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Transaction Coordinator

New JerseyOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Illinois real estate license
  • real estate forms
  • contract deadlines
  • commission payouts
  • deductions
  • commission calculations

Nice to have

  • real estate transaction-processing
  • coordination
  • accounting
  • payroll

Role summary

Compass is seeking a Transaction Coordinator to manage the compliance and administrative aspects of real estate transactions from contract to close. This role serves as a strategic operational partner to agents, ensuring a seamless closing experience. Responsibilities include document tracking, contract processing, deadline management, and supporting agents with commission-related inquiries. The position requires 2+ years of experience in a related field and an Illinois real estate license. The role involves occasional travel and requires working from the New Jersey office every other week.

At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

As a Transaction Coordinator, you will serve as a strategic operational partner to our agents, managing all compliance and administrative aspects of the listing, transaction, and commission processes. By owning the operational details from contract to close, you empower Compass agents to focus entirely on building client relationships and growing their businesses. Acting as the central point of contact for all stakeholders, you will ensure a seamless, high-velocity closing experience that reflects our commitment to exceptional service.

Please note: This position requires working from our New Jersey office one day every other week, with occasional travel to other offices for special events.

At Compass You Will:

  • Handle document tracking for a large volume of real estate transactions from listing to close, and/or contract to close, ensuring compliance with brokerage and legal requirements
  • Ensure real estate contracts are processed properly and in a timely matter, with a focus on the details
  • Manage and track contract deadlines to ensure all timelines are met
  • Navigate company systems to validate accuracy of compliance and commission records
  • Provide support to Agents in response to inquiries regarding commission payouts, deductions, and commission calculations
  • Collaborate with sales managers and other support teams to offer outstanding support to the agents
  • What We Are Looking For:

  • 2+ years of experience in a real estate transaction-processings function, coordination, accounting, or payroll function preferred
  • Real estate license is required
  • Familiarity with standard real estate forms used in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Delaware
  • Strong written, quantitative, verbal, and presentation skills
  • Ability to digest detailed contracts and make informed decisions based on content
  • Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of Agent’s contract data
  • Work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
  • Customer service-oriented personality
  • Impeccable attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • B.A. or B.S. degree preferred
  • Compensation: The base pay range for this position is $30.00 - 34.00 hourly; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.

    Perks that You Need to Know About:

    Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.

    Do your best work, be your authentic self. At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.

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