Financial Aid Specialist

This role processes financial aid, verifies student data, and ensures accurate awarding across federal, state, and institutional programs. You’ll manage documentation, resolve eligibility issues, and support students through the aid process. The position is within the processing unit, which is integral to maintaining office efficiencies, progression in review of student files, and overall smooth management of delivering federal student aid. The purpose of this position is to ensure accurate and efficient processing occurs on financial aid files. The position ensures students have an accurate cost of attendance, eligibility criteria is reviewed, financial aid offers are made routinely, adjustments to financial aid offers reflect changes in eligibility, etc. The position reviews various reports and queries which target student financial aid files for a specific action. The position is also responsible for auditing specific fields on a student's free application for federal student aid (FASFA) to verify accuracy. The position assists with federal work study, employee tuition benefit programs, and with loan processing.