College Bursar-Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing-148 East 126th Street-Full Time, Day Shift

Description

College Bursar-Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing-148 East 126th Street-Full Time, Day
Shift

Responsible
for the administration, accuracy, and integrity of all students’ financial transactions, including billing,
collections,
cashiering, and
student accounts receivable. The Bursar ensures compliance with federal, state, institutional, and
accreditation
requirements while
providing excellent customer service to students and campus stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Student Accounts & Billing:

• Oversee student billing and reconcile
  accounts receivable ledger.
• Performs
  regular reconciliation of tuition
  and fee revenue in Empower Student Accounts; researches
  and resolves discrepancies in collaboration with
  Financial Aid and Finance.
• Administer payment plans, refunds, adjustments, and
  account credits.
• Ensure accurate
  posting of payments, financial aid, and
  third-party payments
• Manage delinquent
  accounts, and place account holds in accordance
  with institutional policy.

Cashiering & Payment Processing:

• Supervise daily cashiering operations,
  checks, and online payments.
• Ensure proper internal controls,
  check handling procedures, and compliance with audit standards and
  best practices.
• Reconcile
  cashiering activity to the
  receivable ledger.

Customer Service & Communication:

• Serve as a point of
  contact for
  student account inquiries and escalations.
• Provide clear communication to
  students regarding billing, deadlines,
  policies, and
  financial responsibilities.
• Collaborate closely with Financial Aid,
  Registrar, Admissions, Enrollment Advisement,
  and IT to
  ensure coordinated student service.
• Maintain Student Accounts portions of
  the internal web site.

Compliance & Internal Controls:

• Ensure compliance with FERPA, Title IV
  regulations, state regulations, audit
  requirements, and accreditation standards.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce written Standard
  Operating Procedures (SOPs) for
  Student Account functions.
• Assist with internal & external audits by providing requested
  reporting and documentation.
• Responsible for 1098T filing and distribution.

Systems & Reporting:

• Maintain and oversee
  the student
  accounts module of the Empower system.
• Produce semester financial reports related to
  student accounts and
  receivables.
• Collaborate with IT and Finance to update, maintain, and implement system enhancements and
  process improvements.
• Perform other
  related duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of generally accepted
  accounting principles to support accurate student billing, receivables management, and
  accruals.
• Excellent management,
  organizational, analytical, interpersonal communication, and writing skills.
• Strong
  computer and
  spreadsheet skills with the
  ability to produce complex financial analyses and comprehensive reports.
• Ability to
  manage multiple
  projects and adhere to
  deadlines.
• Ability to research and solve complex problems.
• Ability to work
  effectively with
  diverse populations.
• Demonstrates commitment to accomplishing work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective
  manner.
• Ability to effectively
  convey information verbally and in writing, demonstrate effective listening skills, and display
  respect for and
  openness to other people’s
  ideas and thoughts.
• Ability to accept changes to job requirements, policies, workload,
  etc., as well
  as learn new methods,
  procedures, or techniques resulting from change with the ability to clearly approach problems and find
  solutions.

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in
  allied
  field, related to Education,
  Administration or Data Analytics

Experience Requirements

• Knowledge of
  current technologies including
  strong database management skills.
• Abilities to process records and data, to
  format and generate
  reports. Experience with Excel
  and other Microsoft Office applications essential.
• Knowledge of federal, state
  and local laws,
  regulations and guidelines related
  to college policies and procedures, as well as current financial aid principles and
  techniques. Ability
  to interpret and enforce school,
  state and federal regulations and procedures.

Non-Bargaining Unit, AIJ –
School Of Nursing –
BI, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

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