About The Position
Sierra-Cedar’s Higher Education practice is seeking a Senior Consultant-level functional lead to support PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials for colleges and universities. The role supports systems and processes across the student financial lifecycle, including billing, payments, refunds, collections, third-party sponsorships, and integration with financial systems. Work may also expand to Oracle Student Management Student Financials projects, so interest in cloud technologies and evolving Oracle higher education solutions is beneficial. The consultant will lead or contribute to implementations from planning through deployment, assess and optimize clients’ configurations and processes, translate business requirements into functional system solutions, and support data, reporting, integration, testing, and knowledge-transfer activities. The role involves collaboration with client stakeholders and mentoring team members when serving in a lead capacity. This is a full-time position involving remote work from a home office within the United States and approximately 30% travel to client sites nationwide. Occasional nights and weekends may be required to support project milestones.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Higher Education Administration, or a related field.
- Hands-on functional experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials through implementation, configuration, support, or optimization projects.
- Strong understanding of higher education business processes, including student accounts, billing, collections, refunds, cashiering, payment plans, and related financial operations.
- Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into system solutions.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and client-facing skills.
- Ability to work remotely from a home office within the United States.
- Ability to travel approximately 30% to client sites nationwide and occasionally work nights and weekends to support project milestones.
Nice To Haves
- Consulting experience implementing or optimizing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials for colleges and universities.
- Experience leading functional workstreams, workshops, fit-gap sessions, testing activities, and client meetings.
- Implementation experience within a college or university environment.
- Working knowledge of other Oracle higher education solutions, including additional Campus Solutions modules or Oracle Cloud applications.
- Interest in learning and supporting Oracle Student Management Student Financials solutions.
- Oracle Cloud or PeopleSoft certification.
- Experience leading project teams or functional workstreams.
- Experience supporting multiple institutions or complex higher education environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead or contribute to PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials implementations for higher education institutions from planning through deployment.
- Evaluate clients’ current Student Financials configurations, business processes, and operational requirements.
- Analyze and optimize processes for tuition and fee assessment, billing, cashiering, collections, refunds, payment plans, and payment processing.
- Configure and troubleshoot Student Financials functionality, including tuition calculation, refund processing, aging analysis, third-party billing, sponsor contracts, and general ledger integration.
- Support item type setup, trees, charge priority, payment application, and unapplied payments.
- Conduct fit-gap analysis and recommend solutions that align business requirements with delivered functionality and best practices.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through system enhancements and increased adoption of delivered functionality.
- Support data mapping, conversion, validation, and testing during implementation projects.
- Develop functional requirements for reports, interfaces, and integrations supporting institutional business needs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Student Accounts, Bursar, Financial Aid, Finance, and related departments.
- Facilitate work sessions, requirements gathering, solution reviews, testing activities, and knowledge transfer with client teams.
- Mentor team members and guide projects when serving in a lead capacity.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunities for growth and development.
- Collaborative and engaging work environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
