Bursar Accountant
UNC Charlotte
Part-Time
Closes on Saturday, June 6, 2026
Job Description
- Financial Accounting and Reporting - Prepare and submit journal entries. Generate and provide development assistance for financial reports used for internal analysis or reporting. Identify changing requirements to existing Bursar reports and request modifications.
- Cash Management and Reconciliation - Reconcile monthly past due student account collection and write-off recovery activity. Reconcile student account balances assigned to collection agencies with the related collection agency portals. Reconcile monthly federal and institutional loan collection activity. Work with the Collections Manager to research and resolve any cash reconciling items. Reconcile monthly Banner Student Accounts Receivable ledger to the Banner Finance ledger to assist the Controller’s Office in month-end closing and financial reporting processes. Reconcile monthly state, local, and private financial aid cash receipts to ensure student awards and alternative loans are received and disbursed or collected and returned timely. Analyze financial and student account activity, resolving non-standard issues and problems and consulting with Bursar staff and Financial Aid to make necessary modifications/corrections.
- Student Account Data Integrity Monitoring and Maintenance - Compile, monitor, review, and audit moderately complex financial statements/reports/accounts for accuracy, integrity, and conformance to accounting requirements and program guidelines. Monitor and maintain all Banner accounting rules for charges, payments, and awards, as well as codes used in routine reports, 1098-T and payment plan calculations. Maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of finance-related technologies. Monitor financial holds related to past due/written off student accounts placed with collection agencies, and delinquent loans and work with the Collections Manager to resolve/maintain data accuracy. Monitor financial holds or student accounts with bad addresses and work with third party systems and Bursar staff to resolve/maintain data accuracy. Monitor payment or charge code balances created by the application of payment process, and resolve/maintain data accuracy in coordination with Bursar staff and the OneIT Financial System Support Banner AR Business Systems Analyst.