Financial Aid Processor

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Georgia Highlands College is a multi-campus, state college member of the University System of Georgia. Founded in 1970 as Floyd Junior College, it now serves more than 6,000 students in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama across its five locations in Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, and Dallas. GHC currently offers over 30 areas of study with associate degree and bachelor’s degree options both in the classroom and online.

Job Title: Financial Aid Processor

Job : 283089

Location: GHC - Floyd Campus

Employment Type: Full Time

About Us Georgia Highlands College is a multi-campus, state college member of the University System of Georgia. Founded in 1970 as Floyd Junior College, it now serves more than 6,000 students in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama across its five locations in Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, and Dallas. GHC currently offers over 30 areas of study with associate degree and bachelor’s degree options both in the classroom and online.

We are a growing and progressive institution with opportunities for great employees to grow in a fast-paced and challenging work environment that encourages employee wellness and overall success. Our combined efforts at GHC have led to numerous awards, honors, and countless stories of success for students and employees. This includes our most recent honor of being recognized as one of the semifinalists for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

This position is responsible for evaluating, analyzing and processing financial aid documentation on students to determine aid eligibility and make awards within federal, state and institutional guidelines.

• Understand, support, and carry out the college s mission, vision, and values and comply with mandates and regulations of government and accrediting bodies.
• Verify accuracy of documents and consistency of data from federal tax returns, financial aid transcripts verification documents and student information; perform data analysis to identify discrepancies in data.
• Request additional information for incomplete or inconsistent applications needed to perform accurate need analysis.
• Process applications according to federal guidelines or regulations; deny aid if ineligible; perform needs analysis calculations according to guidelines and determine eligibility and appropriate award donors, adjustment, changes and/or corrections.
• Answer questions from students, parents, or guardians in person or in writing regarding financial aid programs and eligibility.
• Analyze system-generated reports to verify continued compliance and eligibility and notify students of changes to amend the differences.
• Prepare invoices for scholarship and grant funds.
• Reconcile scholarship and grant funds.
• Assist in the preparation and presentation of financial aid information at meetings, group discussions, workshops, and recruitment sessions.
• Notify students concerning delinquency and default status; manage default prevention procedures.
• Schedule student exit counseling sessions.
• Perform batch processing and file transfers from the Department of Education.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to the occupational field.
• Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one (1) to two (2) years.
• Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver s license for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

Salary: $44,000 annually

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Attach unofficial transcripts with your application. Official transcripts will be required upon offer of employment.

• Knowledge of federal, state and institutional policies and procedures related to student financial aid
• Knowledge of program eligibility requirements
• Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs
• Skill in the provision of customer services
• Skill in the analysis of problems and the development and implementation of solutions
• Skill in oral and written communication

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