Accounting Technician

Essential Duties—

• Sort receipts, balance, and receipt monies online to the general ledger.
• Assume the full range of general cashiering functions as assigned, including preparing bank deposits.
• Audit cash receipts and disbursements for specified accounts; balance and identify misuses.
• Prepare and maintain accounts receivable for assigned programs and activities.
• Code and enter information into the computer; run, reconcile, and balance reports.
• Process accounts receivable; review, verify, and analyze account information, payments, and promissory notes.
• Participate in the researching of complex problems and discrepancies in student’s payment records.
• Interpret and explain College policies and procedures relating to registration and student refunds to students and College personnel.
• Process account adjustments and refunds for both curriculum and non-curriculum classes; calculate appropriate adjustments; issue refunds according to established guidelines.
• Respond to requests and inquiries from faculty, administrative staff, and students regarding account dispositions; explain College policies and procedures related to assigned accounts; solve related problems and difficulties.
• Process government and third-party payment billings, balance accounts, and reconcile discrepancies as necessary with students, College personnel, and third parties.
• Correspond and confer with students to resolve fee payment discrepancies and to establish payment schedules.
• Explain College collections and general accounting policies and procedures; review student circumstances and explanations to determine the need for further collection actions.
• Input data, assign account codes, make adjusting entries, and balance assigned funds and accounts.
• Prepare applicable financial reports related to assigned area of responsibility.
• Conduct account analysis; reconcile differences between accounting records and computerized reports and make necessary adjustments; allocate designated account expenditures.
• Answer questions, advise, and coordinate with other departments and outlying locations regarding financial aid awards, activities, transactions, and related policies and procedures.
• Perform related duties as assigned.