Fiscal Technician

Job Responsibilities

Reporting to the Student Account Services Manager, the Fiscal Technician performs diverse duties related to cash management and provides significant oversight and reconciliation support for the university’s payment platforms/systems.

• Processes departmental deposits for funds received by ACH, cash and check and maintains a spreadsheet of deposits for end-of-month reporting.
• Processes outside scholarships received by the office, ensuring each check identifies the student corresponds to the number of credit hours for which the student is registered.
• Initiates transfers due to Wells Fargo returns, coordinates the collections effort, including notification letters and related accounting functions, and handles matters related to bank statements, wire transfers and credit card chargebacks.
• Provides front-line customer service by welcoming office visitors and responding to phone, email and in-person inquiries from students and parents.
• Provides accurate information concerning student account charges, payments, schedule protection, financial aid transactions, refunds and direct deposit enrollment.
• Uses professional judgement to determine when to escalate a question/issue.
• Handles end-of-day (EOD) settlements.
• Prepares monthly cashier settlement.
• Reconciles credit card merchant fee statements to credit card batches, state receipts and the daily ledger.
• Creates the monthly Fiserv invoice.
• Handles all audit requests.
• Runs an annual scan to ensure PCI compliance and saves the results for auditing purposes.
• Prepares IRS form 8300 for cash payments over $10,000.
• Prepares the International Payment Reports for the Office of Financial Aid.
• Makes bank runs as needed.
• Works with the Controller’s Office to reconcile accounts and maintain accurate financial records.
• Handles desktop deposits.

Minimum and Additional Requirements

• Associate’s degree in accounting or related field and two years of bookkeeping or financial experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Knowledge of cash receiving, accounting and disbursement methods.
• Exceptional customer service and organizational skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to count and dispense cash accurately, detect and correct errors when balancing and reconciling cash entries, and maintain accurate cash accounting records.
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students and the public.
• Sufficient technical ability to master required software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Customer service experience.
• Accounts receivable experience.

Additional Comments

To apply go to https://winthrop.peopleadmin.com/postings/23038.

Telecommuting: This position is not eligible for telecommuting/remote work.