Financial Aid Systems Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide guidance to colleges and universities regarding the configuration, optimization, and integration of financial aid systems.

• Offer functional leadership for workflows related to financial aid technology, reporting processes, and data exchanges.

• Convert regulatory and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Analyze, diagnose, and address challenges related to systems, workflows, and data.

• Identify opportunities for process automation, reduction of manual tasks, and enhancement of operational efficiency.

• Assist in system implementations, upgrades, testing, validation, and modernization projects.

• Enhance data controls, reconciliations, reporting capabilities, and overall effectiveness of systems.

• Create documentation, playbooks, recommendations, and best-practice guidance customized to meet institutional needs.

• Act as a reliable technical partner for financial aid offices, information technology teams, enrollment leaders, and executive stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience with one or more higher education enterprise systems such as Banner, PeopleSoft, Workday, PowerFAIDS, Colleague, or equivalent platforms.

• In-depth understanding of financial aid operations and the systems that facilitate compliance and student services.

• Proven experience in system configuration, implementation, integration, testing, and optimization.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.

• Competence in evaluating current processes and suggesting improvements for future states.

• Experience in communicating technical concepts to functional staff, institutional leaders, and executive stakeholders.

• Exceptional organizational, project management, and client relationship abilities.

• Background in higher education technology, financial aid administration, ERP environments, consulting, or system implementation projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Direct impact across multiple institutions.

• Opportunity to become a trusted advisor to leaders in higher education.

• Exposure to a diverse range of systems, technologies, and operational models.

• Ability to influence best practices throughout the profession.

• Meaningful work that supports access, compliance, and student success.