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Position Number: 1278626
Location: Beaumont, TX
Position Type: Business - Other Business

Cashier 499649

Position Type: Staff

Position Number: 499649

Department: Cashiering

Job Summary/Basic Function:
General Description:
Performs varied clerical and bookkeeping duties associated with all phases of the Cashier's Office. Duties include: collecting, posting, and custody of cash and fee payments.

Reports To: Assistant Director of Student Business Services

Limitations: Work involves the exercise of independent judgment within established University and department guidelines. Supervision is normally available, but incumbent is expected to resolve work problems as they arise, make independent decisions, and work on most assignments with substantial independence.

Examples of Work Performed:

Maintain customer window for service to students, faculty and staff. Process payment of tuition, installments, loans, miscellaneous fees and departmental deposits. Prepare and release holds on delinquent student records. Assist students, parents, faculty, and staff with inquiries about billing accounts.

Provide assistance to cashiers and Assistant Director of Student Business Services for special requests or needs of students, faculty and staff and general functions of the office.

Rotate all duties of Accounting Associate to ensure consistent flow of work during vacation or other leave.

Answer telephones in timely and courteous manner.

Rotate processing NSF letter notifications and periodically purge NSF file.

Maintain clean and organized office.

All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
General Qualifications
Experience:
Requires two years of related experience in cashiering, reconciliations, receivables, and collection agency procedures. Must be accurate in making computations and in making change. Prefer experience in preparing bank deposits, credit card transactions (balancing & reconciliation), NSF check collection procedures, internal controls, and cashiering within a financial institution. Should have extensive data entry experience, 10-key by touch, cash register, copiers, typewriters, P/C, mainframe computer terminal, and credit card terminals.

Education:
Requires high school diploma, including or supplemented by coursework in bookkeeping, business procedures, data entry, etc.

Additional Abilities Required:
Ability to work cooperatively with fellow employees and supervisors.
Ability to come to work in a timely and predictable manner.
Ability to tolerate constructive criticism.
Ability to tolerate stressful conditions.
Ability to follow University policies and procedures.
Ability to give excellent customer service to students, parents, faculty and staff at all times.

Preferred Qualifications:

Security Sensitive Statement:
This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information.

Salary: $24,000

Work Hours:

Posting Date: 08/17/2018

Close Date: 8/24/2018

Open Until Filled: No

Special Instructions:

To apply, visit https://jobs.lamar.edu/.

Lamar University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Lamar University not to discriminate on the basis of non-relevant criteria including, but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in its educational programs, activities, admissions or employment practices.