Position Summary

The Assistant Bursar assists the Bursar to ensure effective and efficient processing of college accounts receivable functions,
revenue reporting, and AR ledger reconciliation. Is responsible for assisting with processing and receiving funds,
maintaining student accounts, processing student refunds, providing customer service to Cashier’s Office customers, and
assisting with other Business Office functions as assigned. In the absence of the Bursar, the Assistant Bursar assumes the
duties.

Essential Job Duties

• Greet visitors to the cashier’s office by providing assistance as required such as taking payments, reviewing

• Assists the Cashiers’ Office daily functions by providing assistance with taking payments, providing change,

• Answer the telephone in a courteous and professional manner; make calls as needed.
• Assist with managing student accounts, assessing appropriate fees, and payments, and providing balance

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Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Associate Degree in accounting or related field.
• Two years of related work experience involving accounting and customer service.
• Knowledge of general accounting practices, office procedures, and office filing systems.
• Knowledge of businesslike and courteous telephone procedures.
• Ability to work accurately and efficiently, despite multiple tasks and frequent interruptions.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate student deadlines with other college departments and campuses.
• Well-developed proofreading skills.
• Must be detail oriented and organized.
• Ability to multi-task and work with deadlines.
• Ability to work accurately and efficiently, despite multiple tasks and frequent interruptions.
• Ability to understand accounting practices to verify accuracy of and make corrections to accounts as needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with professionals, staff, and the general public.
• Ability to plan, implement, and coordinate assigned responsibilities effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with other employees, students and the

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree

• Ability to operate a personal computer using the Windows environment.
• Ability to understand operating a personal computer within the Crowder College Network environment.
• Ability to use E-mail.
• Ability to perform Jenzabar accounting, posting, data collection retrieval with Microsoft queries and data entry

Positions Supervised
• None

Working Environment

• Indoor office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, and temperature changes.
• May sit at a workstation for up to four (4) hours at a time.
• A neat appearance and appropriate business apparel are required.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while

performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Environment

• Generally sedentary office administration work involving sitting much of the time but will involve mobility within

• Input, access and distribute information using computers. May sit at a workstation up to four (4) hours at a time.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and working at a computer screen much of the day.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to

handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear.

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• The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the

Creative and Analytical Skills

• Apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Identify problems and develop recommended solutions for policies and procedures.
• Ability to audit methods and procedures of accounts payable functions to improve efficiency.
• Desire to update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications,

and maintaining personal networks.

Language/Communication Skills

• Effective telephone communication skills, including ability to obtain and provide information verbally.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students and the general public, in

both written and oral mediums.

***CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY
WAY THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES,
INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION
DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED JOB REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY
ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.