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Bellingham Technical College invites applications for one full-time regular Fiscal Technician IV. This position reports to the Controller.  It is anticipated to begin in March 2025.     This position will perform or be responsible for repetitive fiscally related duties in a computerized environment. Incumbents may be assigned to one specific function or perform duties in more than one functional area, such as: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, Grants, Student Financials, Cashiering and General Accounting, or rotate from one functional area to another.     BTC is a premier higher education institution working to provide student-centered, high quality professional technical education throughout Whatcom County and is the only technical college serving northwest Washington State. Bellingham rests in the scenic northwest corner of Washington State where the Cascade Mountains meet the Salish Sea between Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC.   BTC is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming campus that supports diversity, promotes a sense of community, provides an effective work and learning environment, and encourages respect for individuals.  As an Equal Opportunity employer, BTC values diversity and aims to recruit employees that reflect the diverse backgrounds of our community, including ethnicity, national origin, religion, race, gender, gender identity, age, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, disability, political status, and sexual orientation. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a successful and supportive working and learning environment for a diverse college staff and student population with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

General Position Duties & Responsibilities:

Prepare, review, verify, and process accounting documents and fiscal transactions; 

Maintain accounts and records; authorize and enter fiscal transactions; 

Prepare, verify and control input being processed, including responsibility for input; 

Review and verify fiscal reports for accuracy; 

Investigate and correct errors to ensure compliance with established procedures and policies; 

Perform computing, calculating and manual or automated posting of financial, statistical, and other numerical data to maintain accounting, budgeting, cashiering, and purchasing reports, and record details of business transactions in a computerized environment, including Excel;

Answer a variety of questions and handle potentially stressful situations with a diverse population in a courteous and professional manner; 

May direct the work of others;

Perform related duties as required.

Specific Position Duties & Responsibilities:

Process and reconcile campus bookstore accounts payable transactions, daily sales transactions, instore rentals, student financial aid purchases and assist with inventory reconciliation;

Work collaboratively with bookstore manager to troubleshoot Veriphone System and credit card transaction reconciliation;

Process payroll ACH and payroll vendor voucher payments;

Audit daily cashiering transactions;

Process EFT and ACH receivable payments into accounting system;

In collaboration with the Principal Accountant, track, maintain, update system and tag fixed assets;

Run queries in PeopleSoft to create reports for reconciling, reporting, reviewing, adjusting and correcting general ledger data;

Post journal entries into the general ledger;

Communicate information to college staff, students, and third-party organizations via phone, email, mail, or in person, providing consistent and accurate information while following the FERPA guidelines; Research, reconcile and resolve student 1098T inquires; Serve as back up for account