Financial Aid Counselor

Educates and helps students and prospective students navigate the financial aid process. This process begins at the moment a prospective student considers enrollment and continues through graduation or withdrawal. Financial Aid Counselors are expected to provide exceptional customer service to existing students, prospective students, and other department members within Florida Tech. Aids in the student retention effort by helping students find alternatives to withdrawal.

• Counsels students and families in person, via phone, and virtually, in all aspects of financial aid for all programs available to students at FIT.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of federal, state and institutional guidelines.
• Resolves SAR C-flags and confirms student eligibility when FAFSA confirmations fail.
• Assists in aid eligibility assessment, funds disbursement, and aid reconciliation procedures.
• Reviews and updates awards packages, adjusting aid as necessary to comply with state, federal and institutional guidelines.
• Posts, processes and originates/certifies Direct Stafford, Parent and Graduate PLUS Loans.
• Processes Private loans and ensures receipt of MPNs, Entrance Counseling and certification records.
• Monitors and adjusts student's borrower based aid year information
• Coordinates with Athletics, Resident Life, and other university departments in awarding grants, scholarships, GSA and GRA awards.
• Assists families in the review of cases for special conditions and/or professional judgment.
• Assists with verification for students selected by the Department of Education as well as institutionally selected students.
• Reviews Florida Residency documentation and verifies eligibility for state aid
• Indexes documents received via fax, email and in-person for processing and review.

Requirements include :

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 0–2 years of relevant work experience required.

Official transcripts of all collegiate work must be sent directly from the attended institution to the Human Resources Office prior to the first day of employment. All international degrees must have a course-by-course official evaluation and translation sent to the Human Resources Office directly from an evaluation company affiliated with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc. (NACES).

Equal opportunity

Florida Tech does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, pregnancy, parenting status, veteran status or retirement status in its activities and programs. In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Florida Tech does not discriminate on the basis of sex. Inquiries concerning the application of the non-discrimination policy may be directed to the Office of Title IX at John E. Miller Office Building (401QAD), 150 West University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901, TitleIXCoordinator@fit.edu , or 321-674-8885, or to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Please notify us at least five days in advance if a reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed by calling the Office of Human Resource at 321-674-8100.

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

In compliance with the Clery Act, the University annually provides a report to each student and current employee, as well as to prospective employees and students, that provides a detailed disclosure of information regarding campus security practices (including Emergency Response Plan, Timely Warnings, Emergency Notifications, Missing Persons, fire safety policies, fire prevention data, and Crime Log policies), as well as crime and fire-related incident statistics for the preceding year. The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available online at https://www.fit.edu/media/site-specific/wwwfitedu/security/documents/20200776_FINAL2_ASR-MainCampus.pdf

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