Colleague Consultant, Financial Aid

Summary

Join SIG, a leading consulting firm serving higher education, as an Ellucian Colleague Financial Aid Consultant! Leverage your extensive experience in college or university financial aid to provide strategic guidance and optimize the Colleague Financial Aid module. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders, implementing best practices, and ensuring seamless functionality. Travel is required. You will analyze business processes, suggest technological improvements, assist with year-end processes, and ensure compliance with DOE requirements. Shape the future of higher education with SIG!

Requirements

• 5 or more years working within the Higher Education Industry as a Financial Aid Leader
• 5 or more years of experience working with Ellucian Colleague Financial Aid module, demonstrating advanced user proficiency
• Experience in a consulting capacity, focusing on enhancing business processes and creating efficiency
• Demonstrated expertise using Colleague to improve and automate business processes within the Financial Aid office at a college or university
• Ability to troubleshoot technical and functional issues within the Colleague Financial Aid module
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and a proven customer service approach
• Highly self-directed with solid problem-solving expertise
• Experience developing reports in support of the various Financial Aid areas utilizing Colleague
• Ability to communicate user requirements to the technical support team
• The ability to travel up to 25%

Responsibilities

• Provide Colleague implementation support such as training, functional consulting, and technical support at client sites
• Analyze current business processes and make suggestions to utilize various technological tools to help improve business processes
• Assist clients with the Financial Aid year roll in Colleague
• Assist clients to ensure they follow DOE requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing project-based work
• Knowledge of how Colleague is used in a variety of institutional types
• The ability to read and write SQL queries is useful for this role

Benefits

• The salary range is $90,000 -$125,000 + bonus
• Health, Vision, Dental & Life Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• 3 Weeks Vacation, Sick Leave & Paid Holidays
• 401(K) with a 5% Employer Contribution
• Pet Insurance