Financial Aid Advisor

Financial Aid Advisor

Hult International Business School seeks an experienced and student-centered professional to serve as a Financial Aid Advisor at its Boston campus. Reporting to the Director of Financial Aid as a part of Hult's global Student Financial Services team, the Financial Aid Advisor is responsible for the administration and compliance of financial aid programs, serving a diverse community of undergraduate and graduate students across its Boston, London, and Dubai campuses.

The Financial Aid Advisor plays a key student-facing role in supporting the daily operations of the Financial Aid Office. This position ensures the effective delivery of financial aid services, including advising students on aid options, processing applications, and maintaining compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations. This position requires a collaborative and detail-oriented contributor who has thorough knowledge of US Federal Financial Aid administration, as well as international student funding options, and a commitment to innovation in business school environments. The ideal candidate will bring both technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills to help students navigate the financial aid process successfully.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct support and counseling to students and families regarding financial aid eligibility, application procedures, aid awards, and financial planning.
• Review and process financial aid applications in accordance with federal, state, and institutional policies.
• Utilize the Regent Education financial aid management system for processing aid and maintaining accurate records.
• Assist in the packaging, awarding, and reconciliation of student financial aid.
• Collaborate with the Director to identify process improvements and maintain compliance with all relevant regulations.
• Support outreach initiatives such as financial aid workshops, orientations, and webinars.
• Maintain knowledge of current federal and state regulations and institutional policies affecting financial aid.
• Provide support in audits and reporting processes as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• 1–3 years of professional experience in a financial aid or student services role.
• Prior experience working in a higher education setting with diverse student populations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a commitment to excellent customer service.
• Experience working with student information systems and CRM platforms (such as Salesforce) to load, extract, or reconcile student and course data, including familiarity with data formatting requirements for system
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.

Salary Range: $50,000 - $58,000 commensurate with experience and qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional experience in higher education and federal aid administration
• Demonstrated experience using Regent Education (Regent Award) and other Department of Education systems, including NSLDS, COD, FSA Partner Connect and/or the FAFSA Partner Portal
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience with data management tasks such as filtering, sorting, and formula-based reconciliation
• Familiarity with VA educational benefits and related processing requirements, or experience with the VA Enrollment Management certification system
• Experience with data reporting and reconciliation tasks

On-Campus Requirement: This position requires on-campus presence at least 4 days a week with 5 days during peak periods of the academic year. Current 1-day work-from-home (WFH) allowance must be coordinated with campus team to ensure adequate team coverage on campus. Note that the WFH allowance is subject to change in accordance with School review.

About Hult International Business School

When you discover Hult International Business School, you discover a place which teaches the skills and mindsets needed to thrive in the real world of global business. And guess what? As a global business ourselves, we practice what we teach. Your career, your growth, your potential—it all matters here. Fresh perspectives, exceptional experiences, varied skillsets—you'll find a world of diversity among the people, programs, and places that make up our global community. Our people bring industry insight, entrepreneurial energy, and purpose to everything we do, ensuring our work—and our students—impact the real challenges and opportunities shaping the world.

Hult offers programs from undergraduate through to doctorate level and is recognized by business education's three most prestigious international accrediting bodies: AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS. Our programs are consistently ranked as among the best in the world by the Financial Times, the Economist, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Hult strives to create a better future for all by inspiring and challenging our community to make an impact that matters. Disruptors, change-makers, innovators and thinkers, discover what you could do at Hult today.

Equal opportunities at Hult

Hult is dedicated to actively creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing opportunity regardless of gender, religion, race, color, sexual identity, disability, ethnicity, age, and all the individual identities that make us unique. If you require any accommodation to assist you in the interview process, please submit this with your inquiry. Hult offers competitive salaries and benefits in a global, empathetic, and highly multicultural working environment. If you are motivated by the prospect of an international career with a dynamic and forward-thinking school, we'd love to hear from you.

Why you'll love working here: Perks, Benefits, and more!

This is the most fun, high caliber place you'll ever work. Ask any employee why they love EF (whether they've been here 10 minutes or 10 years) and they'll probably tell you the same thing: it's the people. When you work at EF, you join a purpose-driven, international and energetic community that thrives on continuous learning, fearless innovation and mutual support.

In addition, you can expect:

• Commitment to professional growth: robust monthly calendar of trainings and workshops
• Four weeks paid vacation your first year, ten paid holidays, and two floating holidays
• Exciting business travel opportunities
• 25% company match on your 401(k) contributions
• Market-leading medical, dental and vision coverage, along with options for life and disability insurance, accident and hospital insurance, legal and pet insurance
• Dependent care, healthcare and commuter Flex Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Access to fertility care and family-building support
• Wellness benefits including a yearly fitness reimbursement
• Frequent social and learning events, including access to our employee-run resource groups
• Robust Employee Assistance Program
• Tenure-based sabbatical eligibility
• EF Product Discounts (discounts on travel, international language schools, Au Pair program and more)
• Discounts at local venues and businesses
• Amazing offices designed to match the caliber of the people who work there, plus the flexibility of working from home one day a week.