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Sasaki lists this Accounting Coordinator opportunity in boston, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Senior Accounting CoordinatorSasaki seeks a Senior Accounting Coordinator to join its award-winning firm in the Boston, MA office.Sasaki is an international design firm headquartered in Boston, with locations in Denver, New York, LA, and Shanghai. We believe defining the future of place must be a collective, contextual, and values-driven exercise. Through more than 70 years of practice, we have affirmed that diverse perspectives, blended disciplines, open exchange, deep engagement with clients and communities, commitment to history and context, curiosity about new ways of thinking and making, and expert facility with data and emerging technologies, together, will always unearth stronger design than one vision hewn by one author ever could.Reporting to the Senior Controller, the Senior Accounting Coordinator supports the financial health and operational efficiency of the firm by performing key accounting functions and ensuring timely, accurate processing of financial data. This role combines hands-on accounting responsibilities with a strong understanding of project-based financial workflows, such as billing, payables, receivables, and reconciliations. The Senior Accounting Coordinator is expected to work closely with project teams, finance staff, and leadership to ensure that financial systems and practices align with the firm's creative operations. The role requires accuracy, accountability, and a proactive approach to solving financial and operational challenges.This role requires at least 3 years of accounting experience.Responsibilities:Prepares and reviews client invoices in accordance with project contracts, milestones, and billing schedules, ensuring invoices reflect accurate scope, time, reimbursable expenses, and applicable taxes or markup.Collaborates with project managers to gather billing inputs, confirm billable work, and ensure alignment with fee structures, making recommendations about collaboration improvements, as neededOversees analysis and processing of employee expense reimbursements and corporate credit cards, independently approving or denying reimbursement requests with little to no supervisionDistributes monthly reporting of operating expenses incurred against approved budget to stakeholdersWorks closely with AP Manager to provide oversight of payables responsibilities, including affecting timely payment to subconsultants and monitoring liquidityContributes to month-end close activities, including certain reconciliations of internal systems to ensure proper and complete capture of revenue, credit memosLeads outstanding invoice follow-up along with billing managers, escalating delinquent accounts as needed to project managers and finance leadershipSupports the collections process with a high level of professionalism and tact to maintain client relationshipsProvides timely updates to finance leadership on AR status and billing projections, providing updates verbally or in written reportsMaintains organized billing records, logs, and documentation to support audits and reportingContributes significantly to training or guidance curriculum for project managers on billing protocols in a manner that is clear and easy to understandRecords monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entriesSets up and verifies clients within the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, Deltek VantagepointContributes significantly to the management and maintenance of all billing records and files according to IRS regulationsAssists daily cash deposits in a manner that is accurate and thoroughAssists with other corporate finance matters, as neededRole-Specific Skills:Highly attentive to detail in ensuring all invoices are accurate, timely, and contract-compliant, and that data is consistently entered and maintained with accuracy and efficiencyHighly proficient in Vantagepoint, specifically in generating, editing, and tracking invoices in and in maintaining audit-ready recordsSkilled in communicating with internal staff about invoices, deadlines, and/or collections-related matters, and in resolving these matters efficientlySkilled in communicating with external parties (clients, etc.) in a professional manner so as to efficiently resolve A/R mattersHandles sensitive client, fee, and financial information with a high level of professionalism and careSuccessfully operates in a collaborative, organized, and accountable manner in a fast-paced, high volume environmentConsistently able to build trust across teams through responsiveness, attention to detail, and consistencyVery proficient in other important firm tools (GMail suite, Microsoft suite, etc.)
Worksite address
boston, MA, 02108, US
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