• Job Description

  Req#: 529423

  Title : Business Office and Financial Aid Specialist

  Reports to : Controller and Director of Financial Aid

  Job Status : Full Time, Non- Exempt/Hourly (Year Round)

  Salary Range: $57,000 to $67,000 annually, based on experience

  
  

  
  

  Key Responsibilities:

  The Business Office & Financial Aid Specialist will be a crucial part of both the Business Office and Financial Aid teams. A successful applicant will:

  • Support the accounting team with student billing, accounts receivable, cash receipts, accounts payable, and other accounting and Business Office functions .
  • Review, analyze, and evaluate financial aid awards for new and returning ‘Iolani families, ensuring compliance with school policies and procedures .
  • Demonstrate comfort in reviewing family finance and tax documents (ie,1040s, W2s, S/C Corp taxes) and the reading of vapid policy, writing and directions .
  • Handle online materials, communications and data entry in multiple databases and systems. Specifically filtering data, importing/exporting, downloading or using communication templates .
  • Communicate effective with families and other internal and external constituencies.
  • Assist with administrative tasks and perform other duties as assigned by the Controller and Director of Financial Aid .

  
  

  Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree is preferred, as well as background and experience in accounting and financial aid within a school setting or other relevant work experience.
  • Strong sense of confidentiality and integrity.
  • Comfortable technology user (intermediate Excel skills preferred, specific knowledge of Veracross, Clarity, Ravenna a plus) .
  • Ability to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment, both independently and collaboratively to address possible concerns, suggestions or solutions .
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required .
  • Consistently demonstrate a One Team attitude, flexibility, attention to detail, and organizational and time management skills.

  
  

  Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to see and hear within normal parameters with or without correction .
  • Full leg and arm mobility (walking, ability to access overhead shelves) .
  • Full range of head and neck movement .
  • Unrestricted ability to bend knees, raise arms above the head, and to move hands, fingers, and wrist .
  • Ability to lift, carry, and/or move up to 15 pounds without difficulty .
  • Ability to sit for extended periods; and ability to stand and/or walk for sustained periods of time.
  • Due to work in close proximity to children, must pass fingerprinting and background clearance checks. TB clearance required.

  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• About the company

  ʻIolani School, located at 563 Kamoku Street in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, is a private coeducational college preparatory school serving over 2,020 students with a boarding program for grades 9 - 12 as well as a summer boarding program for middle school grades.

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