LIZBETH I. PARGAS OJEDA

Manatí,PR• ad2uo9@r.postjobfree.com • 939-***-****

EXCECUTIVE SUMMARY

•Experienced Financial Aid & Assistant Administrative

Seasoned professional with over 15 years of financial college administration experience. Certified Title IV Administrator. Leader on managing student need analysis. Expert completing federal verifications and completing student aid packages. Provide financial aid counselling, make professional judgment decisions regarding student aid eligibility and facilitate problem solving with students and parents.

Intuitive Leadership: Possess an analytical goal-oriented personality and work ethic; an innate ability to influence others and produce dynamic and long-lasting results. Strong leadership, people management, and interpersonal communication skills that boost teamwork synergies.

Administration Professional: Extremely organized and structured in office management. Management of agendas and coordination of internal and external events. Custody of files and keep them updated. Budget management. Office inventory management. Excellent interpersonal relationships.

Relationship Development: Accomplished in excellent communication and structural planning with capacity to nurture working rapports with students, parents, and management alike. Detail-oriented with commitment to excellence, display positive attitude in well site environment.

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY

Assistant Administrative & Financial Advisor 2021-2022

•Coordinate a Comprehensive Financial Literacy Program for students.

•Projects that are designed to address supporting instruction in personal financial literacy, knowledge of higher education financing and repayment.

• College savings, Student loans or other skills aimed at building personal financial understanding and responsibility and get best practice are based on recommendations by US Financial Literacy and Education Commission.

•Compiling financial reports

•Scheduling appropriate conference and meeting rooms

•Maintaining and updating students’ information

•Updating spreadsheets and other data entry tasks

•Taking notes and minutes in meetings

•Writing and issuing emails to teams and departments on behalf of teams or senior staff

•General calendar management

•Creating filing systems

ANA G MENDEZ UNIVERSTY – DALLAS, TX

Financial Aid Officer 2020-2020

Supported and guided students and their parents to understand the available financial aid and to complete the FAFSA process. Maintained students’ files updated and completed verifications for payment processing. Compiling financial reports. Scheduling appropriate conference and meeting rooms. Maintaining and updating students’ information. Updating spreadsheets and other data entry tasks.

SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN OF PUERTO RICO

Financial Aid Officer 2019-2020

Advised students and parents on financial aid availability and helped complete FAFSA process. Analyzed students need to assign accurate financial aid available such as work-study program and FSEOG funds.

Requested, assigned, and managed Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico Scholarships and associated budgets. Certified students for private loans disbursements and funds

Developed IPEDS and FISAP reports to ensure university accreditation and maintain regulation compliance. Scheduling appropriate conference and meeting rooms. Maintaining and updating students’ information. Updating spreadsheets and other data entry tasks. Recording and reconciling office expenses. Updating students’ handbooks and other relevant policy documents.

ICPR JUNIOR COLLEGE

Placement and practice center coordinator 2018-2019

•Contact person between companies and university to ensure company and students needs are met

•Evaluated student interests and professional development needs to provide options for growth opportunity

•Analyzed individual necessities to facilitate students’ academic success by encouraging students to apply for job opportunities, helping build resume and interview skills according to academic background

•Developed contract and policies according to collaborative agreement between students and companies. Maintaining and updating students’ information. Updating spreadsheets and other data entry tasks.

Financial Aid Officer 2013-2017

•Guided new students and their parents to understand available financial aid and to complete the FAFSA process

•Evaluated student and administrations need to efficiently coordinate “work and study” programs

•Assigned and managed FSEOG program and Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico Scholarships through PowerFaids and Jenzabar systems

•Audited +5,000 student’s records for program review obtaining a successful outcome.

•Compiling financial reports. Scheduling appropriate conference and meeting rooms. Maintaining and updating students’ information. Updating spreadsheets and other data entry tasks

INSTITUTE OF BEAUTY CAREERS 2005-2013 Financial Aid Officer

•Supported and guided students and their parents to understand the available financial aid and to complete the FAFSA process. Assigned and managed work-study program, FSEOG funds, Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico Scholarships. Pioneered gainful employment reports to determine student success rate. Maintained students’ files updated and completed verifications for payment processing. Compiling financial reports. Maintaining and updating students’ information. Updating spreadsheets and other data entry tasks

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master’s Degree, Human Resource, Anan G. Mendez Online, University

November 2022

Bachelor’s in business administration, UNIVERSIDAD DEL ESTE, PR

January 2018

Administrative Assistance Diploma, ATENAS COLLEGE, PR

May 2005

Special Training: Fundamentals of Title IV Administration - USA Department of Education, Washington D.C., Fit Wallet, Fundamentals of Student Financial Aid.

Technical Skills: Vast knowledge in ED connect and ED Express software, RT24, NSLDS, CPS, and COD programs, Jenzabar,Power Faids. Microsoft Word (excel, power point, Microsoft teams, google meets).

Professional Affiliations: PRASFAA, EASFAA

Language Proficiency: Spanish and English

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