Executive Director For Financial Services

Job Details

Job Location: Bethany Campus - Bethany, OK

Position Type: Staff Full-Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

Description

Full Time / Salary / Exempt

WORK SCHEDULE

Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

JOB SUMMARY

To provide leadership for the area responsible for delivering Financial Services which assist in attracting and retaining students.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

• Provide the Administrative Cabinet with regular updates on traditional discount rates, student payments, outstanding balances, and related projections.
• Lead, supervise, hire, train, and evaluate the Financial Services staff.
• Provide leadership and ensure quality customer service around the entire awarding, billing, and collecting process.
• Assist in interpreting institutional financial data for the purposes of budget preparation, decision making, and planning.
• Continually emphasize, measure, and deliver outstanding customer service.
• Serve on institutional committees as required by the position or as recommended by the Executive VP, the VP for Finance, and/or the President.
• Regular informal and yearly formal reviews with direct reports to ensure that goals and actions are aligned with the University’s Strategic Plan.
• Work with university leadership to develop and maintain an effective pricing and discounting strategy.
• Understanding and continual learning of Federal and State financial aid requirements
• Ability to understand, apply and recommend changes to the SNU's scholarship awarding and funding requirement
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Southern Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. According to SNU policy, all faculty and staff must profess a faith in Jesus Christ, possess a strong personal Christian commitment and be committed to the SNU mission to make Christlike disciples through higher education in a Christ centered community.
• An understanding of the importance for diversity, inclusion and equity
• Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively and lead effectively across administrative, academic, and support staff personnel.
• Minimum of two years of related work experience and/or relevant training
• Proven ability to manage complex systems, processes, and timelines.
• Recognized capacity for organizational development.
• Demonstrates effective visionary and administrative leadership skills.
• Demonstrates the attitude and approach of a servant-leader.
• Ability to think critically and logically, demonstrate professional judgment, problem solve, and resolve conflicts.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• Experience with a CRM
• At least 3 years of experience in higher education.

Supervision Received:

Receives supervision and work assignments from a designated supervisor, although other staff members in the unit may provide work direction.

Supervision Exercised:

May be responsible for the coordination of work assignments for a staff of 15-20 plus student employees.

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Benefits

Generous benefit structure including family health insurance plan (shared cost), long term disability, dental insurance, group life insurance, retirement matching, tuition remission, vacation, sick leave, personal days, and holidays.