Trust Accounting & Compliance Coordinator

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP in Winston-Salem, NC seeks a Trust Coordinator to support daily trust accounting, reconciliations, and documentation, ensuring timely and accurate handling of client funds. You will work with attorneys, finance teams, and banking partners to maintain strong controls and audit-ready records.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of trust accounting or related finance operations experience in a professional services environment, with Excel proficiency and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Two+ years in accounting, finance operations, trust accounting, accounts payable, or related experience.
• Experience in a law firm, legal, or professional services environment is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, organization, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and financial systems.
• Prior trust accounting experience in a law firm environment.
• Familiarity with law firm financial systems, client/matter accounting, and banking platforms.
• Experience with Aderant, Elite, or comparable legal financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Support daily trust accounting activities, including receipts, disbursements, transfers, and related documentation.
• Assist with maintaining accurate client and matter-level trust balances and ensuring activity is properly recorded in the firm’s financial systems.
• Review trust activity for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with firm procedures before processing or escalation.
• Coordinate with attorneys, legal support teams, and finance personnel to resolve trust-related questions, missing information, or transaction exceptions.
• Assist with trust account reconciliations by gathering supporting documentation, researching reconciling items, and following up on outstanding exceptions.
• Maintain organized, complete, and audit-ready trust accounting records, including approvals, transaction support, bank documentation, and correspondence.
• Support internal reviews and external audit requests by providing schedules, reconciliations, explanations, and supporting documentation as needed.
• Monitor recurring issues or documentation gaps and raise concerns to trust accounting leadership for resolution.
• Assist with trust disbursement requests, including review of supporting documentation, approval status, payment instructions, and available balances.
• Coordinate with Accounts Payable, banking contacts, attorneys, and legal support teams to support timely and accurate trust-related payments.
• Respond to internal trust accounting inquiries in a timely, professional, and service-oriented manner.
• Research and help resolve payment questions, transaction discrepancies, returned items, or other trust-related exceptions.
• Follow established trust accounting policies, procedures, and control requirements, including segregation of duties, approval standards, and documentation expectations.
• Support compliance with trust accounting rules, client requirements, firm policies, and applicable ethical and regulatory obligations.
• Identify opportunities to improve accuracy, consistency, documentation, and efficiency in trust accounting workflows.
• Assist with special projects, system updates, process documentation, and other finance initiatives related to trust accounting operations.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive client, matter, banking, and firm financial information.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Trust accounting

Discretion with confidential info

Education

Two+ years in accounting/finance/trust accounting

Tools

Aderant

Elite

Job description

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP in Winston-Salem, NC seeks a Trust Coordinator to support daily trust accounting, reconciliations, and documentation, ensuring timely and accurate handling of client funds. You will work with attorneys, finance teams, and banking partners to maintain strong controls and audit-ready records.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years of trust accounting or related finance operations experience in a professional services environment, with Excel proficiency and familiarity with