Student Receivables

**About us**:
Financial Services is a department within the Chief Financial Officer portfolio. The academic goals and objectives of the University are supported through excellent financial management, and effective and appropriate use of all financial resources The University’s decentralized management model places financial management responsibility within every division of the University as well as within Financial Services.

Within Financial Services, the Student Receivables & Accounting Office is the central student accounting office responsible for policies, procedures and systems for student accounting processes on the University’s student and financial systems; student fee billing and collections; banking; third party sponsor billing; awards disbursement and student refunding; fee revenue, fiscal yearend and audit; and tax reporting.

The busy office works with both central and divisional student service offices across the University, federated colleges and Toronto School of Theology to ensure timely and accurate student financial and accounting processes.

**Your opportunity**:
Under the general direction of the Student Receivables & Accounting Supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for administration of daily incoming bank payment and update processes for recording tuition and residence fee payments; billing and collecting third party organization funding for student tuition and residence fees; recording award cancellations and related T4A adjustments; and other student accounting duties.

The incumbent is responsible for account reconciliation, identifying and resolving financial discrepancies, recording accounting entries, and verifying the accuracy and completeness of student account information on ROSI, FICA and FIS.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Banking administration duties including investigating and resolving student payment discrepancies. Cheque handling including preparing and recording cheque bank deposits
- Acting as the primary point of contact for domestic and international third party sponsors and sponsored students. Maintaining non-standard third party sponsor billing requirement database and preparing customized invoices
- Identifying and resolving account discrepancies. Acting as primary point of contact for processing undergraduate and graduate award office award cancellation requests
**Essential Qualifications**:

- Advanced College Diploma (3 years) or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum three (3) years of recent and related financial and accounts receivables experience in a university or similar environment
- Demonstrated related experience with U of T's Administrative Management System (e.g. FIS), or equivalent systems.
- Demonstrated experience with financial modules of the University’s student information system (ROSI) or equivalent systems.
- Experience maintaining and organizing administrative and financial records.
- Solid understanding of accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and internal controls.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, SharePoint, Teams and Outlook).
- Demonstrated high level of organization and attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy under pressure of deadlines
- Highly customer service focused.
- Knowledge of the University’s financial procedures and guidelines, or other similar procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise tact, good judgment and diplomacy when dealing with staff, students and third party sponsors.
**To be successful in this role you will be**:

- Accountable
- Communicator
- Diplomatic
- Efficient
- Meticulous
- Multi-tasker
- Organized
- Proactive
- Problem Solver
- Team Player

**Salary**: $59,412.00-$75,979.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site childcare
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Schedule:

- Monday to Friday