Assistant Bursar

Recruitment Period: 10/06/2026 - Until Filled

Job Type: Full-time

Status:
Full-Time, 40 hours/week

Salary Information:
Annual Minimum Salary-$48,000-Annual Maximum Salary-$72,000

Hiring Rate:
Dependent upon qualifications and experience

On Campus Position

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) was founded as a 501(c) (3) non-profit medical institution in 2005 aimed at increasing access to health care in medically underserved areas of the Pacific Northwest. The University currently offers the degrees of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Master of Biomedical Sciences, and Master of Science in Occupational Therapy enrolling over 550 students annually.

Interprofessional education partnerships with other universities adds another 100 students to the population. The campus includes 300 employees with academic programming spread over a five-state region.

PNWU is located in Yakima, WA, a city of approximately 95,000 located in the south-central part of the state near the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains in a major agricultural and outdoor recreation region. It is approximately 140 miles from Seattle, 170 miles from Portland, and 200 miles from Spokane. The Yakima Valley is a wonderful place to live, work and play.

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Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) does not sponsor employment visas. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and for the duration of their employment with PNWU. Employment eligibility will be verified in accordance with federal law.

The Assistant Bursar performs day-to-day student account activities including tuition and fee billing, payments, financial aid disbursements, scholarships, refunds, reconciliations, deposits, collections, and other student financial activity. The position serves as the primary operational backup to the Bursar and independently researches and resolves student account issues within established policies and authority. The Assistant Bursar works closely with Financial Aid, Enrollment Services, Finance, and other University departments to ensure student financial activity is accurate, timely, properly documented, and reconciled between the University’s student information and financial systems.

The Assistant Bursar is often the first person a student speaks with about a bill, a refund, or a hold, and approaches those conversations with patience and respect while applying University policies consistently and fairly. The position takes ownership of assigned work and follows through reliably, builds trusting relationships with colleagues in Financial Aid, Enrollment Services, and Finance, seeks and applies feedback, and understands how accurate, respectful student account service supports the success of the students PNWU serves.

• Process and maintain student account activity, including tuition and fees, payments, credits, scholarships, financial aid, adjustments, and other approved transactions.
• Review student account activity for accuracy and completeness and research discrepancies or unusual balances.
• Independently research and resolve complex student account issues and discrepancies within established policies and authority, escalating significant exceptions to the Bursar.
• Process approved student account adjustments and maintain appropriate supporting documentation.
• Perform recurring tuition and fee billing processes and verify that charges are appropriately reflected on student accounts.
• Assist with setup and testing of tuition, fees, programs, terms, and other student financial information within the student information system.
• Maintain accurate and complete documentation supporting student financial transactions.

• Process financial aid disbursement activity and ensure funds are accurately applied to student accounts.
• Coordinate with Financial Aid to research and resolve differences between aid records and student account activity.
• Review student credit balances and prepare eligible student refunds in accordance with established procedures and applicable requirements.
• Process student refunds through approved electronic or other payment methods.
• Research returned or rejected refunds and coordinate corrections.
• Process and reconcile scholarships, loans, and other student funding activity as assigned.
• Perform reconciliation of…