Office Assistant
Premium Merchant Funding · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
On-siteAdministrative$45k–$50k/yrFull-time
About the Role
As an Office Assistant, you'll play an important role in keeping the office organized and supporting our sales, operations, and management teams. This is an entry-level opportunity for someone who is dependable, organized, and eager to learn how a fast-moving financial services company operates.
Responsibilities
- Support Daily Office Operations: Help manage the day-to-day administrative needs of the office and ensure the workspace remains organized, stocked, and running smoothly.
- Assist With Client Files: Help organize and maintain client and funding files, including applications, bank statements, business documents, contracts, and other supporting documentation.
- Collect and Organize Documentation: Assist the team with requesting, receiving, organizing, and tracking documents needed to move business financing applications through the review process.
- Data Entry and CRM Updates: Enter and update client, application, and deal information in our CRM and internal systems while maintaining accurate records.
- Track and Distribute Business Data: Maintain, organize, and track incoming business and client data, ensuring information is accurately recorded and distributed to the appropriate sales representatives and internal teams in a timely manner.
- Support the Sales Team: Assist sales representatives with administrative tasks, document follow-ups, application preparation, and other day-to-day needs that allow the sales team to stay focused on clients.
- Coordinate With Internal Teams: Help facilitate communication between sales, underwriting, processing, and management to keep applications and funding requests moving efficiently.
- Monitor Incoming Communications: Help manage general office calls, emails, correspondence, and document requests and direct them to the appropriate team member.
- Assist With Funding Administration: Support the processing team with basic administrative tasks related to approvals, contracts, funding documentation, and completed deals.
- Maintain Office Supplies and Organization: Monitor office inventory, coordinate supply orders, and help maintain a professional and organized office environment.
- Provide General Administrative Support: Assist management and team members with scheduling, filing, scanning, copying, reports, spreadsheets, and occasional special projects.
Qualifications
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Clear and professional communication skills
- Comfortable working with computers, email, spreadsheets, and web-based systems
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Dependable, punctual, and willing to take ownership of responsibilities
- Professional demeanor when communicating with clients and internal team members
- Ability to handle business and financial information with discretion
- Willingness to learn new systems and processes
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, or CRM systems is a plus
- Previous administrative, office, customer service, or financial services experience is helpful but not required
Compensation
$45,000-$50,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications
Why You'll Love It
- Learn the Industry: Gain hands-on exposure to the alternative financing and merchant cash advance industry.
- Career Growth: Learn how sales, underwriting, processing, and funding work together, creating opportunities to grow into other roles within the company.
- Fast-Paced Environment: Work alongside an ambitious team where no two days are exactly the same.
- Direct Impact: Your organization and follow-through will directly help our team serve business owners and close transactions efficiently.
- Midtown Manhattan Office: Work in a collaborative, energetic office environment in the heart of New York City.
What Success Looks Like
- Client and deal information is entered accurately and kept up to date.
- Documents are organized, complete, and easy for the team to access.
- Sales and processing teams receive timely administrative support.
- Follow-ups and internal requests don't fall through the cracks.
- The office remains organized and operates efficiently.
- You become someone the team can consistently rely on to get things done.