Bursar

Bursar Job no: 495752 Closes:
Work Type:
Staff Full-Time Locations:
Baton Rouge, LA Categories:
Bursar's Office, Admissions, Student Affairs

Bursar

Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Supporting Student Success, Strengthening Financial Stewardship, and Advancing Institutional Excellence.

The Bursar serves as BRCC’s lead administrator for student accounts and cashiering operations within Student Development and provides strategic and operational leadership for student billing, receivables, collections, third-party billing, student refunds, payment operations, and tax reporting. The position works in close partnership with Student Financial Services, the Registrar, Finance, Workforce, and Information Technology to support enrollment, aid disbursement, registration, and student account resolution.

The Bursar is responsible for safeguarding institutional and student funds; ensuring compliance with institutional, LCTC, state, federal, and Title IV cash management requirements; maintaining strong internal controls; and delivering student-centered account services that promote access, persistence, and completion at BRCC.

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for BRCC’s Bursar operations within Student Development, including cashiering, student billing, receivables, collections, student refunds, third-party billing, payment operations, and tax reporting.
• Supervise assigned Bursar staff; establish work priorities; monitor service levels, workflow, and productivity; and ensure continuity of operations during peak registration, disbursement, and refund periods.
• Develop, implement, and maintain office procedures, internal controls, and customer service standards that support compliant, efficient, and student-centered account operations.
• Serve as the college’s primary resource for escalated student account issues and advise division leadership on matters related to student receivables, payment compliance, refunding, and account resolution.

• Direct the administration of student accounts, including tuition and fee assessment, payment processing, account adjustments, sponsor and third-party billing, excess credit refunds, returned payments, and delinquent account management.
• Coordinate closely with Student Financial Services, the Registrar, Workforce, and Finance to ensure the accurate application of charges, financial aid, sponsor ships, waivers, and payments to student accounts.
• Monitor aged receivables, delinquent balances, and collection activity; develop collection strategies; recommend accounts for external collection placement; and oversee repayment and account resolution processes in accordance with college procedures.
• Support account review and resolution for special populations and funding sources, including sponsored students, employer sponsored billing, and students receiving federal, state, institutional, or third-party assistance.

• Oversee cashiering and cash management operations, including receipting, balancing, deposits, reconciliation, and safeguarding of cash and cash equivalents in accordance with college and state requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of student refunds and credit balances, including coordination with Student Financial Services and Finance on Title IV credit balance, return, and refund-related activity affecting student accounts.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls over cash handling, account adjustments, write-offs, refunds, and separation of duties to reduce institutional risk and support audit readiness.
• Review and reconcile student account…