Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer

Remote - Americas
Operations

About the role

Executive Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer About the role At Shopify, we’re on a mission to make commerce better for everyone. As the Executive Assistant to our Chief Financial Officer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of our Finance organization. This high-trust, high-impact position requires a strategic partner who can navigate a fast-paced, remote environment with confidence and precision. Your role is to multiply the impact of our CFO by managing complex schedules, handling confidential information, and ensuring seamless operations across the board. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on bringing order to chaos and is energized by the dynamic nature of tech-driven environments. Key Responsibilities:

Serve as the trusted operator for the CFO, anticipating needs and strategically managing their schedule.
Execute high-level coordination of internal and external meetings, travel arrangements, and daily operations.
Collaborate on key projects, identifying and addressing potential obstacles early on.
Maintain professionalism and discretion while engaging with senior leaders, board members, and investors.
Innovate within your role, leveraging AI tools and bringing new ideas to enhance operational efficiency.

Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years in a senior Executive Assistant role supporting C-suite executives.
Exceptional organizational skills with a strong attention to detail.
Proactive and independent, with the ability to make sound judgment calls.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of engaging with diverse stakeholders.
Tech-savvy with an enthusiasm for using AI tools to improve work processes.
Preferably based in the ET zone, comfortable with a remote-first, digital work environment.

Ready to be the strategic backbone of our Finance team? Join us and make commerce better for everyone.

About Shopify

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. We propel entrepreneurs and enterprises to scale the heights of their potential. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 8,300 employees and generated over $1 trillion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

About you

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone. Before you apply, consider if you can:

Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
Bring critical thought and opinion
Put AI agents and tools to work on the tasks they're built for, and focus on the work only humans can do
Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
Work digital-first for your daily work

We may use AI-enabled tools to screen, select, and assess applications. All AI outputs are reviewed and validated by our recruitment team.