Higher Education Student Accounts Consultant, Interim Bursar

Summary

Join CampusWorks as a Bursar/Student Accounts Consultant and leverage your expertise to guide higher education clients in optimizing their Bursar/Student Accounts operations. You will utilize your subject matter knowledge to implement best practices, maximize technology usage, and achieve client goals. Engagements can be remote or on-site, encompassing roles such as interim Bursar, leading process review projects, or ERP system optimization. Help institutions maintain smooth financial operations during transitions or when extra expertise is needed. Full-time and contract (1099) opportunities are available. CampusWorks fosters a collaborative environment, working with clients and colleagues to evaluate, design, and implement process and technical solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience as a college or university Bursar or related role in a higher education institution
• Experience with a higher education ERP software (e.g., Ellucian Colleague, Banner, Jenzabar, Workday), including hands-on experience with the bursar/student accounts functionality and the ability to train end users
• Experience assessing bursar/student accounts operations and making recommendations for process improvement, including reviewing and recommending policy changes, staffing and organizational alignment changes, and realignment of roles and responsibilities when appropriate
• Solid leadership skills, including facilitating diverse groups, creating consensus building and preparing the organization and individuals for change and ongoing continuous improvement
• Demonstration of superior communication skills and the ability to provide a consultative approach to end clients

Responsibilities

• Serve as Interim Bursar, providing day-to-day leadership of the bursar/student accounts department staff
• Provide oversight, direction, guidance, and coordination of the current bursar/student accounts projects and priorities
• Assess the efficiency of the bursar/student accounts department
• Design and deliver training
• Assist clients in how to best align policy, process, procedures, and personnel to effectively leverage bursar/student accounts solutions

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Robust benefits for full-time employees
• Professional development opportunities
• Meaningful work
• Opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with clients across the United States and in Canada
• Flexibility
• Full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities