Financial Aid Advisor

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking a Financial Aid Advisor who will be responsible for assisting senior advisors, coordinators, and management with calculating eligibility, communicating effectively with students, pulling files and documents, and scanning. Ensures accuracy in financial aid data for state and federal reporting. Other duties may include assisting students at the counter at the campus locations. Performs related duties as assigned.

Essential Functions:

• Daily -10%: Provides financial aid advice and counsels students on financial aid programs, eligibility requirements, and application processes while maintaining a level for individualized counseling to provide students with the most equitable financial aid award package.
• Daily -30%: Processes financial aid by verifying data and certifying grants, loans and scholarship awards for students through income and budget analysis. Reviews and processes financial aid applications to determine basic eligibility and obtain additional documentation when necessary.
• Daily -25%: Analyzes technical data records, which include accessing data included in federal systems, including but not limited to the National Student Loan Data System, the Federal Common Origination and Disbursement System, and the Federal Central Processing System.
• Other, as Needed -5%: Assists in the construction and reconciliation of financial aid files for state and federal reporting.
• Daily -10%: Resolves discrepancies and manually reconciles files from various reports when system limitations prevent automation.
• Daily -10%: Responds to inquiries by researching and resolving problematic transactions; serves as a liaison with other departments in the resolution of day-to-day processing issues; crisis intervention referrals as needed.
• Daily- 10%: Performs related duties as assigned.