Who We Seek:
- Passion Seekers. You genuinely care about the work that you do and its impact on society.
- Self-Starters. You are a go-getter who is not afraid to step up and disrupt the status quo.
- Entrepreneurs. You bring fresh ideas to the table, work hard, develop business, and consistently seek new challenges.
- Collaborators. You are a great contributor to a high performing team that accomplishes great feats for our clients.
Perks:
- This fulltime, permanent position is remote and does not require travel
- Competitive salary increased yearly for cost of living and annual bonus potential
- Fantastic healthcare benefits and 401k 4% match that begins on day one of employment
- Healthy Work/Life balance: 11 paid federal holidays and unlimited PTO
- Clearly defined career path with attractive career growth opportunities
What You Will Do:
As a Student Financial Aid Senior Specialist, you will be managing and overseeing the financial aid operations at our University client. The successful candidate will assist in analyzing and interpreting regulatory language and policy development in order to ensure compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations. This position will maintain compliance by; analyzing data and preparing financial reports as necessary and regularly auditing financial aid procedures, practices, documents, and operations to best administer financial aid and assist in funds management.
Job Responsibilities:
- Resolve day to day issues as they arise in the financial aid office
- Meet with all students and families as needed via teleconference, to provide financial aid counseling when front-line Financial Aid staff are unavailable or if escalation is needed
- Represent the financial aid office at department/division meetings
- Answer and return student/staff phone calls/emails during agreed upon hours
- Provide financial aid processing tasks, including:
- Daily importing of Institutional Student Information Records (“ISIR”) into the Ellucian Colleague system
- Manage importing/exporting of Common Origination and Disbursement (“COD”) files, review student files for accuracy
- Complete verification and C code resolution
- Manage ISIR corrections and exporting correction files
- Manage packaging/awarding and disbursement processes in Ellucian Colleague
- Manage direct loan processing
- Manage and create award letters and missing document notifications
- Manage and run all needed reports for the financial aid operations:
- Over-award reports, transfer monitoring reports, ISIR and subsequent ISIR reports, verification reports, satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) reports, perform monthly Title IV reconciliation processes
- Manage and perform adjustments as needed to Title IV aid, due to changes in enrollment or other issues that impact awards
- Manage professional judgments and appeal processes as needed
- Assist with institutional scholarship awarding and state grants as needed and manage campus-based aid awarding (Federal Work Study, FSEOG)
- Manage Title IV Satisfactory Academic Progress (“SAP”) processes
- R2T4 processing: run weekly withdrawal reports and end of term unofficial withdrawal reports
- Review reports to determine if R2T4 calculations need to be performed; and if so perform the calculations and return funds to ED as needed
- Assist with updating financial aid policy and procedures, including desk top procedures
- Annual Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (“FISAP”) reporting and corrections if required
- Program Participation Agreement (“PPA”) and Eligibility and Certification Approval Report (“ECAR”) updates as needed
- Annual setup of Ellucian Colleague financial aid module
Years of Experience:
- 5+ years in a Higher Education Financial Aid environment
Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's degree
About Us:
Attain Partners is a place for great ideas and the people who have them. As a management, technology, and strategy consulting firm, our professionals provide innovative solutions to revolutionize government, education, health, and nonprofit organizations and positively impact those they serve. We are business analysts, technologists, digital strategists, managers of change, and forward thinkers, with the entrepreneurial drive to shape the future. Our team is present in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
Visit https://attainpartners.com/careers to explore your path forward with Attain Partners.
Attain Partners is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. For more Information visit EEO, EEO Poster Supplement, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
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