Board Assistant CFO

Introduction to the job

ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. With over 80 facilities, our organization is extensive, yet it is characterized by close cooperation — internally, and with customers and suppliers worldwide. The Board of Management (or BoM) is the highest executive body of our company and is responsible for setting the strategic direction and managing ASML.

Our board assistants work directly with and for our BoM members and support them with high-quality support while functioning seamlessly together within the team. This role will offer you a unique chance to support top executives and contribute to strategic objectives. If you are an experienced executive assistant looking for a challenging and dynamic position that allows you to make a substantial impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Role and responsibilities

In this role you will support the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), enabling him to focus on his core business. Efficiency and collaboration together with a deep understanding of the company context and its activities are important drivers for this position.

Together with your colleagues, you provide high-quality support to ASML’s top management. You independently manage expectations to meet the (future) needs of the BoM member. In this dynamic environment you frequently align on workload and responsibilities, in close collaboration with your team. You signal and support in optimizing our processes and continuously seek for opportunities to optimize the daily work. You anticipate and manage independently complex actions and integrate the business meetings and priorities. You will support the BoM member in external board positions and ensure that his calendar are duly considered in meeting schedules. A solid understanding of corporate and business governance is essential.

As Board Assistant to the CFO, you work with precision and a strong sense of responsibility. You know how to interact professionally and effectively with internal and external stakeholders, such as government officials, investors, high-level customers.

Main tasks include:

• Executive Support: Provide high-level “Assistant” support to the BoM member ensuring the smooth execution of BoM’s daily activities, such as agenda management, travel arrangement, e-mail management, meeting preparation, working from team perspective for combined activities of BoM Members

• Project Involvement: Contribute to the execution of business priorities by supporting (cross-) sectoral projects, events and defining meeting governance structures in a yearly planning cadence

• Communication: Work as an interface between the Board of Management and key stakeholders in- and outside of the company

• Confidentiality: The nature of this role requires that you understand the importance of handling sensitive information with the upmost care and professionalism

Education and experience

• You have 10+ years of relevant work experience in an international environment with cross-cultural knowledge

• You operate at an academic thinking and working level

• You are fluent in both spoken and written English and Dutch

Skills

To thrive in this job, you will need the following skills:

• Strong and balanced judgement on situations, facts, and circumstances

• Ability to create trust amongst all stakeholders dealing with the Board of Management

• Ability to be discreet under all circumstances

• Ability to quickly analyze complex (agenda related) problems, and present a solution that is beneficial to all involved

• Ability to keep an overall focus but with attention to detail

• Independent, structured, and accurate

• A collaborative mindset with a team-centered mentality

Diversity and inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

About Us

ASML is a leading supplier of lithography equipment, used by the world’s top chipmakers to print microchips that are increasingly powerful, fast and energy efficient. Working at ASML is inspiring, no matter what field you're in. That’s because we push the boundaries of technology: if it’s moving the world forward, chances are, we’re behind it. In fact, we’re probably a part of the electronic device you’re using right now.

We’re a global team of more than 32,000 people from 122 different nationalities and counting. Headquartered in Europe’s top tech hub, the Brainport Eindhoven region in the Netherlands, our operations are spread across Europe, Asia and the US.