Associate Bursar

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Pennsylvania State University Office of the Bursar seeks a demonstrated leader to serve as Associate Bursar. 

The Associate Bursar is responsible for the operational management of daily activities and services related to student accounts, including monthly billing, tuition assessment, payment processing, refunding, tax reporting, and customer service. The Associate Bursar is responsible for directing the reconciliation of student account receivables and all transaction activity related to the student account. Responsibilities also include working with Financial Reporting to perform bank reconciliations for payments and refunds, and year-end reporting.

Finance and Business is a values driven organization that supports thousands of university faculty, staff, and students, while also providing services to the broader community and society. The Office of Budget and Finance is part of the Finance and Business team and has a vision to recruit, develop and retain outstanding people who efficiently provide exceptional service in support of Penn State’s teaching, research and public service missions. Our values model those of Penn State’s and we firmly believe in the value of Respect, which encourages us to “respect and honor the dignity of each person, embrace civil discourse, and foster a diverse and inclusive community.” As an incoming team member in the Office Budget and Finance it will be expected that all employees embody and model Penn State’s and Finance and Business’ commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The successful candidate for this position provides supervision to three direct reports and their teams who support these daily activities and services, and must demonstrate knowledge and mastery of broad concepts, policies and procedures related to Office of the Bursar operations. 

Education and Experience:

This position typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree or higher plus 10 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

The successful candidate will possess: 

• Advanced skills in accounting, leadership, and execution of objectives critical to the unit’s success.

• Strong communication and diplomacy skills. This position communicates with stakeholders across the university as well as with external stakeholders. These communications often involve significant, complex, and sensitive situations.  The successful candidate must be able to relay information in a way that is objective and adaptive to the audience.

• Ability to solve complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems, as well as demonstrate sound judgement by considering values, risks, impact, and implications of actions throughout the organization.

This position offers a flexible work arrangement that combines remote and on-campus work. Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

Due to the financial and fiduciary responsibilities of this position, successful completion of a credit history check will be required in addition to standard background checks.

CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS:

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here .

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. 

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