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BURSAR

Crowder College
Neosho, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 3/4/2023 CLOSED ON 9/10/2023

Job Posting for BURSAR at Crowder College

Position Summary
The Bursar ensures effective and efficient processing of college accounts receivable functions, revenue reporting and AR
ledger reconciliation. Provides direct oversight of the Cashiers’ Office and staff; is responsible for processing all funds
received by the college insuring deposits are correctly coded to the appropriate accounts; maintains student accounts,
oversees billing procedures and collection activities; and provides exceptional customer service to anyone visiting the
Cashiers’ Office via multiple communication methods.

Essential Job Duties

  • Oversee and assist the Cashiers’ Office daily functions by providing assistance with taking payments, providing
change, reviewing accounts, issuing receipts, applying waivers, etc.
  • Review all funds received by the college via cash, checks or wire transfers depositing each into the correct account.
  • Balance all receipts, making deposits and running receipt reports.
  • Responsible for ensuring billing setup and charge maintenance in Jenzabar.
  • Review computer output for assigned ledger transactions making corrections as indicated by source documents
or the originator of the transaction.
  • Manage student accounts thru the assessment of appropriate fees and the application of scholarships or other
payments and providing balance information as necessary.
  • File documents and maintain filing systems including the accounts receivable log.
  • Prepare and send bills for the student accounts as well as for in-college sources.
  • Assist A Coordinator in determining correct financial balances for students, and apply A funds to individual
accounts once received.
  • Manage collection activities such as sending follow-up inquiries, keeping track of cash receipts, referring accounts
to collection agencies and/or the Missouri Debt Offset Program.
  • Processes student account refunds with strict adherence to federal guidelines.
  • Respond to inquiries made in person and on the telephone regarding accounts receivable or student accounts,
resolving problems, correcting codes, and training users as needed.
  • Create financial reports related to the accounts receivable function and account status.
  • Maintain financial security by adhering to established internal account controls.
  • Provide and receive cross-training with the Cashier(s) and Controller.
  • Perform other such related duties as required.


Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Bachelor’s degree is required in business or related field
  • Knowledge of general accounting practices, office procedures and office filing systems.
  • Knowledge of businesslike and courteous telephone procedures.
  • Ability to work accurately and efficiently, despite multiple tasks and frequent interruptions.
  • Ability to communicate and coordinate student deadlines with other college departments and campuses.
  • Well-developed proofreading skills.
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other employees, students and the
general public.
  • Ability to handle confidential material judiciously (learn and abide by FERPA regulations).

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Master’s degree


Information Technology Abilities

  • Ability to operate a personal computer using the Windows environment.
  • Ability to understand operating a personal computer within the Crowder College Network environment.
  • Ability to use E-mail.
  • Ability to perform Jenzabar accounting, posting, data collection retrieval with Microsoft queries and data entry
functions.
  • Ability to use desktop calculator accurately.
  • Ability to perform basic Word and Excel functions.

Positions Supervised
• Accounts Receivable Associate (2)


Working Environment

  • Indoors in a normal office environment with minimal exposure to temperature changes, noise, dust or chemicals.
  • Normal college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work may be required
from time to time.
  • A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.
  • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Environment
• Generally sedentary office administration work involving sitting much of the time but will involve mobility within

the campus and various sites.
  • Input, access and distribute information using computers. May sit at a workstation up to four (4) hours at a time.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and working at a computer screen much of the day.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to
handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear.
  • The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the

essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.


Creative and Analytical Skills

  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic
form.
  • Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
  • Ability to understand standard accounting practices to verify accuracy of and make corrections to accounts if
necessary.
  • Ability to audit methods and procedures of accounts receivable function to improve efficiency.
  • Desire to update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications,

and maintaining personal networks.

Language/Communication Skills

  • Effective telephone communication skills, including ability to obtain and provide information verbally.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students and the general public, in
both written and oral mediums.


CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY
THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES,
INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION
DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY
ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.

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