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Southern Virginia University

Student Accounts Specialist

🇺🇸 Buena Vista, Virginia 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Finance 🗓️ September 14th, 2026

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Southern Virginia University is hiring a Student Accounts Specialist. The role involves managing student financial accounts by ensuring timely payment collections, processing payments, handling inquiries, and maintaining accurate financial records while supporting the university's goal of excellent customer service.

Highlights
  • Manage collection and posting of current and delinquent student payments.
  • Process payments and deposits for university departments accurately.
  • Handle phone and written communications regarding student accounts.
  • Research and resolve student and departmental financial inquiries.
  • Reconcile daily cash and check totals, close cashier sessions, and manage financial holds.
  • Assist with 1098-T tax form inquiries and corrections.
  • Manage monthly payment plans for students.
  • Provide excellent customer service with professionalism and positive demeanor.
  • Required skills include communication abilities, organization, discretion with sensitive information, and willingness to interact via multiple communication methods.
  • Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor’s Degree, knowledge of basic accounting principles, and proficiency in Microsoft Office and G-Suite.

Student Accounts Specialist Full Description

Student Accounts Specialist
Full-time

Southern Virginia University is seeking a talented and motivated Student Accounts Specialist to assist our team in informing students of their financial obligations and assisting them in meeting those commitments. We strive to make the student experience as smooth as possible and aim for excellence in our customer service.

Responsibilities

  • Ensures the accurate and timely collection of current and delinquent receivables, and accurate posting of payments.
  • Collects and accurately processes various types of payments from students; processes deposits for university departments; prepares and verifies cash and check totals for regular bank deposits.
  • Makes and accepts phone calls on current, past due and delinquent student accounts. Completes appropriate forms/reports and corresponds with students as needed.
  • Researches and responds to student and departmental inquiries, and provides information to aid with problem resolution, helps ensure accuracy of student financial records and documentation.
  • Verifies and closes other cashier daily sessions; reconciles department and the organization activity to ensure proper accounting for daily activity; reconciles daily transactions between systems; assigns and removes financial holds on student accounts as required.
  • Assists customers with inquiries regarding 1098-T tax forms, including correcting student account records; generating duplicate statements; reproducing the 1098-T forms.
  • Manage monthly payment plans.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Finance

Minimum Qualifications

  • Ability and willingness to make phone calls and have face-to-face interactions with colleagues and students in addition to electronic and written communications
  • Ability to provide excellent customer service with a professional, helpful, and positive demeanor
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills in order to effectively interact with a diverse campus community
  • Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete assigned duties and responsibilities to meet deadlines
  • Ability to handle and process confidential and sensitive student financial information with discretion

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
  • Knowledge of and skills in Microsoft Office and G-Suite

Applications

To apply, interested candidates should submit a cover letter, résumé, and three professional references to [email protected]. Southern Virginia University is an equal-opportunity employer. Applications will be reviewed immediately, and the position will remain open until filled.

About Southern Virginia University

Southern Virginia University is a private, faith-based institution of higher education aligned with the restored gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a university, we gather faithful Latter-day Saints and those who share our values, lift intellectually, socially, and spiritually, and launch into successful lives and careers. Applicants are invited to learn more about the university at svu.edu/mission.