Financial Aid Specialist – Awarding & Packaging

Covista; Lisle (IL); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Covista in Lisle, IL is seeking a Student Finance Analyst to support successful student aid processing, including Title IV awarding, verification, disbursement, and credit balance handling.

The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and responsiveness, with collaboration across internal teams and external partners to deliver timely financial aid services and actionable insights for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with financial aid processing preferred.
• Familiarity with Title IV awarding, verification, disbursement, and credit balance processing is a plus.
• Strong accuracy and compliance focus.

Responsibilities

• Support Title IV awarding, verification, disbursement, and credit balance processing.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure timely and compliant financial aid operations.
• Leverage data and reporting to identify trends and drive process improvements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Job description

Lisle, IL 60532

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Covista

Covista

Lisle, IL 60532

Company Description

About Covista

Covista is America's largest healthcare educator, serving more than 97,000 students and supported by a community of 385,000 alumni across five accredited institutions. Through personalized, tech-enabled education powered by 10,000 faculty and colleagues, Covista expands access to healthcare careers and addresses the U.S. healthcare workforce shortage at scale. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.
Our colleagues come from a wide range of backgrounds, business, academia, healthcare, government and nonprofits, and are part of a culture where doing exceptional work and making a meaningful difference for students and society aren't separate goals—they're one and the same. This means creating an environment where colleagues can develop new skills, build careers that match their ambitions and see the tangible impact of their work on healthcare education and workforce development. Colleagues who deliver results and embrace new tools to work smarter are valued for their contributions. But what makes working at Covista distinctive is our impact. Our faculty and colleagues don't just support healthcare education—they shape it. This isn't abstract purpose work. It's solving real problems for real people in real communities while advancing careers.
We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday-Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
For more information, visit covista.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Job Description

Join our team as a Student Finance Analyst and play a meaningful role in supporting student success through accurate, timely, and compliant financial aid processing. In this role, you will contribute to essential student finance operations, including Title IV (TIV) awarding, verification, disbursement, and credit balance processing, helping ensure students have the financial resources they need to succeed.

Working under general direction, you’ll collaborate with both internal teams and external partners to deliver high-quality support with a strong focus on accuracy, compliance, and responsiveness. You’ll also leverage data and reporting to uncover trends, provide actionable insights, and drive continuous improvement across student finance operations.

This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented, analytical professional