Client Accounting Coordinator

About the Role

The Client Accounting Coordinator is responsible for providing accounting, technical, and clerical support to Client Accounting personnel, working closely with Accounting Specialists and Accountants. The position may take direction from the Department Lead, Controller, or Vice President of Client Accounting.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides support to Accounting Specialists, Accountants, and Accounting Managers.
• Recognizes and rewards right behavior in others and addresses inappropriate behavior or ethical breaches.
• Performs the duties of other Client Accounting Coordinators as required.
• Exercises professionalism and uses caution/discretion when engaging team members or other business associates.
• Supports and enforces company and accounting policies as well as all applicable federal, state and local statutes and regulations.
• Completes team functions including, but not limited to, processing accounts payable, reconciling bank accounts, or performing basic audit work.
• Compiles and sorts documents such as forms, invoices, checks, and bank statements.
• Performs calculating, posting, or verifying duties to confirm business transaction details and maintain financial information.
• Compares data contained in a variety of financial records to detect trends, errors, or anomalies.
• Maintains files and support documentation to authenticate business transactions.
• Achieves high productivity through reliable and punctual on-site attendance, and timely reports any tardiness and/or attendance issues to immediate supervisor.
• Supports and enforces internal controls established by the department and company, and discloses any weaknesses.
• Applies quality measures and standards within all areas of responsibility.
• Continually seeks to identify innovative strategies for increasing department efficiencies and reducing expenses.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic knowledge of department-specific accounting functions.
• Detail-oriented work ethic.
• Aptitude for numbers.
• Functional understanding of current accounting software and Microsoft Office products.
• Consistently exhibits strong ethics and confidence, as well as a positive attitude.
• Ability to provide professional support for an assigned team and cultivate value, trust, and positive relations.
• Willingness to hold self and others accountable for performance.
• Flexibility to modify or shift behavior as situations or objectives evolve.
• Capable of cultivating team camaraderie through support and participation.
• Effective critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize and focus on critical tasks as well as shift focus or multitask.
• Capable of working within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Self-motivated to achieve or exceed performance standards and goals.
• Integrity, objectivity, and accountability.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, while exercising interdependence within an assigned team.
• Diplomacy to develop and preserve positive relations with team members.
• Light physical demand: frequently sit, stand, walk, reach forward and overhead, finger, and grasp.
• Occasionally bend, crouch, or stoop.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• Close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other comparable business-related degree is preferred.
• Candidates currently enrolled in a college or university actively pursuing such a degree may be considered.
• Prior accounting experience is not required; this is an entry-level position.