Department: Fiscal Services

Classification: Admin Office Specialist 3

Job Category: Classified Staff

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Pay Band: 03

Salary: Salary starting at $50,000, commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

Financial Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The Student Accounts Office provides professional, efficient, and effective payment, deposit, and receivable collection services to students, parents, faculty, and staff, and maintains internal controls to ensure associated financial transactions are accurately processed and proper records are maintained.

About the Position:

The Fiscal Technician is responsible for student and department deposits received through various payment methods. This includes receiving and processing of funds into Banner Student and Banner Finance.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing and assuring payments to the university are processed correctly, securely, and in a timely manner. This includes processing of student and department payments received via cash, credit card, remote deposit, wire transfers, EDI, ACH or other methods that require manual entry into the accounts. If processing of credit card transactions is involved, following university and payment card industry guidelines is required. For cash deposit, this position is responsible for transporting cash to the bank. The position is also responsible for reconciling cashiering work completed by the other Fiscal Technician;
• Serves as point person for research and resolving reconciling items for various clearing accounts;
• Prepares daily accounting entries in accordance with state regulations, CAPP manual, and month-end deadlines related to cash receipts;
• Conducts research requests and answers questions for management and external customers (other GMU departments and vendors); and
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in a student accounts or accounts receivable office, or an accounting background;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Skill in the use of complex accounting systems, Excel, and other applications; and
• Ability to key large quantities of data quickly, and with a high degree of accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor?s degree in related field;
• Some accounting-related experience with significant reconciling and transaction analysis (typically two or more years); and
• Familiarity with Ellucian Banner and Touchnet or similar systems.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Fiscal Technician at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter, resume, and writing sample/portfolio.

Posting Open Date:  June 3, 2026

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  June 17, 2026

Open Until Filled:  Yes

About George Mason University

George Mason University is a public, comprehensive, research university established by the Commonwealth of Virginia located in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. Mason was initially founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1949, and became an independent institution in 1972. George Mason University is an innovative and inclusive academic community committed to creating a more just, free, and prosperous world.

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