Administrative and Event Support Coordinator - Southfield, MI

Plante Moran; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Pension plan

Flexible time off

Meal reimbursement

Travel reimbursement

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Plante Moran is seeking an Office Administrator to support catering, hospitality, and front desk operations at the Southfield office. You will coordinate events, manage conference rooms, handle inventory, and deliver outstanding client service across the firm.

Qualifications include a high school diploma, 2+ years in administrative roles, strong communication, and proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This role requires daily in-office presence Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED equivalent required; higher education preferred.
• 2+ years in administrative or executive administrative roles, preferably in professional services.
• Superb verbal and written communication with focus on client service and discretion.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Willingness to travel locally or overnight to clients.
• Office presence five days a week, 7:30 am–4:30 pm, with occasional rotating Saturdays.

Responsibilities

• Support office catering and hospitality operations for breakfasts, lunches, meetings, trainings, and events while ensuring an exceptional client and staff experience.
• Coordinate catering orders from request to delivery, including intake, tracking, setup, issue reporting, and event support.
• Manage conference room and hospitality space readiness, setup, and stocking for meetings and events.
• Maintain inventory of catering, kitchen, pantry, and hospitality supplies and replenish as needed.
• Assist with food deliveries and event preparation, ensuring orders are accurate and delivered to the right teams.
• Provide front desk support by greeting visitors, answering phones, managing check-in, and delivering excellent client service.
• Answer front desk phones and route inquiries as needed.

Skills

Communication

Client service

Initiative

Confidentiality

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Count on us. Our "we-care" culture is more than just a motto; it's a promise. From day one, we prioritize your growth, well-being, and success. You can count on us to support your career journey and help you achieve your professional goals. Join us.

Our office admin team focuses on supporting the firm’s critical business needs. From providing assistance to our offices, partners, and practice teams, to leveraging resources and optimizing firm operations, our administrative team plays a key role in the firm’s success. At Plante Moran, we have the privilege of serving clients and providing consultative services as they face challenges and seek new opportunities.

Your role.

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Support all office catering and hospitality operations, including breakfasts, lunches, happy hours, meetings, trainings, and special events while ensuring an exceptional client and staff experience.
• Assist with coordination of catering orders from request through delivery, including event intake, order tracking, setup, issue reporting, and event support.
• Manage conference room and hospitality space readiness, ensuring rooms are properly set up and stocked for meetings and events.
• Maintain inventory of catering, kitchen, pantry, and hospitality supplies and proactively replenish items as needed.
• Assist with food deliveries and event preparation, ensuring orders are accurate, organized, and delivered to the appropriate teams and functions.
• Provide front desk support by greeting visitors, answering phones, managing visitor check-in processes, and delivering exceptional customer service.
• Assist with answering front desk phones, routing incoming inquiries and questions as needed.

The qualifications.

• HS Diploma or GED equivalent required. Higher level of education/college coursework preferred.
• 2 or more years of experience working in an administrative or executive administrative role, preferably in professional services.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills with a focus on client service and the ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative while maintaining high confidentiality.
• Solid technical proficiency including knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Opportunity to travel locally or overnight to clients.
• Ability to be in the office five days a week from 7:30 am - 4:30 pm M-F with occasional rotating Saturdays

What makes us different?

On the surface, we’re one of the nation’s largest audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management firms. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll see what makes us different: we’re a relatively jerk-free firm (hey, nobody ‘s perfect) with a world-class culture, consistent recognition as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and an endless array of opportunities.At Plante Moran, diversity, equity and inclusion means that all staff members have equitable and fair opportunities to succeed, in an inclusive environment, with their individual, unique identities.

Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model. We believe that face-to-face interactions are paramount for individual and collective development, but also encourage individuals to work with their supervisor and team to determine their optimal working environment each day.

Plante Moran is committed to a diverse workplace.We strive to create a culture where each person feels accepted and valued. We believe that each person’s ultimate potential begins with first acknowledging their inherent dignity. When we can recognize — and celebrate — our many human differences, we’re able to create a workplace where all staff feel a sense of belonging and an opportunity to succeed. This allows us to attract and retain the best talent, serve clients through diverse thinking, and better represent and support the various communities in which we live and work.Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace.

The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.

We are pleased to offer eligible staff a robust benefits package. Eligibility and contribution requirements for some of these benefits vary based on the number of hours staff work per week. Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. In addition to this, eligible staff are able to take advantage of our Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays, as well as a 401(k) plan, flexible benefits plans, business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use. A pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff. A discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff. Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.

The compensation range reflects the base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this position across our offices in the following regions: CO, IL, OH, and MA. Please review the position description for the applicable geographic location. Generally, experienced hires are not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions take into account a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to: responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, we offer standardized, market-based starting salaries among individuals within the same hiring group. This approach ensures fairness and reflects current industry benchmarks for entry-level talent.

Under Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act, you have the right to redact, from any documents that you submit in connection with your application, information that identifies your age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. Should you wish to exercise your right to redact such information, please redact it prior to submitting documentation.

The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is: $22.05 - $36.35

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