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Purdue University

Accounting Technician, Senior

🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Finance

🗓️ July 27th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Purdue University is hiring for an Accounting Technician, Senior. The position involves handling educational software systems, managing customer interactions related to collections, and ensuring effective communication and organizational procedures are followed.

Highlights
  • Manage educational software such as SAP, Banner, and student loan systems.
  • Handle federal loan program policies and customer collection conflicts.
  • Maintain administrative tasks including file management and clerical procedures.
  • Use Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; SAP knowledge preferred.
  • Communicate clearly and professionally with customers and team members.
  • Demonstrate proactive work habits to achieve project success.
  • Interpret university policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Possess strong organizational and decision-making skills.
  • Require high school diploma/GED and 4+ years of business-related experience.
  • BA/BS in related field preferred; background check required; position is non-exempt and overtime eligible.

Accounting Technician, Senior Full Description

What We're Looking For:
Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:
  • High school diploma/GED
  • 4+ years of business-related experience
 
Skills needed:
  • Working knowledge of educational software such as SAP, Banner and student loan systems.  Working knowledge of federal loan programs' policies and procedures preferred.  Knowledge of credit and collection procedures a plus
  • Must have an aptitude for math and desire to work with numbers.  Demonstrated ability to handle stressful situations related to customer collection conflicts
  • Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems, file management and records, forms and other office procedures and terminology. Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint required. Knowledge of SAP preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to clearly and timely communicate, verbally and in writing, with courtesy, sensitivity and respect. Demonstrated active listening skills which include checking that the message has been understood. Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment to achieve common goals in a cooperative manner
  • Demonstrated customer service focus, including recognition that it should be value-added, meet quality standards, and is important to position. Demonstrated ability to provide directions and information, includes important events, decisions, and changes, and answer questions accurately, professionally, tactfully and in a timely manner
  • Demonstrated self-starter attitude. Must be proactive; take action based on one’s own sense of what is needed to achieve key directives and objectives, grasp opportunities or solve problems. Demonstrated willingness to go above and beyond job description to ensure success of a project necessary
  • Demonstrated ability to appropriately use and apply technology to accomplish work activities and ability to interpret and explain University policies and procedures and applicable regulatory requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to act effectively and in a timely manner in situations that require clear direction and advice; making sound decisions and recommendations based on balanced consideration of facts, priorities, resources, constraints, and alternatives
  • Demonstrated organizational skills, balancing workload and developing plan to effectively complete assignments
  • Demonstrated responsibility for actions, work and behavior, including ability to set realistic expectations, keep commitments, and act effectively and timely. Demonstrated commitment to professional standards and ethics in any situation
 
What’s helpful:
  • BA/BS in related field

Additional Information:
  • Purdue University will not sponsor employment authorization for this position  
  • A background check will be required for employment in this position
  • FLSA: Non-exempt (Eligible For Overtime)
  • Retirement Eligibility: Non-exempt Defined Contribution
  • Benefit Statement: Purdue University offers a substantial Benefit Package including medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a generous paid time off package for sick and vacation days
  • Purdue University is an EOE employer

Career Stream
  • Administrative and Operational Support 3
  • Pay Band: S045
  • Job Code: 20003319