COD Specialist

If you're looking for the chance to learn, grow, and make a contribution to the community, look at employment opportunities with Full Sail University. You'll find your choice of career opportunities, great benefits, an environment that welcomes and values creativity, and a work experience that is both challenging and rewarding!

The Financial Aid Funds Specialist is responsible for the receipt of Federal and institutional grant disbursements and refunds. This person must distinguish between students who are eligible for funding and those who are not, to stay in compliance with federal regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Create and process Title IV Refunds
• Perform updates to Pell awards in accordance with drop requirements
• Create and process Institutional scholarship batches
• Special projects and reporting
• Import SAIG responses
• COD manual entries
• Maintain appropriate sections of the Training Manual

Other Responsibilities

• Adhere to policies and procedures of Full Sail University
• Maintain strict confidentiality of company and personnel information
• Adhere to company attendance standards
• Performs other duties, as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

No

Competencies

• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Detail oriented; accuracy of utmost importance
• Ability to work independently and manage timelines in a deadline driven environment
• COD and OSFA experience, a plus

Education and/or Experience

Bachelors degree and a minimum of 2 years of financial aid experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None

Computer/Equipment Skills

Proficiency using software programs such as MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook

Environmental Factors/Physical Demands

Work is performed in an office environment. The employee must be able to access, input and retrieve information from the computer system. May be subject to bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to thirty (30) pounds. Must be able to work normal business hours; some overtime and weekends may be required.

Location

This position is based on Full Sail University’s campus in Winter Park, Florida and can be performed on a hybrid basis to work from home and from campus. Full Sail management reserves the right to end hybrid positions at any time and require employees to work from campus permanently.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Mission

People from around the world come to Full Sail University to pursue their educational goals, and they share one thing in common – a passion for a creative future in the entertainment and media industry. Full Sail’s mission is to provide students with an innovative style of education, delivered by a staff of dedicated individuals, that addresses potential career opportunities available in an ever-growing, constantly evolving industry. We do this by developing unique curricula that combine elements of creativity, art, business and life skills, technical prowess, and academic achievement. Our education is delivered via immersive teaching methods, both in Full Sail’s real-world production studios and classrooms, as well as through our online learning environment. Every one of our degree programs is designed to provide students with knowledge and real-world experience that will help them realize their career goals in the entertainment and media industry.

Full Sail’s Unifying Principles

At Full Sail, we believe that what we give to each other and our students comes back to each of us individually and to the school as a whole. Therefore, we are totally committed to the individual success of each member of our staff family. As a staff family, we are dedicated to taking a sincere interest in the success of every student and client who comes through our doors