Program Analyst Senior; Specially Funded

Program Analyst Senior (Specially Funded)

Location: Rio Salado Community College

Job Summary: The Program Analyst Senior reviews student applications, identifies suspicious patterns or anomalies, evaluates extensive student data, and takes appropriate actions to prevent financial losses. Additionally, the position collaborates with cross functional teams to facilitate appropriate action to maintain the College's compliance with Title IV regulations.

• 60% Detects and prevents alleged financial aid fraud:
  Meticulous review of multiple data points, reports, and documents to identify and prevent suspected financial aid fraud. Maintains and manages databases. Analyzes data from various systems and departments to find patterns, flag student accounts, prevent class enrollment or financial aid processing. Prepares related reporting with close attention to detail, ensuring that all data, tasks, processes, and reports are accurate and complete, and assists with potential referrals to the Department of Education and Office of Inspector General.
• 30% Serves as subject matter expert:
  Leads college efforts on student fraud detection and prevention, particularly for financial aid. Engages in ongoing research of industry standards, trends, best practices, compliance and emerging technologies. Maintains professional knowledge by reading publications, attending workshops and conferences, and joining professional organizations. Participates on committees, task forces, councils and/or with other stakeholder groups. Develops and delivers presentations, correspondence and other communication materials.
  
  Collaborates on thorough document authentication reviews.
• 10% Collaborates for improvements:
  Collaborates with internal stakeholders and recommends ways to enhance fraud analytics to cross functional teams and college leadership. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, business or public administration, or directly related field and four years of related program management experience, preferably in an educational setting.
• OR an equivalent combination of the conferred degree and directly related full-time work experience as described above sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation, may be considered.

• Two (2) or more years of experience in financial fraud investigations, and/or financial fraud data analytics.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in database management.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in advanced research skills and drafting reports.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in leading and facilitating meetings and presentations.
• Two (2) or more years of experience working with confidential records and sensitive information.
• Two (2) or more years of experience collaborating with teams.
• One (1) year of relevant full-time MCCCD experience during the previous two (2) years.

May require prolonged periods of viewing a computer screen. May require some evenings and/or weekends. Requires five days in the office Monday-Friday 8 am-5 pm.

• Nationwide Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off:
  Vacation, Sick Leave, and Personal Time
• 20 Paid Observed Holidays
• Company-paid Life Insurance, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability plans, with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
• Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) Pension, including Long Term Disability and Retiree Health Insurance with 100% employer-matching contributions
• Optional Retirement Plans: 403(b), 457(b), Roth 403(b), Roth 457(b)
• Tuition Reimbursement for employees and dependents
• Annual Professional Development Funding
• Flexible Work Schedules
• District-Wide Wellness Program with Workshops and Webinars
• Monthly Health & Wellness Calendar and Newsletter
• Virta Diabetes Reversal Program, Support Groups, and Diabetes Empowerment Education Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sight-On-Site Eye Care Services
• Mobile On-Site Mammography Screenings
• Pre-Retirement Planning Events
• Qualifying…