Purdue University
Financial Aid Counselor
🇺🇸 Fort Wayne, IN
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $44K
💻 Financial Aid
🗓️ August 6th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Provide comprehensive advising on federal, state, and institutional financial aid processes and external resources.
- Guide students through disbursement, refunding, billing, and payment procedures.
- Advise on withdrawal impact and manage Satisfactory Academic Progress appeals as part of the SAP committee.
- Manage student complaints and escalate issues appropriately.
- Required bachelor's degree in a related field with strong organizational and communication skills.
- Preferred one year of financial aid work experience.
- Annual salary of $43,888.08.
- Benefits include free tuition at Purdue University Global, fee remission for Purdue degrees for employee and family, insurance starting day one, and generous paid time off.
- Ability to work both independently and within a team.
- Background check required; employment authorization sponsorship not provided by Purdue.
Financial Aid Counselor Full Description
- Provide student- focused, comprehensive advising on FAFSA applications, verification requirements, C-Flag documentation, and eligibility for Federal, State, and institutional aid.
- Guide students on the university's financial aid processes, including aid disbursement, refunding, bookstore credit, billing, and payment procedures.
- Advise on external financial resources such as private loans, and outside scholarships.
- Assist students with understanding withdrawal processes and policies, ensuring they are aware of the impact on their financial aid.
- Advise students on Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) / SAP appeals- sit on the SAP committee and process SAP appeals.
- Triaging student complaints and determining when to escalate issues.
- Manage inquiries, and ensuring proper notification to relevant university departments.
- Other duties as assigned.
- A bachelor's degree in related field.
- Detail oriented.
- Organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills e.g.; in-person, phone, email, video.
- Ability to manage tasks efficiently in a team and independently.
- One year of work experience in financial aid.
- Free tuition through Purdue University Global.
- Fee remission for a traditional Purdue degree for yourself, your spouse, and your child(ren).
- Insurance starts on first day of employment.
- Generous Paid Time Off – additional PTO in December.
- Additional benefit information: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/benewell/
- Resumes and cover letters that contain portraits or personal information are not permitted.
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position.
- A background check will be required for employment in this position
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