Job Title: Financial Aid Specialist
Location: System Office- Sandersville
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 261387
Job Summary

The SSC Financial Aid Data Specialist is a full-time position that reports to the SSC Financial Aid Services Manager. The Financial Aid Data Specialist position is responsible for maintaining in-depth knowledge of Title IV financial aid to ensure the accurate and timely administration of financial aid-related processing. This position will include data verification, data processing and analysis, metric generation, and documentation support responsibilities as a part of the SSC Financial Aid team.

Responsibilities

• Maintains audit and compliance controls by executing policies and procedures, proper validation of data, and transactional system processing including, but not limited to:
  • Verifying accuracy of documents and consistency of data from federal tax returns, financial aid transcripts, verification documents, and any other student/parent information and documentation required to process financial aid.

  • Processing financial aid applications according to federal/state guidelines or regulations.

  • Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of institutional and federal regulations, policy, and procedures related to the financial aid processing.

  • Transactional processing related to all areas of financial aid

• Captures, documents, and analyzes current state business process, and identifies, makes recommendations for, and documents future state business processes.

• Reviews audit reports and resolves errors to ensure integrity of data.

• Accesses a variety of computer information systems and databases to retrieve verify and enter data.

• Assists with extracting and analyzing data for researching and developing efficiencies and making recommendations to leadership

• Performs related special projects and other responsibilities as needed.

Required Qualifications

This position requires:

• Bachelor¿s degree and three (3) years related experience or any equivalent combination of education, experience and training which provides the necessary knowledge and skills.

• 1-3 years¿ experience in higher education financial aid setting is strongly preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Organizational skills for managing several processes, activities and website systems.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong bookkeeping and recording keeping skills

• High level of initiative and organization, good judgment, and discretion required

• Ability to appropriately handle sensitive and confidential information

• Ability to work long hours and perform computer operations for extended periods of time

• Skilled using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Experience in CampusLogic Student Forms and/or Banner Student Information System strongly preferred

• Ability to communicate accurate information in a fast-paced environment

• Supportive of the University System of Georgia mission.