Associate Vice President, Financial Aid

jeffersonhealth; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Tuition assistance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Thomas Jefferson University seeks an Associate Vice President of Financial Aid to lead strategy, policy, and operations across the university’s enrollment portfolio. This role partners with university leadership to align aid practices with priorities, ensuring compliance, data-driven decisions, and student-centered service excellence.

Responsibilities include directing awarding, disbursement, reconciliation, and technology-enabled operations, while developing a high-performing team and fostering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 10 years financial aid experience; 7 years in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership in a complex regulatory environment for financial aid.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive financial aid strategy aligned with institutional priorities.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, institutional, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory compliance

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Details

The Associate Vice President of Financial Aid provides strategic leadership and management in the design and administration of aid programs across the University's full enrollment portfolio. This role works closely with University leadership and campus partners to align financial aid policies and practices to institutional priorities while ensuring regulatory compliance, data-driven decision-making, technology and operations optimization, and high-quality, student-centered services.

Job Description

Job Duties

• Serve as the university's financial aid expert, providing strategic leadership in a complex regulatory environment while fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive financial aid strategy aligned with institutional priorities, establishing aid philosophy, goals, and objectives to support enrollment and student success.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, institutional, and regulatory requirements governing financial aid programs, including oversight of audits, reviews, corrective actions, and policy adherence.
• Direct the administration of financial aid operations, including awarding, disbursement, reconciliation, workflow management, and the effective use of technology to enhance service, efficiency, and data-driven decision-making.
• Lead and develop a high-performing financial aid team while promoting exceptional customer service, financial literacy programming, and student-centered support throughout the financial aid lifecycle.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10 years financial aid experience and
• 7 years years in a management/leadership role

Physical Demands

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer

This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Primary Location Address 130 S 9th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

• Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues