Accountant, Accounts Receivable

About the position

The position involves performing a variety of tasks and duties in a multi-task environment, which may include working with data of a sensitive or confidential nature. The primary responsibility is to manage the accounting related to student accounts, along with various reconciliations, surveys, and other assigned duties.

Responsibilities

• Creates morning Business office dashboard, reporting on balances on all student accounts: current or past due.
• Creates various schedules related to the month-end accounting close.
• Assists Student Financial Services with the financial portion of the annual FISAP report submitted to the Department of Education.
• Prepares annual Higher Education Research and Development report.
• Reconciles accounts receivable sub-ledgers to the general ledger, including student, research, and other types of receivables.
• Assists with monthly endowment and investment journal entries.
• Works with outside collection agencies to receive payment on past due balances and record them to the general ledger.
• Manages Perkins loan accounts and outside agency communications on Perkins loan reporting and collection of payments. Prepares submissions to return inactive loans to the Department of Education.
• Reconciles Perkins Loan balances reported by service provider to general ledger.
• Generates reports and moves accounts between AR Types when needed as well as other journal entries impacting accounts receivable.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Attentiveness to detail
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks
• Excellent customer service skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working in a university environment