Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fielding Graduate University is an innovative global community dedicated to educating scholars, leaders, and practitioners. They are seeking a Temporary Senior Financial Aid Advisor to provide personalized financial aid counseling to students, analyze eligibility, and process financial aid awards while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations.
Responsibilities
- Provides personalized financial aid counseling to students on all aspects of financial aid programs from all federal, state, university, and private loan and scholarships sources
- Analyzes and verifies eligibility and awards the financial aid for all financial aid programs
- Monitors student eligibility and processes all aid award adjustments for enrollment changes, including tuition adjustments, leave of absence, and withdrawal
- Interacts with outside agencies (such as federal student aid, private lenders, loan servicers, and external scholarship providers) to facilitate compliant student advisement, eligibility and awarding
- Processes disbursement transmittal and student notifications for federal and private loans, as well as institutional scholarships
- Conducts financial literacy and default prevention activities
- Maintains working knowledge of regulatory requirements and processes in relation to job tasks, assists in ensuring departmental compliance with federal and state regulations and university policies, and communicates them effectively to students and staff
- Completes daily data import processing, routine financial aid reporting, and other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, communication, or other related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum four years' experience in student financial aid, higher ed administration, lending/finance, or related field that requires the interpretation and application of regulations and policies
- Experience with federal student loan administration, scholarship administration, and borrower counseling
Benefits
- 37.5-hour work week
- Flexible scheduling and workplace
- 13 paid holidays
- 2 weeks’ paid vacation
- Medical/dental/vision/life insurances
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Generous retirement contributions after two years of service
- Tuition Assistance
- Professional development opportunities for all positions
Company Overview
Fielding Graduate University is a nonprofit school offering postgraduate distance education programs located in Santa Barbara, CA. It was founded in 1974, and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.fielding.edu/.