Desjardins is a North American financial cooperative serving individuals, businesses, and communities across Canada. Its offerings span personal and business banking, credit cards, mortgages, loans, savings and investments, and auto and home insurance. The organization combines financial and insurance services with a cooperative model that gives members a role in decision-making, while emphasizing responsible investment, local economic support, community involvement, and youth development.
Administrative Assistant – Desjardins, Hybrid in Lévis or Montréal
Provide administrative and secretarial support to Desjardins managers, handling schedules, meetings, budgets and internal processes. This full-time hybrid role is based in Lévis or Montréal and requires strong French skills.
Description
- Prepare, format, update, produce and linguistically revise information documents.
- Handle internal administration, including sales tracking, dashboards, expense accounts, inventory, supplies and performance reviews.
- Manage and monitor the manager’s calendar, calls, email and mail.
- Prepare for and attend meetings, including management committee sessions.
- Record meeting minutes and track follow-up actions.
- Coordinate logistics for team meetings, committees, assemblies, travel and public relations activities.
- Help prepare the annual budget, monitor it throughout the year, and analyze and explain variances.
- Provide administrative and secretarial support to a director or manager who reports to a vice-president.
- Assist other unit members with administrative tasks as needed.
- Help coordinate, plan and prioritize the unit’s management activities.
- Work with a range of stakeholders.
- Independently assess administrative needs, make decisions and take action proactively.
Requirements
- A trade school diploma in a related field.
- At least three years of relevant experience.
- Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.
- Advanced written and spoken French proficiency.
- Action oriented.
- Effective communication.
- Customer focus.
- Appreciation of differences.
- Interpersonal savvy.
- Nimble learning.
- Planning and alignment.
- Situational adaptability.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual bonus.
- Four weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year.
- Defined benefit pension plan offering predictable, stable retirement income.
- Group insurance, including telemedicine.
- Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses and telework equipment.