Specialist, Cashiers & Student Accounting

Compensation

Compensation Type:
Hourly Compensation: $18.50

• Customer Service Assist students in completing their payment of tuition, books, and other charges.
• Respond to questions from students and third-party organizations about account balances, collection processes, and transaction activity on students’ accounts.
• Assist students in-person, over the phone, and by email during regular business hours.
• Provide the same services in extended times at the start of the academic semesters.
• Receive and processes credit cards, checks, and cash for processing and balancing.
• Review student concerns with their accounts, investigates, and resolves according to college policy and procedure.
• Collaborate with other college departments to ensure students are billed accurately based upon information in the student information system and/or third-party contracts.
• Use Excel to provide information to students and others.
• Stay current on policies, procedures regulation and other guidance to ensure accuracy of work and compliance with this such as FERPA, PCI, cash handling requirements, and financial aid regulations.
• Occasionally may work at our Delaware campus serving students.

• Accounts Receivable Assist with invoicing, collection of tuition and fees, and refunds, both directly for students and for third-party companies and organizations, according to college policy and procedure and terms of related third-party contracts.
• Work with Assistant Director and others in the department to create processes necessary for an increasing number of new third-party contracts.
• Provide information to companies on their websites, or their Excel spreadsheets to enable payment for students’ tuition, fees, and book and supplies, as needed.
• Ensure that information is accurate and timely.
• Receive and processe tuition and fee payments.
• Analyzes and reconciles student accounts.
• Analyze student account information (e.g., billing, payments, and Financial Aid distribution).
• Examine records of amounts due.
• Document, analyze, verifie, and post transactions to journals, ledgers, and other student records.
• Verifie financial aid disbursements, monitors student accounts, and ensure accuracy.
• Maintain student records, adding account notations and scanning documents.
• Completes and maintains required documentation.
• Scan balancing information, student vouchers, and student backup documentation.

Cultural of Respect:
Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• One (1) year of progressively responsible professional experience.
• * An appropriate combination of education, training, coursework and experience may qualify a candidate.
• * CSCC has the right to revise this position description at any time.

This position description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Full Time/Part Time:
Union (If Applicable):
Scheduled

Hours:

40

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