Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer
Salary surveys & compensation benchmarks
2 compensation survey reports publish salary benchmarks for Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer. Compare what each vendor covers and pick the right one for your organization.
Role summary
Responsible for providing full administrative support to the Accounting function head. Responsibilities may include the following duties, amongst others: greeting, screening & entertaining visitors, writing routine communications to a variety of audiences via e-mail, traditional mail, or other formats, screening telephone calls from a variety of callers including, executives, customers, media, and other sources, management of the executive’s schedule, making all travel arrangements, coordinating and scheduling meetings, organizing hospitality or other events sponsored by the executive, tracking and coordination of expenses, basic administration of the budget for the function, documenting meetings, and general administrative follow-up on behalf of the executive. Routinely exposed to highly confidential information of a material nature (financial condition, acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, takeover bids, executive changes, and similar information) and is required to maintain absolute discretion in these matters. Depending on the work volume and scope of work, may with approval, engage and supervise temporary staff. May also periodically engage and supervise temporary staff. May, on occasion, require travel outside the headquarters work location. Typically requires a degree and executive level administrative support experience in a large complex organization.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
Reports covering Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer
Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer salary survey FAQ
- Which compensation surveys cover Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer pay?
- 2 surveys publish Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer benchmarks, including data from Empsight. The full list is on this page; click into any one for scope, methodology, and pricing.
- How does Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer pay vary by industry and geography?
- Compensation for Executive Assistant to Controller / Chief Accounting Officer varies by industry, region, company size, and revenue. Most surveys above publish cuts on those dimensions. Industry-specific surveys (healthcare, tech, financial services, etc.) typically report meaningfully different ranges than cross-industry surveys for the same role.
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