Higher Education Student Accounts Consultants/Interim Bursar

CampusWorks is looking for Bursar/Student Accounts Consultants to assist our higher education clients in strengthening their Bursar/Student Accounts operations and enhancing the student experience. These individuals will use their subject matter expertise in the Bursar/Student Accounts area to guide clients in adopting best practices and maximizing the use of the technology to support the Bursar/Student Accounts operations and help clients achieve their goals. The consulting engagements may be remote or onsite and can include serving as an interim Bursar, leading a Business Process Review project, or optimizing their ERP system. The Bursar/Student Accounts Consultants help institutions maintain smooth financial operations during transitional periods or when additional expertise is needed. These roles can be full-time or contract consultant (1099) opportunities. Please specify your preference in the application. CampusWorks consultants engage with our clients in higher education to assist them in fully leveraging their people, processes, policies, and technologies. We work collaboratively with clients’ functional and technical teams and our CampusWorks colleagues to evaluate current processes, design future-state optimal processes, and to architect, develop, test, train, and rollout process and technical solutions that delight our clients. Responsibilities Serving as Interim Bursar, providing day-to-day leadership of the bursar/student accounts department staff Providing oversight, direction, guidance, and coordination of the current bursar/student accounts projects and priorities Assessing the efficiency of the bursar/student accounts department Designing and delivering training Assisting clients in how to best align policy, process, procedures, and personnel to effectively leverage bursar/student accounts 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 What You Can Expect from Us At CampusWorks, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits for full-time employees, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that CampusWorks is a great place to build your career. Our employees enjoy: Meaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of students and educators. CampusWorks Inc., as a large consulting firm, provides its employees with an opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with our clients across the United States and in Canada. With the nature of our clients’ work evolving quickly, we’re all being asked to support larger CampusWorks initiatives. Upon joining CampusWorks in a consulting role, your talent and expertise may be applied to a range of projects, assignments, and clients. A CEO who cares. Chairman and CEO Liz Murphy has made it her mission to create a culture that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of CampusWorks feels like being a member of a big family. A virtual and onsite workplace . In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, CampusWorks became a virtual company in 2012. As such, our team members are located across the U.S. and Canada, where they work from their home offices and at client sites. Flexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy customers. That's why CampusWorks offers both full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities to fit life's unique demands. A company that gives back. Every year CampusWorks proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our vision to make higher education accessible to everyone. At CampusWorks, we value the unique backgrounds , experiences, and perspectives each CampusWorker (we call ourselves CampusWorkers) brings to our workplace each day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you are passionate about higher education and creating Happy Campuses, let's talk! If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. About CampusWorks Founded in 1999, CampusWorks is dedicated to helping higher education overcome business and technological challenges that stand in the way of student success and completion. We work with community colleges, technical colleges, four-year public and private institutions, multi-college districts, and statewide higher education systems to tackle problems big and small. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academics—to achieve transformative results. Want to learn more about life at CampusWorks? 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