Operations Project Coordinator Jobs

Education & Accreditations

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Optional – Plus

• Tax technical experience
• Accounting and/or Tax degree

Work Experience

Required

• Position responsible for resource allocations, primarily human resources
• Project management position

• Middle market accounting firm
• – Plus
• Tax department
• Professional services firm (accounting, legal, engineering, medical, etc.)

Skills and Attributes

Required

• Self-confident, ability to discuss and hold accountable all levels from interns to directors.
• Detail-oriented. Must be able to go into the details of projects and understand their impact on the overall outcome and objectives.
• Independent and self-manager. Ability to work with minimal supervision, understanding the objectives and goals of the department, and finding ways to put them into practice.
• Resourceful. Must be able to come up with creative solutions to resolve scheduling conflicts as they unexpectedly come up. The cliché “thinking outside the box” to be able to get around obstacles on day-to-day.
• Technology skills. Comfortable with learning and using new software quickly, and looking for new ways or software to work more efficiently.
• Great organizational skills. Able to manage multiple schedules concurrently, plan them, and see them through conclusion.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel. Ability to effectively export data from existing software and manipulate it to provide useful reports to management. Ability to effectively create worksheets and reports to assist in managing and monitoring status of projects.

• -task.
• – Plus
• Passion for teaching. Teach and assist our tax team members to improve their project managements skills, at all levels.
• People manager. Eventually get to know the tax department team members, what are their strengths and weaknesses, relate to them, and use that knowledge to assist with schedule planning.