Director of Financial Services – VA Certifying Official
Job Summary: To support the college in meeting its missions to Educate, Equip, and Enrich Christian leaders by assisting the new and returning students in finding multiple avenues to fund a college education. The Director is responsible for the compliance to all federal and state laws as well as the institutional policies regarding student financial aid.
Qualifications:
- Commitment to the College’s faith statement, mission, and purposes; and desires to be a role model for students through an active Christian faith.
- Bachelor’s Degree and 3 years of financial aid experience.
- Proven Ability to be pro-active in accomplishing goals; self-motivated.
- Extensive knowledge of Student Financial Aid and professional practices within the field.
- Ability to work effectively with personnel from federal, state and local agencies and lending institutions.
- Ability to read and interpret complex federal regulations and transmit their implementation into institutional policy.
- Proven ability to keep sensitive information confidential.
- Must be detail oriented and have the ability to maintain accurate and complete records.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate well, both written and orally, with individuals from various backgrounds, especially students and their families.
- Ability to always present a pleasant, courteous, and service oriented attitude.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision, to begin projects independently, and to bring projects to conclusion on a timely basis.
- Ability to resolve conflicts in a constructive manner.
Major Job Responsibilities:
- Direct all activities to ensure that the college is in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regarding financial aid and institutions of higher learning, to ensure a clean annual audit.
- Supervise the Financial Aid Counselor(s).
- Maintain a policies and procedures manual for the financial aid department. Make required decisions or proposals based on those policies.
- Represent the financial aid department on appropriate college committees.
- Lead the financial aid staff in accomplishing institutional and departmental goals in a manner that allows individual employees to grow professionally.
- Oversee the awarding, disbursement and reconciliation process of all financial aid available at MCC, including, but not limited to:
- Government aid (federal and state) – Institutional Aid – Employer reimbursements – Veteran Affairs benefits – Outside scholarships.
- Complete and submit all required federal, state and institutional reports in a timely manner.
- Pro-active in searching for alternative forms of financial aid that will benefit students.
- Maintaining the Veteran’s Affairs on campus. Certifying all student records in a timely manner as well as counseling students regarding their VA benefits.
- Perform revisions to financial aid awards according to federal, state, and institutional requirements due to changes in enrollment status, requests for changes in award, and other special revision projects.
- Monitors individual student awards, resolves data conflicts, and/or over-awards.
- Performs Satisfactory Academic Progress assessments and informs any affected party. Performs the assessment of any requested adjustment to a student’s federal application for financial aid.
- Monitor all aspects of federal Title IV financial aid programs through several federal sites and reconcile accordingly.
- Manage the overall operation of the Financial Aid Office.
- Other Duties as assigned by the Vice President for Financial and Administrative Services.
Working Relationships:
- Responsible to the Vice President for Financial and Administrative Services
- Due to a team working environment in the FAS Office, clear lines of communication among, and an expectation of working with, all FAS personnel are necessary.
- Admissions personnel depend on reliable and timely assistance from the financial aid staff. Clear lines of communication and an expectation of working on a cross-departmental team are necessary.
- The Registrar’s office and Student Financial aid rely on each other to maintain legally required student information. Open and clear lines of communication are a high expectation of working on this cross-departmental team.
- The Director of Financial Aid will represent the entire office to outside entities, businesses and within the financial aid community. A Christ like representation of our attitude and actions are vital.
- The Director is encouraged to attend events and activities that promote professional growth.
- It is expected that as a Christian, words, actions, and relationships on and off campus will at all times be for His Glory.
Working Environment:
- Fast paced work area which can become noisy, crowded, and stressful during peak enrollment times.
- Sitting for extended hours at a desk.
- Primarily working on computer.
- Minimal lifting required, 20-30 lbs.
Physical Address
Manhattan Christian College
1415 Anderson Ave
Manhattan, KS 66502
Contact
To apply click Apply Here select Student Financial Services/Director of Student Financial Services – VA Certifying Official.
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