Full-Time

Executive Business Partner

Posted on 6/23/2025

ghSMART

ghSMART

201-500 employees

Leadership assessment and executive advisory firm

No salary listed

Remote in UK

Remote

Category
Administrative & Executive Assistance (1)
Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
Salesforce
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • Minimum of 4 years’ experience in an executive support role
  • Technically savvy: strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and Salesforce
  • Demonstrate a high client service orientation: highly responsive with strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Incredibly organized with superb attention to detail and the ability to execute
  • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
  • Proactively manage sensitive information with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality
  • Act independently with very little supervision and a strong work ethic
  • Proactive and self-motivated; take initiative
Responsibilities
  • Provide proactive project management. Coordinate with internal and external team members and make recommendations for meetings, project plan and timeline, team calls, data compilation, and survey administration
  • Make recommendations for your consultant(s) with regard to their time management, prioritization, delegation, and organization
  • Independently prepare correspondence, such as client contracts, client invoice requests, report templates, scheduling requests, and final client ready documents with impeccable attention to detail
  • Partner with your consultant(s) to track key project milestones as well as progress against personal, team, and firm goals/targets
  • Proactively manage complex meetings both internally and with our clients; resolve scheduling conflicts quickly and prioritize issues to ensure an effective time management approach
  • Manage frequent and detailed client invoice requests and expense reports; independently drive audit and reconciliation process to ensure proper reimbursement and client invoicing
  • Assist with special projects and travel arrangements as needed
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Growth mindset
  • Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience in travel planning and coordination and expense reporting

ghSMART provides leadership advisory services to help CEOs, boards, and investors build valuable organizations. It uses a fact-based, data-driven approach to high-stakes people decisions, focusing on selecting, assessing, and developing leaders. Its product combines PhD-level psychology with business expertise to conduct bespoke leadership assessments and advisory engagements. The company differentiates itself with the largest leadership-performance database from over 21,000 assessments across 550+ organizations, a 100% employee-owned independent stance, and a team blending academia with top-tier industry talent. ghSMART’s goal is to improve leadership quality and value creation for clients, including private equity firms, investment managers, Fortune 500s, and nonprofits.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

null

Founded

1995

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • KKR's 2025 minority investment funds expansion to 34 cities across continents.
  • 97% client satisfaction drives repeat business from Fortune 500s and PE firms.
  • Time Smart model offers remote freedom, attracting top talent certified Great Place to Work.

What critics are saying

  • KKR investment triggers poaching of PhD psychologists by Egon Zehnder within 12-24 months.
  • AI platforms from Heidrick and Korn Ferry obsolete 21,000-assessment database in 6-18 months.
  • PE client contraction internalizes assessments, slashing engagements in 24-36 months.

What makes ghSMART unique

  • ghSMART executes over 21,000 assessments using proprietary methods from bestselling books.
  • Firm combines PhD psychologists with McKinsey alumni for leadership advisory.
  • 100% employee-owned structure ensures independent perspective for CEO successions.

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Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Performance Bonus

Stock Options

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Professional Development Budget

Company News

GuruFocus
Jul 16th, 2025
Leadership Advisory Firm ghSMART Announces Significant Minority Investment from KKR | KKR Stock News

KKR acquires a significant minority stake in leadership advisory firm ghSMART. ghSMART celebrates 30-year anniversary, retaining majority ownership.

PR Newswire
Feb 20th, 2024
ghSMART Tops Vault's Annual Study of Best Consulting Firms in Fourteen Categories

Beyond the individual categories, ghSMART was awarded the #4 spot in the overall "Vault Consulting 50" rating, the definitive industry list of best consulting firms; ghSMART jumped up two spots to #4, joining Bain and BCG in the top five.

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