Accounts Receivable Staff Accountant
Company: Pikes Peak State College
Job Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Category: Bursar and Student Accounts
Type: Full-Time
Title: Accounts Receivable Staff Accountant
Position Type: Professional Tech Full time
College: Pikes Peak State College
Location: Colorado Springs
Salary Range: $56,000 - $61,000 annual gross
Who We Are:
Pikes Peak State College is the largest and most diverse college in the Pikes Peak region, serving students with a wide range of goals, experiences, and responsibilities. Our students include recent high school graduates, working adults, military-affiliated students, parents, first-generation students, career changers, transfer students, and lifelong learners.
Our mission is to provide high-quality educational opportunities to all, with a focus on student success and community needs. We fulfill that mission by creating affordable, flexible, and accessible pathways that help students transfer to four-year institutions, enter the workforce, advance their careers, and build better futures close to home.
As the needs of our students, employers, and communities continue to evolve, so do we. PPSC embraces innovation that is human-centered, ethical, and focused on student learning. Through strong workforce partnerships and the thoughtful integration of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, we prepare students not only for today's opportunities, but for what's next.
We're looking for people who are passionate about access, collaboration, innovation, and student success. Whether you work in the classroom or behind the scenes, your contributions help create opportunities that change lives. At PPSC, our vision is simple: Students Succeed at PPSC.
Job Summary:
This is a NON-CLASSIFIED employment opportunity and is exempt from the State Classified Personnel System. Visit the State of Colorado for Classified employment opportunities.
The Accounts Receivable Staff Accountant provides support to PPSC Financial Services Office in the Student Accounts area. Performs functions related to rate table creation, reconciliations, detail code maintenance, student refunds, and customer service. This position completes a variety of accounting duties while ensuring compliance with College, CCCS, State, and Federal rules and regulations.
Supervision: One classified staff member, Accounting Technician III
Reports To: Director of Student Accounts
Duties & Responsibilities:
Implement new rate table each semester based on approved state board approved rates. Provide direction to Accounting Technician III on rate table schedule and development. Review detail codes and recommend new detail codes as appropriate. Oversee rate table testing using several variables prior to implementation date to ensure it is correctly set up. Submit to Director of Student Accounts for first level approval prior to submission to Controller for final approval.
Prepare weekly refund helper and reconcile student refunds. Supervise direct report by recruiting and training employee. Review and evaluate employee job performance to ensure efficient and effective operations. Monitor and approve assignments, hours worked and leave requests.
Provide professional development opportunities for direct report.
Analyze Tuition Reimbursements; adjust students’ accounts. Process Tuition Appeals, make adjusting entries as needed.
Reconcile collection agency activity to financial reporting system.
Review, analyze, and reconcile College Opportunity Fund; research variances and prepare corrections.
Monitor Credit Balances from current and prior term balances, make adjusting entries to ensure payments and financial aid are posted in correct semesters.
Work with Collection Specialist, Assistant Director of Student Accounts, Director of Student Accounts, and Controller to develop strategies to reduce the number of students and account balances referred for collection attempts.
Assist Director of Student Accounts and Controller as needed.
Work in conjunction with CCCS Finance to ensure all reconciling items are resolved in a timely manner. Assist in year-end closing process and annual audit requests.
Participate in college projects, committees, and other strategic tasks as assigned.
General Duties, Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Ability to navigate differences effectively and respectfully in the workplace.
Ensure fiscal deadlines are met accurately and timely including monthly, quarterly and year-end tasks.
Perform various reconciliations, research discrepancies, and determine the appropriate accounting method for correcting data.
Analyze and respond timely to complex account problems and recommend needed course of action for resolution.
Update and maintain department reports.
Ability to prioritize, manage, and complete multiple projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated evidence and understanding of the concepts of diversity and multiculturalism with their application in the workplace.
Analyze, review, compare, and process student refunds.
Provide excellent and timely customer service, phone, email, and in person contacts.
Minimum Qualifications:
Completed bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or related field from a regionally accredited institution.
Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral).
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel.
Professional level experience is defined by the Colorado Division of Human Resources: A position that involves the exercise of discretion, analytical skill, judgment, personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, or sharing an organized body of knowledge. Colorado revised statute (C.R.S. 24-50-135(1) allows colleges to exempt positions from the State Personnel Classified System that are determined to be professional level work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience utilizing Banner financial reporting system.
Experience in higher education setting.
Advanced experience in Excel, Microsoft Office.
Selection Process:
For full consideration, all application materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. on August 7th, 2026.
Pikes Peak State College reserves the right to close the job posting once a sufficient applicant pool has been obtained.
Must be a State of Colorado resident or able to relocate to Colorado prior to first date of employment.
Visa support is not available for this position.
Application Instructions:
Application must be submitted online. Incomplete applications may not receive full consideration. A complete application will include:
Cover letter - Address the minimum and preferred qualifications in the order listed on the job announcement.
Resume - Reflect experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Unofficial Transcripts - Unofficial transcripts for all degrees conferred. Official transcripts are required if hired for the position.
Professional References - Provide names and contact information for three recent professional references who can address your expertise and background for this position.
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