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Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.\nAt Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.\nAbout the opportunity\nWe are looking for a Client Finance Coordinator to join the South Africa finance team and support selected EMEA client finance administration. This is a hands-on finance operations role for someone who is structured, accurate and comfortable with detailed administrative work, recurring deadlines and stakeholder follow-up across markets.\nThe Coordinator will help keep core client finance administration moving by managing documentation, tracking billing and Workday requests, extracting routine reports, maintaining trackers and escalating issues to the correct owner when judgement is required.\nRole purpose\nTo provide accurate, timely and consistent finance administration support across selected EMEA clients and markets. The role is designed to improve process consistency, reduce duplicated administration and allow senior finance colleagues to focus on business partnering, performance management and commercial judgement.\nThe core operating principle is simple: execute, coordinate and escalate.\nKey responsibilities\nClient, project and Workday administration\nMaintain administrative trackers; support routine setup requests by checking that mandatory information is present; chase missing information; route complete packs to the correct owner; maintain approved records and process notes.\nBilling and invoicing support\nPrepare billing administration packs using approved inputs and templates; gather invoice backup, PO references, project codes and approved billing details; track billing status, missing backup, approval gaps and PO blockers; locate documentation for routine queries.\nWorking capital coordination support\nDistribute approved AR, AP or working capital reports where required; maintain internal follow-up trackers; gather documentation or internal commentary requested by Credit Control, AP, Billing, local finance or the Regional Finance Lead; escalate blockers through agreed routes.\nData quality and exception tracking\nPerform first-pass administrative checks for data completeness, coding, missing time, missing backup, project references and tracker status; compare approved exports and trackers to identify omissions or obvious mismatches; prepare exception lists for accountable owners.\nReporting administration and tracker maintenance\nRun, download and save standard Workday or approved finance-system reports according to an agreed calendar and naming convention; populate pre-agreed templates and admin trackers; distribute routine status outputs to the agreed internal audience.\nDocumentation, audit and compliance support\nRetrieve, organise and file approved invoices, billing backup, POs, approvals, reconciliations, correspondence and other supporting documentation; track evidence requests and submit documentation to the accountable owner on time.\nProcess documentation and transition support\nMaintain SOPs, task checklists, handover notes, reporting calendars and escalation routes; support safe transition of repeatable admin tasks by following agreed handover plans and controls; flag recurring manual work or unclear ownership.\nStakeholder coordination and escalation\nCoordinate routine follow-up across South Africa finance, EMEA Client Finance, local finance, Billing / FSS, Credit Control, AP, account teams and Project Managers; send clear reminders, capture action owners and escalate when judgement is required.\nRequired experience, skills and capabilities\nDegree, diploma or equivalent experience in finance, accounting, business administration or a related field.\nStrong written and spoken English, required due to the international EMEA working environment.\nProficiency in Microsoft Excel and confidence working with structured data, trackers and recurring templates.\nStrong organisation, time management and attention to detail; able to manage recurring weekly and monthly deadlines.\nComfortable working with finance systems and following documented processes accurately.\nClear communication style and ability to follow up professionally with stakeholders across markets and time zones.\nGood judgement on when to escalate rather than resolve independently.\nAbility to handle confidential financial, client and employee information appropriately.\nService-oriented, process-minded and persistent in closing routine administrative actions.\nPreferred experience and capabilities\nExperience in finance administration, billing support, client finance administration, shared services, project finance administration or AR/AP coordination support.\nWorkday experience is a plus.\nExposure to a professional services, agency or multi-market environment is preferred but not essential.\nFamiliarity with purchase orders, invoices, invoice backup, project codes, WIP, AR/AP status reports and finance documentation is helpful.\nAdditional EMEA language capability is a plus, particularly Spanish, Italian, French or German.\nBasic exposure to process improvement tools, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI or Power Automate is helpful where it supports administrative efficiency.\nCandidate profile\nThe right candidate is structured, accurate and comfortable with detailed administrative finance work. They enjoy making processes run reliably, maintaining clean documentation and following up until actions are closed.\nThey have enough finance awareness to recognise when information looks incomplete or inconsistent, and enough judgement to know when a matter needs to be escalated to the correct owner. The role requires a disciplined operator rather than a commercial finance decision-maker.\nWorking environment\nSouth Africa-based role supporting EMEA stakeholders across multiple markets and time zones.\nRecurring weekly and monthly finance administration cycles with clear deadlines.\nClose working relationships with local finance, Billing / FSS, Credit Control, Accounts Payable, account teams and Project Managers.\nDocumented processes, named escalation routes and clear boundaries around decision rights.\nRegular handling of confidential client, finance and employee information.\nWhat success looks like\nBilling documentation and administration packs are prepared accurately and by agreed deadlines.\nBilling delays caused by missing backup, missing POs or incomplete administrative inputs are reduced.\nWorkday and project administration requests are tracked consistently, with blockers escalated promptly.\nAR/AP support trackers and routine administrative reports are updated and distributed according to the agreed calendar.\nException lists and data-quality issues are routed to the correct owner without assuming decision rights.\nSOPs, handover notes and escalation routes are maintained for assigned clients and processes.\nFeedback from South Africa finance, EMEA Client Finance, FSS, local finance and account teams is positive on reliability, accuracy and follow-through.\nWe are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. 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