Department: NUQ Business & Finance
Salary/Grade: EXS/6

The Accountant works on student financial areas including but not limited to managing student accounts, providing customer service to students, creating payment plans, performing reconciliations and serves as a backup to the Visitor Services Coordinator in their Student Employment functions.

Responsibilities:

• Managing student accounts including but not limited to posting payments and reconciling balances
• Performing complex reconciliations to ensure all AR balances are accurate
• Interact with students providing excellent customer service to answer all inquiries in a timely manner
• Prepare and send student and sponsor invoices on a semester basis
• Prepare and send monthly student statements
• Liaise with sponsors including Qatar Foundation to ensure accurate records are maintained
• Coordinate with QF housing to ensure accurate housing invoices are issued
• Perform preliminary monthly AR aging analysis per the NU-Q Students Accounts Receivable Policy
• Assist in preparation of annual closing entries for fiscal year end closings
• Create financial letters as required
• Other tasks as assigned

Specific Responsibilities:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent of training and experience
• Three years of work experience in accounting
• Proficiency in working in multiple business systems
• Strong computer skills, especially with word processing and spreadsheets

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s in Accounting or CPA/IPAA certification or the equivalent of training and experience
• Expert skill level in Excel including the ability to write Macros
• Experience in a higher education student finance office

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Strong collaboration, active listening, and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of MS Office suite particularly with an emphasis in Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Maintaining and practicing a high level of confidentiality