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