p>• Oversees the overall operations of student financial services, billing and receivables, and cashiering functions of the College; • Manages the departmental budget; • Provides professional-level financial reports; • Audits, analyzes, and reconciles student accounts for accuracy and compliance with all pertinent procedures and regulations, identifies weaknesses in internal controls and safeguards assets; • Retrieves and verifies data; • Ensures proper recording and accounting of financial transactions to include registration feeds, financial aid awards, refunds, billings, waivers, student accounts receivable, collections, and disbursements; • Oversees reconciliation of all funds received including electronic funds transfers and via mail; • Posts and returns Chapter 33 Veteran's Administration payments as needed; • Provides direction and leadership for fiscal policy review; • Conducts special studies as required; • Ensures compliance with College, state, and federal regulations; • Provides periodic reports of receipts and technical information to the college community and to external funding agencies; • Recommends and participates in the development of College policies and procedures; • May serve on college planning and policymaking committees; • Assures customer-oriented staff interaction with students, parents, and administrators; • Interacts with internal and external auditors, participates in auditing projects, or provides information and access to accounting records as required; • Establishes and implements short- and long-range organizational goals, objectives, strategic plans, policies, and operating procedures; • Monitors and evaluates programmatic and operational effectiveness, and effects changes required for improvement; • Designs, establishes, and maintains an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the Colleges goals and objectives; • Oversees recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of Bursar staff; • Represents the College to various institutional divisions as well as externally to governmental agencies, vendors, students, and their parents, and/or the general public; • Plans, develops, and implements strategies for generating resources and/or revenues for the College; • Develops, implements, and maintains departmental policies and procedures and ensuring Title IV regulatory compliance; • Supervises student accounting, cashiering, and record-keeping function to collect student fees, fines, and loan payments; • Coordinates purge function, payment plans, and other options for student payments; • Institutes collection proceeding as necessary for payment plans, defaults, non-sufficient fund checks, and others debt; • Coordinates refund and debt processing for student payments and student services with other offices (financial aid, records, and registration); • Manages student billing disputes; • Represents the College at hearings with the central collection agency regarding student defaulted accounts; • Ensures the College procedures are in compliance with State, Federal, and College regulations; • Maintains working knowledge of compliance with current federal cash disbursement regulations; • Determines cash needs for Federal Financial Aid programs, and for coordinating cash requests from the Department of Education; • Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Education: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business or related field from an accredited college or university; Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive, relevant work experience in student accounting services, budgeting, and accounting operations; Seven (7) years of supervisory experience managing a Bursar, student accounting office; Demonstrated experience in a higher education setting.