Student Accounts Specialist
Aston Carter · Hartford, CT · 1 mo ago
On-siteEducation$25.48–$31.25/hrContract
We need to output only HTML fragment, using for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
We need to decide which sections have content.
From posting:
- About the role: The description paragraph after "Job Description" maybe considered About the role. It says: "The Accounting Specialist administers and reconciles institutional loan programs while supporting student account operations. This role ensures that loan transactions, billing activity, payments, account adjustments, and collection efforts are processed accurately and in alignment with applicable regulations and organizational policies. The specialist monitors delinquent loan accounts, coordinates collection activity with third-party providers, supports financial and tax reporting, and reconciles account activity to maintain financial accuracy. The position also provides professional, high-quality customer service to students, families, internal departments, and external partners."
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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
We need to decide which sections have content.
From posting:
- About the role: The description paragraph after "Job Description" maybe considered About the role. It says: "The Accounting Specialist administers and reconciles institutional loan programs while supporting student account operations. This role ensures that loan transactions, billing activity, payments, account adjustments, and collection efforts are processed accurately and in alignment with applicable regulations and organizational policies. The specialist monitors delinquent loan accounts, coordinates collection activity with third-party providers, supports financial and tax reporting, and reconciles account activity to maintain financial accuracy. The position also provides professional, high-quality customer service to students, families, internal departments, and external partners."
We can put that under About the role
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. - Responsibilities: There's a big list under "Responsibilities". We'll put
Responsibilities
with- each bullet. - Essential Skills: Could be under Skills. Also Additional Skills & Qualifications could be under Qualifications or Skills. We need to decide sections: Skills, Qualifications, Requirements. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have Skills, Qualifications, Requirements. We need to map content. We have "Essential Skills" list (bullet-like sentences). Also "Additional Skills & Qualifications". Also "High school diploma or GED." etc. Also "Bachelor’s degree ... preferred." etc. We could treat "Requirements" as mandatory requirements (experience, education). "Qualifications" as preferred qualifications. "Skills" as skillset. But we must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. Let's extract: Essential Skills (these are required?): - At least three years of experience supporting accounts receivable, customer billing, payment processing, collections, account adjustments, or loan servicing, with comfort managing delinquent accounts and discussing repayment options and outstanding balances. - Three to five years of experience in accounts receivable, accounting, billing, collections, loan servicing, or financial customer service. - Demonstrated experience reconciling financial transactions across multiple systems, investigating discrepancies, processing adjustments, applying payments, and maintaining accurate supporting documentation. - Strong Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze and reconcile complex financial data. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams. - Experience working within enterprise financial, billing, accounting, or customer account systems. - Ability to explain complex financial information clearly and professionally to students, families, and colleagues. - Experience resolving account issues and responding to phone and email inquiries in a customer-focused manner. - Ability to coordinate effectively with internal departments and external partners to resolve account and billing matters. - Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in handling financial transactions and records. - Ability to handle confidential or sensitive financial matters with discretion and professionalism. - High school diploma or GED. Additional Skills & Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field is preferred. - Five or more years of relevant professional experience in accounts receivable, accounting, billing, collections, loan servicing, or financial customer service is highly desirable. - Experience in higher education, student financial services, loan administration, or a regulated financial environment. - Familiarity with institutional loans, private education loans, or federal financial aid requirements. - Experience preparing audit documentation and supporting financial or tax reporting. - Experience working with multiple systems to reconcile complex financial activity. - Ability to contribute to process improvement initiatives and strengthen internal controls. - Strong cross-functional communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively on departmental projects and policy implementation. - An equivalent combination of education, specialized training, and relevant professional experience may be considered. Work Environment: mentions full-time on-site Monday-Friday 40 hrs, location Hartford CT, etc. This could go under Schedule? Actually schedule: Monday-Friday 40 hrs per week. Also Work Type: fully onsite. Could be Schedule section. Pay And Benefits: includes pay range $25.48 - $31.25/hr, benefits list. We need to include Pay and Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. It does. Schedule: we have work environment mentions full-time Monday-Friday 40 hrs per week. So we can put Schedule. Benefits: list of benefits. We also have "Work Environment" maybe could be part of About the role? But we already have About the role. Could also add a section "Work Environment" but not in allowed headings list. The allowed headings are limited to those given; we should not add other headings. So we should incorporate work environment info into either About the role, Responsibilities, Schedule, etc. Probably Schedule for hours, and maybe mention location in About the role? But About the role already describes role; we could add location there. However we must not invent content; we can include location as part of About the role paragraph (makes sense). Or we could add a separate section "Work Environment" but not allowed; better to avoid. Thus: - About the role: include description plus location (Hartford, CT) and full-time on-site Monday-Friday 40 hrs? Actually schedule separate. Better: About the role: description of role (as earlier). Then maybe add location and work type in About the role? Might be okay. