Associate Director of Bursar

Overview

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.

The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York;
Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 120,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future.

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New York Institute of Technology seeks an Associate Director of Bursar, located at the Old Westbury campus.

Reporting to the Director of Student Accounts and Loans, the Associate Director of Bursar provides operational oversight of the University’s student billing functions, ensuring accurate assessment, billing, collection, and reconciliation of tuition, fees, housing, and other student charges. This position is responsible for safeguarding tuition revenue through strong internal controls, compliance with institutional policy and accounting standards, and the effective use of automated billing systems.

The role serves as the functional/transactional owner of student billing operations within the student information system, partnering closely with Finance, Information Technology to support system configuration as needed, testing, enhancements, and issue resolution related to tuition calculation, refunds, late fee assessments, financial registration blocks, housing clearances, third party billing to include Veterans, 1098T processing and statement generation.

This position plays a critical role in financial tracking and reporting, audit preparation, reconciliation, compliance, website/publication accuracy and data integrity, supporting both internal and external audits. Through collaboration with Enrollment Services, Partners, Finance, IT, and external stakeholders, the Associate Director, Bursar ensures timely, accurate billing and clear communication while continuously improving the student financial experience and protecting institutional revenue.

Billing Operations & Revenue Integrity:

• Oversee the end-to-end student billing lifecycle, including tuition and fee assessment, billing statement generation, third party accounts receivable tracking, late fee processing, and balance resolution.
• Partner with Finance in creating/organizing the annual tuition and fee rate sheet.
• Assist with student system set up and testing.
• Update the web with new rates. Maintain tuition and fee data across University publications, websites, bulletins, surveys, and official reporting sources to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Review contracts/MOUs (special programs/reduced rate programs) to ensure tuition and fee rates are up to date to build tuition and fee tables in student system and assist with third party billing.
• Work with the Financial Aid Department and Accounting to ensure timely reconciliation of funds for eligible programs, including the NY State TAP, Veterans, PHD Stipends, and Unposted Aid. Refunds to third party.
• Knowledge of NYS Unclaimed Funds process.
• Experience with Tungsten Network for Veterans Billing and certification. WAWF…