Executive Assistant & Business Support

About the role

This is a high-impact, onsite Executive Assistant & Business Support role for someone who understands how a business runs — not just how to manage a calendar. You'll be trusted with real responsibility and expected to run with it: following through on commitments, flagging issues early, and being upfront the moment something goes wrong.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively track, manage, and follow up on the Managing Director's key priorities — through to completion, not just kick-off

• Liaise with internal leaders to make sure deadlines and commitments are actually met

• Drive accountability across teams and escalate where needed

• Support business costings, reporting, and analysis in Excel

• Coordinate HR admin — performance review tracking, leave oversight, workforce planning, onboarding support

• Provide general business and personal administrative support

• Spot process improvements and help evolve the role over time

• Flag issues, delays, or mistakes as soon as they happen — including your own

About you

• Experience supporting senior leaders or business owners in a fast-paced, hands-on environment

• A genuine track record of reliability — deadlines met, tasks finished, commitments honoured

• Strong initiative — comfortable making decisions and acting without being told

• Total honesty and transparency, including raising your own mistakes before someone else finds them

• Solid commercial judgement and business acumen

• Intermediate–advanced Excel skills

• Confidence across Microsoft 365 (OneDrive, OneNote, Teams, Office)

• Sharp attention to detail and a highly organised approach

• Nice to have: exposure to HR and/or business operations

About us

Our client is a highly regarded, privately owned Australian success story in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. With decades of growth behind it, the business now supplies major customers nationwide while still moving with the speed and decisiveness of a founder-led company. It plays an important role in bringing authentic Indian food products to the Australian market, proudly promoting Indian cuisine and culture through its offerings. Backed by a loyal, long-tenured team, the business is entering an exciting growth phase.

Benefits

• $75,000–$90,000 + super, dependent on experience

• Full time, with part time (~5 hrs/day) considered for the right person

• Monday–Friday, 9:00am–5:30pm, some flexibility on start/finish

• Genuine career development and training as the business grows