiency.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant / Business Support Manager
Bank of America
Jersey City
04.2026 - Current
- Provide strategic executive support to multiple senior leaders within business management, overseeing complex calendars, priority alignment, and high-volume scheduling.
- Manage executive rhythms including leadership meetings, 1:1s, business reviews, team events, and organizational planning sessions.
- Coordinate domestic and international travel, expense management, and executive logistics while ensuring policy compliance.
- Prepare executive briefing materials, presentations, agendas, and follow-up action trackers for leadership decision-making.
- Partner cross-functionally with finance, risk, compliance, HR, and operations teams to support business priorities.
- Handle confidential business matters with professionalism, discretion, and strong executive judgment.
- Proactively resolve calendar conflicts, shifting priorities, and urgent business requests in a fast-paced environment.
- Drive process improvements across scheduling, meeting governance, and administrative workflows to increase leader efficiency.
Executive Operations Lead
Meta
New York
05.2023 - 09.2025
- Supported senior leadership by managing complex calendars, executive meetings, shifting priorities, and business-critical deliverables.
- Acted as a strategic partner to leadership by driving meeting cadence, agenda preparation, action tracking, and follow-up execution.
- Coordinated executive travel, expense reporting, scheduling logistics, and cross-functional leadership meetings.
- Managed confidential communications, leadership documentation, organizational updates, and executive materials.
- Partnered with internal stakeholders including operations, finance, HR, recruiting, and external vendors.
- Anticipated scheduling conflicts and proactively restructured executive priorities to maximize productivity.
- Owned meeting notes, decision logs, and accountability tracking across multiple business workstreams.
- Implemented workflow improvements that reduced administrative inefficiencies and improved operational execution.
Education
BBA - Business Administration
Baruch College
12-2023
Skills
- Executive Support & Business Management: Executive calendaring, strategic scheduling, leadership support, executive communications, confidential information management, meeting governance, action tracking, stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination
- Operations & Program Support: Business operations, process improvement, project coordination, workflow optimization, vendor management, event planning, travel coordination, expense reporting, organizational planning
- Tools & Platforms: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Webex, Google Workspace, calendar management systems, presentation development, reporting dashboards
- Leadership Competencies: Executive presence, proactive problem solving, prioritization, decision support, relationship management, adaptability, discretion, written and verbal communication
Timeline
Executive Assistant / Business Support Manager
Bank of America
04.2026 - Current
Executive Operations Lead
Meta
05.2023 - 09.2025
BBA - Business Administration
Baruch College