Student Accounts Specialist

Status: This is a part-time hourly position with a potential to extend full-time after July 1, 2025.

Overview: Reporting to the Controller, the Student Account Specialist will perform College Bursar activities including billing, managing student tuition and fees, and the development and management of payment plans. This includes processing financial transactions for student accounts. The Specialist ensures that proper documentation and reports are maintained, and that all figures and calculations are correct. They also support the development of policies regarding outstanding balances and collections.

Duties:

• Collects and processes various types of payments from students, ensuring that the payment is allocated to the correct account; processes deposits for university departments; Researches and responds to student and departmental inquiries, and provides information to aid with problem resolution, audits student financial records and corrects any issues that arise with digital and physical files;
• Compiles, analyzes, researches, reconciles, and reports on ledger activities for assigned areas;
• Coordinates as necessary with team members and employees in other departments to ensure all data is accurate; Aid departments with acquiring/understanding back-up documentation for 1074
• Verifies and closes other cashier daily sessions; reconciles department and the organization activity to ensure proper accounting for daily activity; reconciles daily transactions between systems; assigns and removes financial holds on student accounts as required
• Creates allocation data for department deposits; journal entries creation for Student Business Services; reconciliation of third party contracts;
• Assists to prepare and auditing collection accounts; trains other departments and co-workers

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please submit a cover letter and resume to jobapplications@collegeunbound.edu. Please note ATTN: STUDENT ACCOUNTS SPECIALIST in the subject line of your email. For more information about College Unbound, please see www.collegeunbound.edu

Reports to: Controller

Location: Hybrid office in Providence, RI

Status: This is a part-time salaried position starting January 2025, with a potential to extend full-time after July 1, 2025.

Overview:

Reporting to the Controller, the Student Account Specialist will perform College Bursar activities including billing, managing student tuition and fees, and the development and management of payment plans. This includes processing financial transactions for student accounts. The Specialist ensures that proper documentation and reports are maintained, and that all figures and calculations are correct. They also support the development of policies regarding outstanding balances and collections.

Duties:

• Collects and processes various types of payments from students, ensuring that the payment is allocated to the correct account; processes deposits for university departments; Researches and responds to student and departmental inquiries, and provides information to aid with problem resolution, audits student financial records and corrects any issues that arise with digital and physical files;
• Compiles, analyzes, researches, reconciles, and reports on ledger activities for assigned areas;
• Coordinates as necessary with team members and employees in other departments to ensure all data is accurate; Aid departments with acquiring/understanding back-up documentation for 1074
• Verifies and closes other cashier daily sessions; reconciles department and the organization activity to ensure proper accounting for daily activity; reconciles daily transactions between systems; assigns and removes financial holds on student accounts as required
• Creates allocation data for department deposits; journal entries creation for Student Business Services; reconciliation of third party contracts;
• Assists to prepare and auditing collection accounts; trains other departments and co-workers

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree and 3 years to 5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred.
• At least 2 years of education or experience in a business-related field is preferred, with preference given to accounting, financial aid or customer service.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please submit a cover letter and resume to jobapplications@collegeunbound.edu. Please note ATTN: STUDENT ACCOUNTS SPECIALIST in the subject line of your email. For more information about College Unbound, please see www.collegeunbound.edu