Job Description

The University of Southern Maine is seeking a detail-oriented individual to join our Student Financial Services team as a Student Accounts Analyst . This role plays a critical part in maintaining the financial integrity of student accounts and ensuring the smooth processing and reconciliation of funds within the University’s accounting system.

The Student Accounts Analyst at the University of Southern Maine plays a crucial role in managing the financial operations related to student accounts. This includes overseeing the distribution and reconciliation of payments, ensuring accurate journal entries and financial reporting, verifying payments, processing tuition waivers, and supporting the Early College Program by maintaining account accuracy and reconciling tuition charges. Additionally, the analyst handles refund processing, monitors uncashed checks, and assists with alternative loan postings. They also contribute to credit card fee management, graduate assistantship fund processing, and provide backup support for front-counter operations when needed.

The Student Financial Services Office at USM provides essential support and resources related to financial aid and student funding. From financial aid to billing and payment, the office aims to helps students navigate the financial aspects of their education, making it more accessible and manageable.

This is a full-time, on-site position based primarily on our Gorham campus. The salary is $43,660.

The University of Southern Maine provides highly competitive benefits that include generous paid time off (13 paid holidays plus earned vacation and sick time); health, dental and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; a tuition waiver program for employees and tuition discounts for spouses and eligible dependents; a 403(b)-retirement plan with 10% employer contribution; and more. To learn more, please review the UMPSA Benefits Information Summary .

The University of Southern Maine is a vibrant academic community located in the greater Portland, Maine area, including campuses in Portland, Gorham, Lewiston, and online. USM is part of the University of Maine System and offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs, emphasizing hands-on learning, community engagement, and interdisciplinary collaboration. With a highly engaged student-centered learning environment, USM is a steward of higher education, helping drive the economic, cultural, and civic life in the communities where our campuses are located and beyond.

USM is committed to providing expanded access to high-quality education that elevates economic opportunity and contributes significantly to the vitality of a diverse society. To learn more about USM, visit About Our University .

The University of Southern Maine embraces an inclusive campus community that values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development, and institutional success. The Office of Equity, Inclusion and Community Impact supports USM's DEIA- and Community Impact-focused departments, committees, groups, projects, training, and events. USM encourages women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds to apply.

We are dedicated to our Service Promise, Student Focused Every Day , and seek a team member who embraces this commitment and upholds our core values of Respect & Care, Integrity, Equity, and Responsiveness.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree, or Associate’s degree (preferably in accounting/bookkeeping or related field).
• Aptitude for accounting and bookkeeping principles.
• Detail oriented and ability to interpret data and metrics.
• Proficiency with Excel.

To apply , click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below or visit the USM Careers Page and submit the following:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Finalist candidates will be asked to provide professional references

Position will remain posted until filled. For full consideration, please submit your application materials no later than October 31, 2024 .

We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship support.

Appropriate background screening will be conducted for the successful candidate.

 

Clery Act:

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, such as the University, prepare, publish, and distribute an Annual Security Report (ASR), and provide notice of the availability of the ASR to all prospective employees. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University’s crime statistics for the past three calendar years; and disclosures regarding the University’s current campus security policies. View the University’s Annual Security Report (PDF) . If you wish to have a paper copy of the ASR or need to have a copy of the ASR in an accessible format, the University will provide such a copy upon request. Please email or call 207.780.4035.

EEO Statement:

In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Room 412, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5713, 207.581.1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).

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