Job Description:
Pima Community College
Pima Community College Named Top University/College Employer in Arizona
Position Title: Specialist 2: Accounting
Department: West Campus
Starting Rate: Band 3 - $20.24 - $22.76
Benefits: Summary
Closed Date: September 23, 2024, 5:00 PM Arizona Time
Position Summary:
The Specialist 2: Accounting is expected to:
- Review and process student, agency, and vendor accounts
- prepare billings, and process payments and refunds
- process student payment plans, exemptions, and contracts in the College's enterprise resource planning system and ensure the accuracy of data
- assist students and agencies with questions pertaining to their accounts
- establish and maintain confidential files
- perform in-house collection activities
- perform cashiering duties
- provide data and prepare financial reports and statements
- perform related duties of a similar nature or level
The work schedule for this position is flexible and may include working evenings and weekends.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Generating student payments
- Verifying transactional accuracy
- Generating and compiling information from the Enterprise Resource Planning system
- Reconciling Enterprise Resource Planning or similar records
- Compiling and reporting tax information
- Researching and preparing reports
- Coordinating accounting processes to meet audit and fiscal deadlines
- Accepting payments, such as for tuition, fees, and other charges
- Initiating payments including student refunds
- Posting various charge and payment items within the Enterprise Resource Planning system
- Reconciling and adjusting student accounts
- Providing exceptional customer service
Job Requirements:
- High School Diploma or General Equivalency Degree and
- Four years of fiscal services, or accounting experience
or
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above
Preferred:
- Associate's Degree in Accounting and financial services experience within a public organization
- One-year lead or supervisory
- Demonstrated high-quality judgment and decision-making using critical thinking and complex problem-solving techniques
The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Modern principles of finance and business services including accounts receivable
- Applicable state and federal laws and regulations that apply to financial services and operations in a public organization
- Financial information systems including cloud-based and Enterprise Resource Planning systems
- Computers, including portable computing devices and applicable peripherals, operating systems, and software
- Application of new policies, processes, and procedures to streamline workflow in complex organizations
- Implementation of technological solutions to automate and streamline business processes
- Openness to change and continuous process improvement
- Implementing improvements to processes and procedures
- Application of relevant laws and regulations as they apply to finance and financial services in a public institution
- Managing change and handling sensitive topics
- Preparing basic documents and reports
- Analyzing complex situations
- Effectively communicating technical or complex information in English, both orally and in writing
- Establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with a broad range of constituents, including the College community and the public
- Superior customer service and interpersonal skills and multitasking abilities