Accounts Receivable Specialist

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

9d•$26 - $28•Hybrid

About The Position

The position will perform entry level accounting duties related to the mission of the Office of Grants and Grants. This position will work within the Accounts Receivable team. Position is responsible for identifying and applying payments in the PeopleSoft grants module and Finance System. Payment types include Lockbox and Electronic payments. Responsibilities include monitoring and providing customer service to emails received in AR shared email box.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in business administration, business, finance, accounting, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
A combination of education and related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis.
Working towards a degree in accounting or related business degree can substitute for the required experience on a year for year basis.
Accounts receivable experience.
Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.
Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution.
Outstanding customer service skills.
Demonstrated commitment and leadership ability to advance diversity and inclusion.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to think critically.
Highly organized and detail orientated.

Nice To Haves

Experience using PeopleSoft Finance and Grants Module in a higher education setting.
Experience researching and processing incoming payments.
Experience using MS Excel.

Responsibilities

Research and identify incoming funds, log payment information in Excel and apply payments via the AR module in PeopleSoft, to invoices and general ledger.
Create on-demand invoices for advance, autopay, and department invoiced awards to apply payments.
Make corrections needed to resolve imbalances in Office of Grants and Contracts clearing monthly account reconciliation.
Keep record/log of incoming payments.
Create journal entries to transfer funds that have been identified as non-sponsored project and/or funds that belong to one of the other campuses.
Return payments that have been received in error.
Work with Post Award team to process refunds to sponsors.