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Financial Aid Lead Resume

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New, YorK

SUMMARY

  • Over 19 years of experience in the development and implementation of PeopleSoft's Financial Aid product
  • Proven history of successfully managing and completing big, challenging and prominent projects
  • Comprehensive functional knowledge of all Federal Financial Aid programs, policies and procedures
  • Possesses extensive technical skills retained from background in development including PeopleTools, Application Engine, PeopleCode, XML/ Reporting, PSQuery, SQL, SQR, COBOL and Equation Engine
  • Unique combination of functional and technical skills advantageous in research and troubleshooting roles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Updated, streamlined and automated major Financial Aid business processes for large 10 school system
  • Utilized advanced software functionality to eliminate numerous obsolete and problematic modifications

Equation Engine and Query Trainer Various

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Developed training manual and curriculum for multi - day Equation Engine Class
  • Delivered Equation Engine and PS Query training sessions at 15+ schools

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential, New York

Responsibilities:

  • Rescued problematic, high-profile multi- institution implementation for 300,000+ student CUNY system
  • Rebuilt all packaging, repackaging and equation configuration to provide reliable and efficient packaging process
  • Designed and tested custom automated batch R2T4 calculation and award adjustment process

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • In a post-implementation support role, overhauled Lone Star's entire end to end business process
  • Facilitated creation, testing and roll out of major interface to Global FAS, a third party verification vendor

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Managed complex Financial Aid implementation through fit/gap, configuration, testing, training and roll out
  • Provided functional and technical specs to tailor the software for the university's needs and requirements
  • Replaced numerous business processes to eliminate paper forms and streamline daily processing

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Assisted client with 9.0 Financial Aid upgrade including fit/gap, testing, training and documentation
  • Eliminated half of CLC's modifications utilizing new v9.0 functionality and equation engine capabilities.
  • Retrofit and rebuilt the few remaining modifications
  • Created new packaging and repackaging plans and packaging equations to fully automate batch awarding

Testing Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinated upgrade user acceptance and system integration testing for all 4 colleges
  • Delivered comprehensive test scripts for all Financial Aid and Campus Community functionality

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Managed full cycle Financial Aid implementation from initial fit/gap through production support
  • Created technical specs for a number of Campus Community enhancements and an interface to CSUEB's document imaging system for use by all SA modules

Financial Aid and Student Financials Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Served as Financial Aid and Student Financials Functional Consultant in post-implementation support role
  • Proposed, managed, tested and delivered a major borrower based Aid Year modification

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Led fit/gap analysis of business processes, configuration design, documentation and training
  • Designed and tested numerous modifications required by Confidential 's non-traditional 12 term/year, borrower based Financial Aid year

Financial Aid Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Implemented Financial Aid module and integrated software with numerous third party products
  • Provided support for the CSU Chancellor's Office CMS project including the design and testing of several Financial Aid and Campus Community modifications delivered to the entire 23 school CSU system

Technical Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Technical lead for first ever PeopleSoft Financial Aid implementation at country's largest school
  • Delivered considerable production support for immature Campus Solutions v7.0 release

Developer, Financial Aid Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Employed in Financial Aid development until initial release of Campus Solutions product suite in Jan 1998
  • Directed problem solving “SWAT” team responsible for identifying and solving Financial Aid issues for PeopleSoft's strategic Student Administration customers
  • Collaborated with development to design enhancements and repair deficiencies

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