Sr. Accounts Receivable Specialist

MSU Jobs • Starkville, MS

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About The Position

Serves to facilitate external and various institutional sponsorship awards to students. Assists with overall management of the University student sponsorship contracting and tuition waiver operations.

Requirements

• High school diploma
• 3-5 years plus the education listed above
• Well-developed interpersonal, teamwork, verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity
• Demonstrated ability to manage/coordinate multiple tasks.
• Independent self-starter with strong work ethic.
• Strong customer service skills

Responsibilities

• Creates and manages sponsoring agency receivable accounts and electronic contracts in relation to MSU policies and/or sponsoring agency award requirements.
• Prepares and verifies invoices for submission to sponsors documenting applicable student charges and student enrollment schedules required by the sponsoring agency(s).
• Facilitates the management of financial awards between sponsoring agencies and students.
• Provides information and instruction to the Account Services cashier regarding receipt and proper processing of sponsor payments.
• Resolves any out-of-balance account conditions between sponsors and applicable student accounts which may involve researching institutional records and student and sponsor accounts.
• Processes various military academic invoices and payments in accordance with the Federal GI Bill, VA Tuition Assistance and Dependents Tuition Assistance programs.
• Responsible for processing institutional departmental scholarships, verifying that the awards are attributable to allowable enrollment charges only.
• Describes pertinent policies and procedures related to external scholarship transactions and directs patrons, as appropriate, to seek resolution of problems beyond the scope of Sponsored Student operations, when applicable.
• Verifies that Sponsored Student operations documents are imaged properly and that the retention of the operation’s electronic or physical documents and data are held to departmental guidelines.
• Maintains compliance with departmental security procedures, audit procedures and University business policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED