Associate Director Student Accounting, Billing & Financial Operations

Title: Associate Director Student Accounting, Billing & Financial Operations

Employee Classification: Assoc Dir Student Accounting

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Enrollment Management

Sub Division-Department: UNT-Student Accounting

Department: UNT-Student Accounting-150300

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.0

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

The position is responsible for the management and oversight of all tuition and fee assessment, billing, and subledger accounting for over $650 million annually. The position oversees a team that manages UNT’s largest financial subledger and revenue source (Tuition/Fees Student Accounts) from initial assessment/billing, until the point that each transaction is submitted to the University General Ledger (GL) through the SF Journal process.

In addition, the role functions as the student finance liaison for all internal and external audits related to UNT Student Accounting. The position leads and executes the request process (including documentation and approval) for all items that will be posted to student accounts as part of the tuition/fee assessment process each semester, and coordinates associated projects and requests with senior leaders in Finance/Administration, Academic Affairs, all colleges, and Enrollment Management.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the assessment of over $650M in tuition and fee transactions posted through Student Accounting annually.
• Ensuring that all tuition/fee lines are calculated and validated in accordance with requested parameters and institutional needs.
• Providing management oversight to student tax reporting processes (1098‑T) for over 65,000 students annually.
• Serving as a key liaison between Student Accounting and the new Integrated Student Services Center (UNT One Stop) for strategic initiatives related to student billing and 1098‑T reporting.
• Coordinating with campus partners on completion of required reports involving student finance data.
• Leading and developing staff and ensuring a positive work environment.

● Bachelor’s degree and six years of progressively responsible experience in a student accounting, billing/receivables, reporting, or related business field or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

● Knowledge of working with large‑scale financial transactions and accounting in a higher education environment or closely related industry.

● Ability to lead financial operations involving accounting, reporting, and financial decisions, and to drive student success.

● Proficient with complex reporting methodologies and ERP functionalities.

● Strong project and team management skills, and ability to manage a complex workload with competing deadlines.

● Effective communication with students, campus partners, and team members, and ability to develop relationships across team, department, and division boundaries.

● Prior experience in a student accounts/bursar’s office or in a higher education setting with large‑scale financial transactions.

● Experience developing complex reports and dashboards to support institutional decision‑making.

● Strong presentation, problem‑solving, critical‑thinking, and organization skills.

● Demonstrated initiative and productivity in a work environment.

● Subject‑matter expert level knowledge on institutional tuition and fee rates, rules, and multimillion‑dollar revenue streams.

● Familiarity with enrollment data/trends and ability to translate tuition and fee requests into efficient assessment methodologies that support university operations and student success.

● Strong financial, analytical, and process‑analysis skills.

● Proficiency with complex reporting methodologies and functional expertise in business processes and financial analysis/reporting tools.

● Strong project and team management skills.

● High degree of accountability and drive to ensure student success.

● Detail oriented, capable of managing complex workload and leading large‑scale projects.

● Effective communication and…