STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES - Production/Tracking Specialist

Job Classification

  Hourly Full-time (35-40)

Position summary

Responsible for tracking incoming documents to prepare files for verification and financial aid offers. Oversees filing system including making folders, scanning, cataloging and storage. Handles incoming mail and returned mail as well as mass mailings (financial aid offers, tracking requirements, address changes). Maintains defaulted loans records, process Canadian loans forms and other related responsibilities.

Qualifications summary

Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year college; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Good customer services skills.  Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills. Good computer skills. Reliability. 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

- Track in all incoming document requirements and other items (refund requests, etc.)
- Prepare files for verification and financial aid offers.  Student must have essential FAFSA data, financial aid documents, current admission status.
- Know federal guidelines for tax documentation, filing status, income documentation (W-2,1099 Forms), definition of household, citizenship status, and Selective Service registration requirements.
- Loan entrance and exit counseling (run batch process, access records, answer borrower questions)
- Contact students and/or parents about missing document requirements: personal e-mails, calls, document request cards, tracking letters.
- Oversee filing system:  help oversee scanning and cataloging, directly oversee files, training, overseeing workers who do filing and scanning of document requirements, storage of old files, purging (yearly and ongoing), making folders, maintaining no-folder section.
Maintain default records, enter holds
- Review transcript requests for defaulted borrowers
- Process Canadian loan forms
- Add tracking requirement for loan exit counseling; notify graduating students of requirement
- Transfer Monitoring via NSLDS / EdConnect for students transferring during school year
- Sub for financial advisors if necessary, particularly for prospective student visits
- Receive and process mail
 

Supervisory responsibilities

Some supervisory skills needed. Supervises student workers in filing system (new and old) and scanning documents.

Qualifications

Good Customer service. This person is required to serve people each work day. Must be professional in handling communication with students, parents and internal customers.
Detail Oriented. Excellent organizational skills. Self-Motivated and reliable.
Good computer skills. This position requires the use of Banner Ellucian and Microsoft suite software.
Good writing skills. 
 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

N/A

Interpersonal interactions

Must work well with others, this is very much a team based work environment.

Must have the ability to quickly understand and follow directions, particularly in time sensitive situations.

 

Physical demands

Sitting, standing, walking.  Long periods of computer usage. 

 

Work environment

Must maintain pleasant and secure office. Office files must be kept locked when office is not in use. Only authorized SFS employees allowed in files. Information must always be secured.