Executive Assistant, Finance & Accounting

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to join our dynamic administrative professionals’ team. We need a quick-thinking collaborator to support multiple leaders on the finance and accounting team. The Stand Together finance team empowers our community by providing the knowledge and capabilities needed to steward resources wisely and create long-term value. We do this by capturing and sharing timely, accurate financial knowledge that enables sound decisions and principled entrepreneurship. Our work includes accounting, planning, reporting, compliance, and stewarding reserves—all essential to ensuring organizations across the community have the resources they need to advance our shared vision.

As an Executive Assistant on this team, you’ll connect task management to organizational priorities, ensuring our leaders can focus their gifts where they create the most value. Success requires discretion, urgency, and customer focus, qualities that empower others to do their best work. You’ll thrive if you’re motivated by contribution, anticipate needs, and take pride in executing with excellence. The finance team is a collaborative, fast-paced group that values openness, mutual support, and continual learning!  

• Provide calendar management. Build and maintain a deep understanding of priorities to effectively allocate the principal's time. Prioritize a high volume of inquiries and requests while troubleshooting conflicts for key leaders and the broader team with a high level of attention to detail. Make judgements on time and recommendations grounded in strategic priorities and with a win-win mentality to ensure smooth day-to-day engagements. 
• Meeting preparation and participation. Assemble meeting agendas, record meeting minutes and notes, and oversee A/V needs and action items. 
• Provide general administrative support. Provide ad-hoc project coordination, along with general administrative tasks such as processing invoice payments, reconciling receipts and expense reports on behalf of the leaders, and booking and coordinating travel, itineraries, and logistics. 
• Own and contribute to team and organizational projects and operational improvements as needed. Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with limited direction by being entrepreneurial and innovative. Proactively seek, share, and apply knowledge to spot opportunities and deliver innovative, entrepreneurial solutions in fast-paced environments with limited direction. 
• Identify areas to increase efficiency and innovate to improve administrative processes. Seek opportunities to help the administrative team support the organization’s goals more effectively. Identify, learn, and teach new tools or techniques to elevate the level of support and partnership the team gives. 
• The role will be based in-person in the Ballston, VA office.  

• 5+ years of professional experience in a support or administrative capacity 
• Experience in a high-volume scheduling environment, strongly preferred 
• Astute attention to detail and drive to take initiative  
• Track record of follow-up and follow-through; high degree of reliability 
• Extremely organized, self-disciplined, and professional in demeanor
• High degree of confidentiality, sound judgment, ability to think on your feet and problem solve while maintaining composure 
• Articulate and concise oral and written communication skills 
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together's vision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect. 

• Proficiency with expense reporting software, such as Concur. 

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace. 
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges. 
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents. 
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive. 

Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.   

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.