Troy University
Sponsored Accounts Specialist
🇺🇸 Troy, AL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Finance
🗓️ June 25th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Troy University is hiring a Sponsored Accounts Specialist responsible for managing the Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)/VA Chapter 31 student accounts within Student Financial Services. The role involves serving as the primary contact for sponsored billing, maintaining Colleague sponsorships and VA portal systems, processing payments, resolving account discrepancies, and supporting auditing and refund processes.
Highlights
- Manage sponsored billing accounts for VR&E/VA Chapter 31 students as primary point-of-contact.
- Utilize and maintain Colleague sponsorship system and VA portal (Tungsten).
- Perform crediting, invoicing, receipting, collection allocation, and account reconciliation tasks.
- Assist with auditing and receipting VA Chapter 33 payments and textbook billing information.
- Organize and maintain sponsor and student files for audit compliance.
- Provide general financial aid overview and billing information to prospective and current students.
- Coordinate with Billing Coordinator on holds for VA-funded students awaiting payment.
- Scan and index documents using Document Imaging; serve as back-up cashier as needed.
- Requires Bachelor’s degree or equivalent sponsor billing experience and a minimum of two years of professional work experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and strong communication skills are essential.
Sponsored Accounts Specialist Full Description
Sponsored Accounts Specialist
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Posting Details
Position Information
Posting Number | SF2346P
Position Title | Sponsored Accounts Specialist
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Student Financial Services - Troy
Division | Financial Affairs and Online Education
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary | The Sponsored Accounts Specialist position in Student Financial Services is responsible for Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)/ VA Chapter 31 students.
These responsibilities will include the following essential functions:
· Serve as the primary point-of-contact for sponsored billing VR&E/ VA CH 31 students· Utilizing and maintaining Colleague sponsorships and VA portal (Tungsten)· Crediting, invoicing, receipting, and collection allocation of student sponsored accounts
· Assisting with Auditing and Receipting of VA Chapter 33 payments to student accounts· Assisting with B&N/ Trojan Book Bag textbook information for sponsored students· Organizing and maintaining sponsor and student files for audit· Providing overview of Student Financial Aid for sponsored students· Receipting, auditing, and reconciling third-party accounts· Assisting with the refund process and audit of student accounts· Resolving any account discrepancies· Performing all Student Financial Services functions including – receipting, preparing and posting of any account receivables and refunds· Communicating with prospective and current students and providing general, institutional, account, and third-party billing information· Coordinating with the Billing Coordinator the application and exceptions for Business Office holds for VA funded students awaiting payment
· Scanning and Indexing sponsored billing and other documents with Document Imaging· Assisting as back-up cashier· Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent sponsor billing experience
2. Minimum of two years of professional work experience
3. Excellent organizational skills
4. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
5. Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
6. Ability to multitask
Preferred Qualifications | 1. Previous experience in a University setting
2. Previous financial experience
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | No
Work Hours | Monday-Friday 8 – 5
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No
Posting Date | 06/24/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44578
Position Title | Sponsored Accounts Specialist
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Student Financial Services - Troy
Division | Financial Affairs and Online Education
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary | The Sponsored Accounts Specialist position in Student Financial Services is responsible for Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)/ VA Chapter 31 students.
These responsibilities will include the following essential functions:
· Serve as the primary point-of-contact for sponsored billing VR&E/ VA CH 31 students· Utilizing and maintaining Colleague sponsorships and VA portal (Tungsten)· Crediting, invoicing, receipting, and collection allocation of student sponsored accounts
· Assisting with Auditing and Receipting of VA Chapter 33 payments to student accounts· Assisting with B&N/ Trojan Book Bag textbook information for sponsored students· Organizing and maintaining sponsor and student files for audit· Providing overview of Student Financial Aid for sponsored students· Receipting, auditing, and reconciling third-party accounts· Assisting with the refund process and audit of student accounts· Resolving any account discrepancies· Performing all Student Financial Services functions including – receipting, preparing and posting of any account receivables and refunds· Communicating with prospective and current students and providing general, institutional, account, and third-party billing information· Coordinating with the Billing Coordinator the application and exceptions for Business Office holds for VA funded students awaiting payment
· Scanning and Indexing sponsored billing and other documents with Document Imaging· Assisting as back-up cashier· Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or equivalent sponsor billing experience
2. Minimum of two years of professional work experience
3. Excellent organizational skills
4. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
5. Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
6. Ability to multitask
Preferred Qualifications | 1. Previous experience in a University setting
2. Previous financial experience
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | No
Work Hours | Monday-Friday 8 – 5
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | N/A
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | No
Posting Date | 06/24/2025
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/44578
Reference Letters
Reference Letters
Solicit References Through the System? | No
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Social Media website
- Indeed
- Other employment website (please specify below)
- Employee Referral (please specify below)
- Local newspaper (please specify below)
- Professional journal (please specify below)
- Other source (please specify below)
- Please specify:
(Open Ended Question) - * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
- Not a current Troy University employee
- Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
- Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
- Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
- * Do you have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, or equivalent sponsor billing experience?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a minimum of two years of professional work experience?
- Yes
- No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- List of References
Optional Documents
- Unofficial Transcript 1
- Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
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