FINANCIAL RECORDS - Accountant I (Student Receivables)

Job Classification

  

Position summary

This is an entry level accounting position.    

Employee will be performing basic accounting duties like: journal vouchers, reconciliations, approvals etc.  

Employee will be required to understand basic principals of accounting and accounts receivable.

 

Qualifications summary

Accounting degree or equivalent experience.   Must have taken principles of accounting.

Ellucian Banner experience preferred.

Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Detail Oriented.

Good Customer Services skills.

Good Team Player.

Comfortable learning new software. 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

OneCard Management and associated reconciliations.

MBS Viritual Bookstore reconiliation

Cash Clearing reconciliation

Student Account Receivable reconciliation

Departmental cashier support including-processing ACH uploads and refunds, cashier troubleshooting both student and departmental, cashier back-up.   

Provide front desk customer support as needed. 

Responsible for non-system AR entries to student accounts including supervision of individual doing data entry.  

AP and Emburse approvals as assigned including Emburse Personal Payment approvals.

Cash clearing reconciliation and associated cashbox reconcilaitions.  Other reconciliations as assigned. 

Various other accounting duties including: utility invoice processing, excise tax filings, accounting for Dining and Convention Services CC activity, property yax payments. 

Responsible for monitoring and handling student AR related items in the FIRMS email box. 

Responsible for yearly 1098 filings.  

Other duties as assigned. 

Required to support and uphold University financial policies and process.  

Supervisory responsibilities

Student AR Data entry individual-part time individual.

Student cashier periodically.  

 

Qualifications

Accounting degree or equivalent experience. Must have had Principles of Accounting or equivalent and have a good understanding of how Acconts Receivables work .   

Ellucian Banner experience preferred. Especially experience with Banner Finance. 

Proficient with Microsoft Excel.  

Detail oriented.

Good reasoning and analytical skills. Required to perform complex account reconciliations. 

Good team player.

Good customer service skills.

Ability to focus in busy environment.   

Comfortable learning and becoming proficient on new software. Including ability and willingness to read software manuals.  


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

Proficient with Microsoft Excel.

Ellucian Banner Finance experience preferred. 

Comfortable learning and working with a variety of computer programs to perform assigned duties. 

Interpersonal interactions

Good customer services skills.   

Physical demands

Normal office physical duties.     

Work environment

Normalo office environment.