Troy University
Director
🇺🇸
Troy, AL
🕑
Full-Time
💰
TBD
💻
Financial Aid
🗓️
June 29th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Troy University is hiring a Director for its Financial Aid department. The Director oversees all aspects of financial aid and veterans affairs, including application processing, verification, awarding, compliance with federal regulations, policy development, and staff leadership while ensuring coordination system-wide and adherence to NCAA and veterans benefits programs.
Highlights
- Direct all financial aid applications, awarding, verification, and quality control functions.
- Coordinate a centralized student financial aid office to assist students campus-wide.
- Manage daily financial aid operations related to students and veterans.
- Ensure compliance with federal regulations and update policies accordingly.
- Provide leadership, guidance, and training to assistant directors and staff.
- Work with NCAA regulations and veterans benefit programs.
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least five years’ progressive experience in Financial Aid, including Title IV aid and veterans benefits.
- Preferred qualifications include a Master’s degree and experience with Colleague software.
- Supervisory responsibility over a team within the Financial Aid office.
- Work under the direction of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Aid with standard office hours.
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Posting Details
Position Information
Posting Number | SF2549P
Position Title | Director
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Financial Aid - Troy
Division | Finance and Administration
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary
The Director of Financial Aid and Veterans Affairs position is responsible for directing all applications, verification, awarding, and quality control functions; coordinating a centralized student financial aid office to provide assistance to students system wide; managing daily operations of all financial aid related activities concerning students and veterans; compliance with federal regulations; developing office policies and procedures; enhancing quality standards; acting as a liaison with other offices on campus; providing strong leadership, guidance, and training to team of assistant directors and staff involved in the coordination and management of various financial aid tasks and programs including NCAA and veterans benefits; and performing other related duties as assigned by the Associate Vice Chancellor for financial aid.
The Financial Aid Office experiences annual updates from the Department of Education and requires diligence from every level.
Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree in a related area
2. Minimum of five years of progressive experience working in Financial Aid, delivery of Title IV aid, and veterans benefit programs
3. Strong organizational skills
4. Experience working with NCAA regulations
5. Ability to work with a diverse student population
Preferred Qualifications | 1. Master’s degree
2. Colleague experience
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility
Work Hours | Standard office hours
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | NA
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes
Posting Date | 06/25/2026
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/47717
Position Title | Director
Position Type | Professional/Salaried
Department | Financial Aid - Troy
Division | Finance and Administration
Campus | Troy
Work Status | Full-Time (FT)
Temporary | No
Location | Troy - T01
Job Summary
The Director of Financial Aid and Veterans Affairs position is responsible for directing all applications, verification, awarding, and quality control functions; coordinating a centralized student financial aid office to provide assistance to students system wide; managing daily operations of all financial aid related activities concerning students and veterans; compliance with federal regulations; developing office policies and procedures; enhancing quality standards; acting as a liaison with other offices on campus; providing strong leadership, guidance, and training to team of assistant directors and staff involved in the coordination and management of various financial aid tasks and programs including NCAA and veterans benefits; and performing other related duties as assigned by the Associate Vice Chancellor for financial aid.
The Financial Aid Office experiences annual updates from the Department of Education and requires diligence from every level.
Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree in a related area
2. Minimum of five years of progressive experience working in Financial Aid, delivery of Title IV aid, and veterans benefit programs
3. Strong organizational skills
4. Experience working with NCAA regulations
5. Ability to work with a diverse student population
Preferred Qualifications | 1. Master’s degree
2. Colleague experience
Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility
Work Hours | Standard office hours
List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | NA
Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes
Posting Date | 06/25/2026
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants |
Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/47717
Reference Letters
Solicit References Through the System? | No
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact [email protected].
Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference |
Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact [email protected].
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Social Media website
- Indeed
- Other employment website (please specify below)
- Employee Referral (please specify below)
- Local newspaper (please specify below)
- Professional journal (please specify below)
- Other source (please specify below)
- Please specify:
(Open Ended Question) - * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
- Not a current Troy University employee
- Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
- Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
- Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
- * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in a related field?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a minimum of five years of progressive experience working in Financial Aid, delivery of Title IV aid, and veterans benefit programs?
- Yes
- No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- List of References
Optional Documents
- Unofficial Transcript 1
- Unofficial Transcript 2
- Letter of Reference 1
- Letter of Reference 2
- Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
- Troy University participates in eVerify.
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