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week. Pay: $25.48 - $31.25/hr. Benefits: list. Requirements: maybe the mandatory requirements: At least three years experience..., High school diploma or GED. Also maybe "Three to five years of experience..." but that's overlapping. We'll decide. Qualifications: preferred qualifications: Bachelor's degree preferred, five+ years experience highly desirable, higher education experience, etc. Skills: the skill list (Excel, Microsoft Office, communication, etc.) We must avoid duplication. Let's parse. Essential Skills list includes many items that are both skills and requirements. We'll split: Requirements (mandatory): - At least three years of experience supporting accounts receivable, customer billing, payment processing, collections, account adjustments, or loan servicing, with comfort managing delinquent accounts and discussing repayment options and outstanding balances. - Three to five years of experience in accounts receivable, accounting, billing, collections, loan servicing, or financial customer service. - Demonstrated experience reconciling financial transactions across multiple systems, investigating discrepancies, processing adjustments, applying payments, and maintaining accurate supporting documentation. - Strong Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze and reconcile complex financial data. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams. - Experience working within enterprise financial, billing, accounting, or customer account systems. - Ability to explain complex financial information clearly and professionally to students, families, and colleagues. - Experience resolving account issues and responding to phone and email inquiries in a customer-focused manner. - Ability to coordinate effectively with internal departments and external partners to resolve account and billing matters. - Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in handling financial transactions and records. - Ability to handle confidential or sensitive financial matters with discretion and professionalism. - High school diploma or GED. Qualifications (preferred): - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field is preferred. - Five or more years of relevant professional experience in accounts receivable, accounting, billing, collections, loan servicing, or financial customer service is highly desirable. - Experience in higher education, student financial services, loan administration, or a regulated financial environment. - Familiarity with institutional loans, private education loans, or federal financial aid requirements. - Experience preparing audit documentation and supporting financial or tax reporting. - Experience working with multiple systems to reconcile complex financial activity. - Ability to contribute to process improvement initiatives and strengthen internal controls. - Strong cross-functional communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively on departmental projects and policy implementation. - An equivalent combination of education, specialized training, and relevant professional experience may be considered. Skills: maybe we can keep some overlapping but we need to avoid duplication. Could combine Skills with Requirements? But we need sections. Perhaps we can put Skills as a subsection of Requirements? But we must follow headings. We could decide to have only Requirements and Qualifications, and not Skills, because the essential skills list overlaps heavily. But the instruction says we can include Skills section if there is real specific content. We have specific skill content: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, ability to explain financial info, etc. So we can create Skills section with those items. Thus: Skills: - Strong Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze and reconcile complex financial data. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams. - Ability to explain complex financial information clearly and professionally to students, families, and colleagues. - Experience resolving account issues and responding to phone and email inquiries in a customer-focused manner. - Ability to coordinate effectively with internal departments and external partners to resolve account and billing matters. - Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in handling financial transactions and records. - Ability to handle confidential or sensitive financial matters with discretion and professionalism. But note some of these also appear in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could keep Requirements focused on experience and education, and Skills focused on abilities. Let's try: Requirements: - At least three years of experience supporting accounts receivable, customer billing, payment processing, collections, account adjustments, or loan servicing, with comfort managing delinquent accounts and discussing repayment options and outstanding balances. - Three to five years of experience in accounts receivable, accounting, billing, collections, loan servicing, or financial customer service. - Demonstrated experience reconciling financial transactions across multiple systems, investigating discrepancies, processing adjustments, applying payments, and maintaining accurate supporting documentation. - High school diploma or GED. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field is preferred. - Five or more years of relevant professional experience in accounts receivable, accounting, billing, collections, loan servicing, or financial customer service is highly desirable. - Experience in higher education, student financial services, loan administration, or a regulated financial environment. - Familiarity with institutional loans, private education loans, or federal financial aid requirements. - Experience preparing audit documentation and supporting financial or tax reporting. - Experience working with multiple systems to reconcile complex financial activity. - Ability to contribute to process improvement initiatives and strengthen internal controls. - Strong cross-functional communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively on departmental projects and policy implementation. - An equivalent combination of education, specialized training, and relevant professional experience may be considered. Skills: - Strong Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze and reconcile complex financial data. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams. - Ability to explain complex financial information clearly and professionally to students, families, and colleagues. - Experience resolving account issues and responding to phone and email inquiries in a customer-focused manner. - Ability to coordinate effectively with internal departments and external partners to resolve account and billing matters. - Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in handling financial transactions and records. - Ability to handle confidential or sensitive financial matters with discretion and professionalism. Now Responsibilities we have many bullet points. We'll list them. Pay: $25.48 - $31.25/hr. Benefits: list as bullet. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week. Also mention on-site location? Could add location in About the role. About the role: include description plus location (Hartford, CT) and that it's full-time on-site? But schedule already covers hours; we can mention location. Let's craft About the role paragraph: "The Accounting Specialist administers and reconciles institutional loan programs while supporting student account operations. This role ensures that loan transactions, billing activity, payments, account adjustments, and collection efforts are processed accurately and in alignment with applicable regulations and organizational policies. The specialist monitors delinquent loan accounts,