Fiscal Technician

Job Information

Department: Fiscal Services

Classification: Admin Office Specialist 3

Job Category: Classified Staff

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Pay Band: 03

Salary: Salary starting at $50,000, commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Financial Background Check: Yes

The Student Accounts Office provides professional, efficient, and effective payment, deposit, and receivable collection services to students, parents, faculty, and staff, and maintains internal controls to ensure associated financial transactions are accurately processed and proper records are maintained.

The Fiscal Technician is responsible for student and department deposits received through various payment methods. This includes receiving and processing of funds into Banner Student and Banner Finance.

• Analyzing and assuring payments to the university are processed correctly, securely, and in a timely manner. Includes processing of student and department payments received via cash, credit card, remote deposit, wire transfers, EDI, ACH or other methods that require manual entry into the accounts. When processing credit card transactions, follow university and payment card industry guidelines. For cash deposits, the position is responsible for transporting cash to the bank and reconciling cashiering work completed by the other Fiscal Technician.
• Serve as point person for research and resolving reconciling items for various clearing accounts.
• Prepare daily accounting entries in accordance with state regulations, CAPP manual, and month‑end deadlines related to cash receipts.
• Conduct research requests and answer questions for management and external customers (other GMU departments and vendors).
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Experience in a student accounts or accounts receivable office, or an accounting background.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Skill in the use of complex accounting systems, Excel, and other applications.
• Ability to key large quantities of data quickly, and with a high degree of accuracy.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Some accounting-related experience with significant reconciling and transaction analysis (typically two or more years).
• Familiarity with Ellucian Banner and Touchnet or similar systems.

George Mason University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to promoting inclusion and equity in its community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.