About this role

Important Notifications:

Application Deadline: When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

Current Employees: Do not apply via the OSU Career site. Instead, please login to your regular Workday account and visit the Jobs Hub to apply.

# Department:
Cashiering

Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

- A Resume/Vita

- A cover letter indicating how your experience aligns to the qualifications to prepare you for this position.

For additional information please contact: Kendra Buford at [email protected]

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal History Check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in Youth Programs may have additional Criminal History Checks every 2 years.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval

Job Description:

This recruitment will be used to fill up to one part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) student accountant for the Cashiering of Treasury Operations Department at Oregon State University (OSU).

This position is responsible for assisting the Cashier’s team with reception desk greeting, data entry, deposit processing, and account research. The team is responsible for all Oregon State University deposit activity recording and reconciliation, cash and cash handling services, and coordinates electronic receipt compliance programs. This role will specifically provide assistance to students and student clubs, processing received payments mailed in for student accounts, the OSU veterinary hospital clients, and other third-party payers.

Position Duties:

- Assist students, student clubs and departments across campus at office service windows.
- Communicate regularly with students and departments in person as well as via phone and email.
- Sort incoming USPS and OSU mail for processing and posting. Process returned mail.
- Prepare received payments for data entry/depositing, reconcile and balance accordingly.
- Record maintenance and administrative support: document filing, updating Excel reports and transaction logs.
- General office support.
- Other duties as assigned.

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their hires. In this position, students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Technology

Qualifications:

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/student-employment-manual/500-employment-eligibility-requirements

- Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
- Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
- Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
- Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
- Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
- Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
- Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full-time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required Qualifications:

- Ability to complete accurate data entry.
- Ability to concentrate on detailed projects and provide status updates on progress toward completion.
- Willing and able to be customer facing for in person interactions.
- Demonstrable examples of being flexible with the type and volume of work, as certain times of the term will require focused high volume data entry, and other times this position will support the office with general office support.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior work experience in banking, office setting doing computer input, retail with cash handling, or similar environment.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Excel and Word, or similar applications.

# Working Conditions/Schedule:
• Busy office environment, workspace in open floor plan secure office.
• Some lifting of mail bins and parcels (up to approx. 10 pounds) and extended time seated at a computer workstation.

Salary Range:

# Anticipated Start Date:
2026-10-26

Student Accountant