Associate Bursar

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; Village of Old Westbury (NY); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition remission

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

New York Institute of Technology seeks an Associate Bursar at the Old Westbury campus to manage student accounts, billing, and collections. The role involves reviewing tuition, processing payments, applying financial aid, and reducing delinquency while ensuring compliance with laws and institutional policies.

The Associate Bursar collaborates with the Registrar, Financial Aid, and other departments, supports on-campus events, and may work some remote hours per NY Tech policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in collections, banking, or university setting preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional customer service to students regarding billing, payments, account balances, and financial obligations.
• Review student accounts to ensure eligible financial aid is properly awarded, posted, and applied.
• Monitor and review payment plans, deadlines, and reminders; respond to inquiries about balances, late fees, and refunds.
• Collaborate with Registrar, Financial Aid, and other campus partners to resolve issues affecting student accounts.
• Reconcile daily banking and payment reports; support audits and policy changes.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office

PeopleSoft

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

PeopleSoft

Job description

Overview

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.

The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 120,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future.

For more information, visit nyit.edu.

New York Institute of Technology seeks an Associate Bursar located at the Old Westbury campus.

New York Institute of Technology seeks an Associate Bursar to support the administration and collection of student accounts, payment processing, and account reconciliation. This position is responsible for reviewing student tuition and fee accounts, communicating with students regarding outstanding balances and payment obligations, and implementing strategies to reduce delinquency, financial risk, and institutional liability.

The Associate Bursar provides comprehensive customer service and account support to students at the Old Westbury location, including students affiliated with New York Tech, NYITCOM, and Global campuses. The position works closely with campus partners to ensure student accounts are accurate, payments and financial aid are properly applied, and account issues are resolved in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide professional, responsive, and solution-oriented customer service to students regarding billing, payments, account balances, and financial obligations.
• Make and receive telephone calls and respond to student inquiries through email and other communication channels.
• Review student accounts to ensure all eligible financial aid has been properly awarded, posted, and applied.
• Monitor and review payment plans, communicate upcoming payment deadlines, and send reminders regarding payments due.
• Respond to inquiries related to account balances, late payment fees, payment plans, due dates, refunds, and other billing matters.
• Collaborate with the Registrar, Financial Aid, Academic Departments, and other campus partners to resolve issues involving grades, withdrawals, enrollment dates, registration changes, and other matters that may affect student account balances.
• Follow up on account corrections, adjustments, credits, and other transactions to ensure they are processed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Monitor student accounts for accuracy of charges, payments, financial aid, coding, and other account activity.
• Work closely with the Registrar, Collections, Security, Library, Financial Aid, Counseling & Wellness, Housing, Admissions, and other departments to support timely and accurate cohort and student account processing.
• Assist management with student communication initiatives, including text, email, and telephone campaigns related to payments, balances, deadlines, and delinquent accounts.
• Support Bursar operations at the New York City campus, as needed, including orientation, open house, graduation, and other special events, as well as coverage during staff absences and high-volume registration periods.
• Reconcile daily banking and payment reports and collaborate closely with the Accounting Office to ensure accurate financial reporting and transaction processing.
• Assist with internal and external audits, system testing, process improvements, and implementation of system or policy changes.
• Maintain compliance with applicable federal and New York State laws, regulations, institutional policies, and financial aid and student account requirements
• Apply knowledge of collections practices, compliance requirements, and account receivables processes to support effective delinquency management.
• Monitor delinquent accounts and take appropriate action to reduce outstanding balances and prevent past-due accounts from progressing to default.
• Maintain confidentiality and safeguard sensitive student and financial information in accordance with institutional policies and applicable regulations.
• Perform other duties and special projects assigned by Bursar management.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Collections, banking, or university experience is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, including clear and strong written and verbal skills and strong attention to detail is required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Student Accounts or Financial Aid, Accounting, Banking or Collection experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, PeopleSoft experience preferred.
• Excellent customer service experience is required.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and analytical skills are required.
• This position can spend time based at either the NYC or Long Island campuses and may be eligible for some remote work inline with NY Tech policy.
• This position may require some night and/or holiday/weekend hours.

Other Information

New York Institute of Technology offers numerous opportunities to enhance personal and professional growth and provides employees with a competitive compensation and benefits program inclusive of generous paid time off, holidays, tuition remission, and retirement plans with employer contributions.

New York Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

In compliance with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, the annual base salary range for this position is listed. New York Tech considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate experience/expertise, education/training, key skills, geographic location, internal peer equity as well as market, organizational considerations and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement when extending an offer.

Minimum Salary

USD $58,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary

USD $60,000.00/Yr.