PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials Functional Lead Consultant (Higher Ed Business Unit)

International Executive Service Corps; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Opportunities for growth and dev

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Sierra-Cedar is seeking a Senior Consultant-level leader to support PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials in higher education. You will work hands-on to optimize billing, payments, refunds, and GL integrations, with potential expansion to Oracle Student Management projects.

Ideal candidate has substantial PeopleSoft Student Financials experience and a background in higher education operations, billing cycles, and client-facing delivery. Role allows remote work from the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, IS/CS, HEA, or related field.
• Hands-on functional experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials.
• Strong understanding of higher education processes: student accounts, billing, collections, refunds, and cash management.
• Experience translating business requirements into system solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving, written and verbal communication for client work.

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials implementations from planning through deployment.
• Partner with clients to evaluate current configurations and operational requirements.
• Analyze and optimize tuition, billing, cashiering, collections, refunds, and third‑party billing.
• Configure and troubleshoot Student Financials functionality and GL integration.
• Support item type setup, trees, charge priorities, and unapplied payments.
• Conduct fit‑gap analysis and recommend aligned solutions.
• Identify improvements to improve efficiency and adoption.
• Support data mapping, conversion, validation, and testing activities.
• Develop functional requirements for reports, interfaces, and integrations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Student Accounts, Bursar, Financial Aid, and Finance.
• Facilitate work sessions, requirements gathering, testing, and knowledge transfer.
• Mentor team members and lead project workstreams.

Skills

PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

Client-facing skills

Business process knowledge (HE)

Requirements analysis

Problem solving

Communication

Implementation experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

About the Role

Our Higher Education practice at Sierra-Cedar is seeking a motivated and experienced PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials Functional Lead. This Senior Consultant-level role is a hands‑on functional role supporting one of the core systems institutions rely on to manage the student financial lifecycle, including billing, payments, refunds, collections, third‑party sponsorships, and integration with financial systems.

This role may also expand to include Oracle Student Management Student Financials projects in the future, making an interest in cloud technologies and evolving Oracle higher education solutions a plus.

Where You Might Be Coming From

Our strongest consultants come from a variety of backgrounds. Many have worked for consulting firms, Oracle partners, or Oracle itself, implementing and optimizing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials for colleges and universities.

At the same time, some of our best consultants started their careers on campus and have been part of a related implementation. You may currently work in a Bursar's Office, Student Accounts Office, Controller's Office, or business operations team, supporting student receivables, billing, cashiering, collections, refunds, payment plans, or reconciliation processes. You may also be a functional analyst or systems administrator responsible for configuring and supporting the Student Financials module.

If you understand how student financial operations work day‑to‑day and have hands‑on experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials implementations, we'd like to hear from you.

About Sierra-Cedar

Sierra-Cedar partners with higher education institutions to implement, optimize, and support Oracle solutions that improve operations and the student experience. Our consultants work directly with colleges and universities to deliver successful projects, solve complex business challenges, and help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.

What You'll Do

• Lead or contribute to PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials implementations for higher education institutions from planning through deployment
• Partner with clients to evaluate current Student Financials configurations, business processes, and operational requirements
• Analyze and optimize Student Financials business processes including tuition and fee assessment, billing, cashiering, collections, refunds, payment plans, and payment processing
• Configure and troubleshoot Student Financials functionality including tuition calculation, refund processing, aging analysis, third‑party billing, sponsor contracts, and general ledger integration
• Provide support for item type setup, trees, charge priority, payment application, and unapplied payments
• Conduct fit‑gap analysis and recommend solutions that align business requirements with delivered functionality and best practices
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through system enhancements and increased adoption of delivered functionality
• Support data mapping, conversion, validation, and testing activities during implementation projects
• Develop functional requirements for reports, interfaces, and integrations that support institutional business needs
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Student Accounts, Bursar, Financial Aid, Finance, and related departments
• Facilitate work sessions, requirements gathering, solution reviews, testing activities, and knowledge transfer with client teams
• Mentor team members and provide guidance on projects where you serve in a lead capacity

What We're Looking For

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Higher Education Administration, or a related field
• Hands‑on functional experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials gained through implementation, configuration, support, or optimization projects
• Strong understanding of higher education business processes, including student accounts, billing, collections, refunds, cashiering, payment plans, and related financial operations
• Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into system solutions
• Strong problem‑solving, communication, and client‑facing skills

Strongly Preferred

• Consulting experience implementing or optimizing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student Financials for colleges and universities
• Experience leading functional workstreams, workshops, fit‑gap sessions, testing activities, and client meetings
• Implementation experience within a college or university environment
• Working knowledge of other Oracle higher education solutions, including additional Campus Solutions modules or Oracle Cloud applications
• Interest in learning and supporting Oracle Student Management Student Financials solutions

Bonus Points

• Oracle Cloud or PeopleSoft certification
• Experience leading project teams or functional workstreams
• Experience supporting multiple institutions or complex higher education environments

Additional Information

This position requires approximately 30% travel to client sites (nationwide) as well as remote work from your home office within the United States only - International locations will not be considered. This full‑time role may include working occasional nights and weekends to support project milestones

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for growth and development
• A collaborative and engaging work environment

Sierra-Cedar 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, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.