SAR Specialist
Job Details
Job Location: Las Vegas, NM 87701
Position Type: Full Time -Reg
Education Level: High School or GED
Salary Range: $18.75 Hourly
Travel Percentage: None
Job Category: Staff
Description
SUMMARY:
Assists in maintaining records of fiscal and budgetary controls, ledgers, and/or other related transactions, in either direct or indirect support of accountants or administrators. Processes routine financial documents and fund transactions, reconciles financial records, and analyzes routine financial data. Performs all aspects of collections on student accounts receivable, confers with students regarding their accounts, resolves account problems, posts monetary transactions, processes reimbursements, adjustments, assists in maintaining ledgers and other account actions
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Contact and confer with students regarding payment of their student accounts.
- Provides customer-oriented interaction while working out payment arrangements with Students. Payment arrangements may also include setting up payroll deductions with students and staff;
- Process all NMHU waivers to include: GA tuition waivers, employee waivers, dependent waivers, Tribal tuition waivers, Grant tuition waivers, Alumni discount waiver, and other exemption payments.
- Responds to a range of inquiries regarding financial transactions; researches and resolves problems.
- Prepares JE’s as needed to record accounting transactions.
- Assist and backup for multi-million-dollar student reimbursement process throughout Fiscal year.
- Assist Bursar with preparation and distribution of IRS Forms 1098T. Answer inquiries regarding information provided on the form 1098T.
- Responsible for NMHU invoice process and reconciliation of NMHU invoices.
- Assists Bursar with the collections process.
- Process add/withdrawal/drop forms.
- Provides customer-service oriented interaction in all telephone and email responses to parents, students, faculty and staff.
- Receives and receipts loan and scholarship checks, mails correspondence to the student when their signature is required for processing and follow up with financial aid and student until monies are distributed to the student’s account;
- Assist in the process for NSF checks or WEB returned checks and mails correspondence to the student; Research and post SAR wire transfers to student accounts;
- Assist in student orientation as needed.
- Process end of day reports for SAR.
- Reviews and researches balances, corrects, reconciles and applies adjustments to student accounts;
- Process direct deposit authorizations.
- Shares expertise, applying knowledge and making recommendations in regards to cash handling and processing to various campuses and departments; Assist in developing procedures/policies for improved efficiency and customer service; Assists in maintaining and updating Banner system;
- Ensures strict confidentiality of financial records and abide by FERPA regulations;
- Maintains regular attendance.
- Processes paper documents utilizing the imaging and electronic document management system.
- Process all cashiering functions including: Preparing daily cash balance sheets and reports, Receipt daily monetary transactions, Balance cash drawer against daily receipts, Prepare daily deposit, Compile a monthly cash balance sheet report for review, File, distribute, and mail reimbursement checks as needed
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION: High School Diploma or GED.
EXPERIENCE: At least two years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Completed degrees from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
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