UNIV - Accountant/Fiscal Analyst II (Exempt, Remote SC) - Controller

Job Description Summary
Under the general supervision of the Bursar, completes job duties and assignments accurately and timely within established deadlines, GAAP guidelines, MUSC, State and Federal policies and procedures. Works collaboratively with other members of the Bursar?s Office, other University staff, and external parties. Manages third-party billing, student late fees, student loan reconciliations, and other various processes for student accounting. Provides quality customer service to students, sponsor billing providers, and other external customers.

Entity
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type
Employee

Worker Sub-Type?
Classified

Cost Center
CC002414 University Controller

Pay Rate Type
Salary

Pay Grade
University-05

Pay Range

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Work Shift

Job Description

Assist students and other clients with all issues regarding Bursar's Office processing; including verifications of payments made. Coordinate with Financial Aid, Office of Enrollment Management and Colleges as needed to resolve any issues according to University policy. Applies principles of accounting to reconcile student loan detail reports with the general ledger; creates journal entries in the general ledger as needed; creates, maintains, and reconciles manual control ledgers pursuant to federal and state loan program guidelines. Accurately and timely completes monthly reconciliations. Manage all payments from third-party (outside) scholarships. Identify the correct student for the payment and route checks or incoming wire or ACH information to the Cashier's Office for deposit. Maintain the spreadsheet on the shared directory. Notify Financial Aid of the student, award amount, and scholarship to enable an update of the student's award package. When the cash has been posted by the Cashier, Financial Aid is contacted so the payments can be included in the next financial aid transmittal. Post and maintain late fees to the students? accounts in the student information system and create journal entries in the general ledger for this process. Work with Third Party Vendor to prepare application for state tax debt offset program of past due student loans. Monitors third-party vendors for compliance with state regulations. Review the final list to be sent to the SC Department of Revenue. Applies payment of funds from the SC Department of Revenue to third-party vendor accounts and notifies University departments of distribution to general ledger accounts. Request return of funds if necessary. Manages the preparation of invoices to bill the Committee on Higher Education (CHE) for the Palmetto Fellows/Palmetto Fellows Enhancement, State Need-Based, Pell, Life, and Life Enhancement scholarships. Compiles tri-annual (March, June, and October) reports for CHE, including data provided by Financial Aid. Responsible for the reconciliation of the programs under the CHE and resolving any problems as they arise. Process all transactions for sponsor billing information. Maintains and bills online for all military branches as required by federal regulations. Monitors all bank transfer payments and checks received and notifies appropriate departments. Posts Sponsored Billing and VA33 payments to student accounts in the student information system once the Cashier's Office posts the deposit. Prepares and posts the journal entry to record the transactions in the general ledger.
? 10%- Applies principles of accounting to reconcile student loan detail reports with general ledger; creates journal entries in OurDay as needed; creates, maintains, and reconciles manual control ledgers pursuant to federal and state loan program guidelines. Accurately and timely completes monthly reconciliations including the addition of the Undergraduate Nursing (NS2) program.
? 10%- Manage all payments from third party (outside) scholarships. Identify the correct student for the payment and route checks or incoming wire or ACH information to the Cashier's Office for deposit. Maintain the spreadsheet on the share directory. Notify Financial Aid of the student, award amount, and scholarship to enable update of the student's award package. When the cash has been posted by the Cashier, Financial Aid is contacted so the payments can be include in the next FATR.
? 10%- Using various Colleague (Datatel) processes, post and maintain late fees to the students accounts and create journal entries in OurDay for this process.
? 10%- Work with Third Party Vendor to prepare application for state tax debt offset program of past due student loans. Monitors third party vendor for compliance with state regulations. Review final list to be sent to SC Department of Revenue. Applies payment of funds from SC Department of Revenue to third party vendor accounts and notifies University departments of distribution to general ledger accounts. Request return of funds if necessary.
? 15%- Assist students and other clients with all issues regarding Bursar's Office processing; including verifcations of payments made. Coordinate with Financial Aid, Ofice of Enrollment Management and COlleges as needed to resolve any issues according to University policy.
? 15%- Manages the preparation of invoices to bill the Commitee on Higher Education (CHE) for the Palmetto Fellows/Palmetto Fellows Enhancement, State Need Based, Pell, Life, and Life Enhancement scholarships. Compiles tri-annual (March, June, and October) reports for CHE including data provided by Financial AId. Responsible for the reconciliation of the programs under the CHE and resolving any problems as they arise.
? 20%- Process all transactions for sponsor billing information from Datatel System. Maintains and bills online for all military branches as required by federal regulations. Monitors for all bank transfer payments and checks received and notify appropriate departments. Posts Sponsored Billing and VA33 payments to student accounts in Colleague (Datatel) once the Cashier's Office posts the deposit. Prepares and posts the journal entry to record the transactions in OurDay.
? 5%- Creates and/or updates on an on-going basis a desktop procedure manual for the position.
? 5%- Other Duties and cross training, as assigned.

Additional Job Description Minimum Requirements: A high school diploma and three years professional experience in a related area such as accounting, auditing, finance or commercial lending. A bachelor's degree with multiple accounting courses may be substituted for two years of the required work experience. Physical Requirements: (Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section: Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift; Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift; Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift) Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Infrequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Infrequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Infrequent) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (Continuous) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Frequent) Ability to reach in all directions. (Frequent) Possess good finger dexterity. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry up to 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift objects, up to 15 lbs., from floor level to height of 36 inches, unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lower objects, up to 15 lbs., from height of 36 inches to floor level, unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to push/pull objects, up to 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. (Continuous) Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to hear and/or understand conversations. (Continuous) Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous) Additional New Requirements: Computer literacy.

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