Senior Executive Assistant

Senior Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant & Paralegal serves in a dual-capacity role providing high-level executive support to senior leadership while also delivering legal and compliance-related administrative assistance to the Legal Department. This position requires exceptional organizational skills, discretion, attention to detail, legal document management expertise, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. The incumbent acts as a trusted partner to executives, supporting strategic priorities, board and leadership activities, legal operations, contract administration, corporate governance requirements, and confidential matters.

Essential Functions

• Executive Support
• Provide comprehensive administrative support to senior executives and legal leadership.
• Manage complex calendars, meeting schedules, travel arrangements, and expense reporting.
• Coordinate executive meetings, leadership team meetings, board-related activities, and special events.
• Prepare correspondence, presentations, reports, agendas, and meeting materials.
• Draft, edit, and proofread communications and executive-level documents.
• Manage confidential information with a high degree of discretion and professionalism.
• Track action items, deadlines, and follow-up activities arising from executive meetings.
• Serve as a liaison between executives, internal stakeholders, external partners, and legal counsel.
• Support special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned.
• Paralegal Support
• Assist attorneys and legal leadership with the preparation, review, and management of legal documents.
• Draft and maintain contracts, agreements, amendments, resolutions, and legal correspondence.
• Coordinate execution, filing, and retention of legal agreements.
• Maintain legal databases, document management systems, and contract repositories.
• Conduct legal, regulatory, and corporate governance research as requested.
• Assist with corporate records management and compliance documentation.
• Support litigation management by organizing case files, discovery materials, and legal records.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and track legal invoices and budgets.
• Maintain company records related to corporate governance, board actions, and regulatory filings.
• Monitor legal deadlines and ensure timely completion of required filings and documentation.
• Board and Corporate Governance Support
• Assist with preparation and distribution of board, committee, and governance meeting materials.
• Maintain board records, resolutions, minutes, and governance documentation.
• Coordinate document execution and approvals in accordance with company policies.
• Support annual corporate governance processes and regulatory requirements.
• Compliance and Records Management
• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding legal, personnel, financial, and business matters.
• Ensure compliance with records retention schedules and document management policies.
• Assist with audits, compliance reviews, and legal information requests.
• Monitor regulatory and corporate filing deadlines.

Education Description

Required: Associate's degree in Paralegal Studies, Business Administration, Legal Studies, or related field. Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Business, Legal Studies, Public Administration, or related discipline. Paralegal Certificate from an ABA-approved program.

Experience Required: 5+ years of executive administrative support experience. 3+ years of paralegal or legal administrative experience. Experience supporting senior executives, attorneys, legal teams, or corporate governance functions. Preferred: Experience in a publicly traded company, utility, energy, legal, financial services, or other highly regulated industry. Experience supporting board of directors and executive leadership teams.

We want you to know

Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

What we bring to you

Competitive pay, paid training, benefits eligibility begins on your first day, transit subsidies, flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off, access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston, professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement, 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution.