verifies student eligibility criteria and reviews and awards applicants for financial aid in accordance with federal, state, and institutional regulations and policies; enters, updates, and processes award notifications; assists students with suggestions for locating institutional grants and scholarships; responsible for the alternative loan packaging process by determining eligibility, awarding, and performing data entry ? including the management of certification of alternative loans; oversees all aspects of the file management system; manages correspondence and provides general financial information concerning account receivables, tuition assistance, and other financial programs; monitors students eligibility to receive financial aid; notifies external servicing centers (e.g., the National Student Loan Data System, as required by Federal law) of student status and activities; works with students and agencies to resolve discrepancies; participates in the evaluation process for appeals; participates in the development of forms, letters, and brochures needed to collect financial aid data from student applicants; reviews changes in regulations affecting various campus-based programs, guaranteed loans, state grants, and institutional programs; recommends changes in procedure to meet changing regulation needs; serves as liaison with other University organizations that work with the Financial Aid Office and outside agencies; participates in workshops and presentations for internal and external audiences; reviews and collaborates to make sure that current financial aid information is available on the university website; assists with the direction, management, and administration of scholarship and grant programs; coordinates, schedules and provides in-service training and staff meetings as delegated; prepares and coordinates the preparation of statistical, operating, and planning records and/or reports; maintains spreadsheets for various institutional programs for tracking and balancing purposes; ensures accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulations; processes and tracks all verification documentation submitted to the Office of Financial Assistance; enters all required corrections; performs accounting functions related to grant and scholarship accounts which may include reconciling awards and payments/transactions within an electronic record system; analyzes data from various agencies to determine if Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Pell Grants awarded must be reduced to avoid overpayment; performs duties of the lower level in this series as required; performs other related duties as assigned. Describe your specific work experience monitoring students eligibility to receive financial aid; reviewing changes in regulations affecting various campus-based programs, guaranteed loans, state grants, and institutional programs; assisting in the direction, management, and administration of scholarship and grant programs.