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Los Angeles, California, United States
Hybrid
The USC department of Financial Services is seeking Student Financial Services Advisors to join its team.
This recruitment will be used to build a pool of qualified candidates for current openings within Student Financial Services.
These opportunities are ideal for customer-focused professionals who enjoy combining financial problem-solving with meaningful service to students and families.
If you are resourceful, detail-oriented, adaptable, and committed to providing exceptional customer service, we invite you to apply and join the Trojan Family.
Position Overview:
The Student Financial Services Advisor provides comprehensive financial guidance and support to USC students and families. This position combines direct customer interaction with detailed financial and administrative work in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment.
Advisors are cross-trained to support key areas across Student Financial Services, including Student Financial Services, Student Account Services, and University Collections. This cross-functional approach provides Advisors with broad exposure to student billing, payments, account services, and collections while enabling the team to respond to evolving operational and student service needs.
Success in this role requires the ability to learn quickly, exercise sound judgment, navigate complex situations, and approach sensitive financial conversations with empathy, patience, resourcefulness, and professionalism.
Key Accountabilities:
· Provide guidance to students, families, and campus stakeholders regarding student financial obligations, payment procedures, available options, and issues that may affect a student's ability to continue enrollment.
· Review and interpret student accounts and financial documentation to accurately explain charges, credits, payments, balances, and other account activity.
· Counsel students and families regarding payment options, payment plans, past-due balances, student loans, employer tuition deferments, and other available financial arrangements.
· Process student account activity, including billing adjustments, deferments, invoices, refunds, payment-plan activity, account corrections, and other financial transactions. Reconcile discrepancies and ensure documentation is accurate and complete.
· Investigate account issues and exercise sound judgment when resolving individual circumstances, including waiving late fees and charges when justified within established guidelines and escalating matters as appropriate.
· Monitor and maintain student accounts, including updating account information, processing or adjusting payments, revising payment arrangements, lifting applicable holds, and maintaining required documentation and communications.
· Provide exceptional customer service through phone, email, and in-person interactions, including sensitive or challenging conversations. Communicate complex financial information clearly while demonstrating patience, empathy, professionalism, and confidentiality.
· Perform detailed back-office work, including data entry, account maintenance, spreadsheet and report review, refund processing, and other administrative activities requiring accuracy and attention to detail.
· Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across Student Financial Services areas and with university partners whose processes affect student accounts, including Financial Aid and the Registrar.
· Identify opportunities to improve processes, procedures, and the customer experience. Remain adaptable, resourceful, and willing to learn as systems, regulations, and business needs evolve.
· Stay current with applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and emerging issues affecting student financial services and student data.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested. The university reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
Work Schedule:
This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, hourly position scheduled for 37.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Additional hours or overtime may be required based on business needs, particularly during peak registration, billing, and payment periods. Occasional weekend or Winter Recess work may also be required based on operational needs.
Student Financial Services experiences peak service periods surrounding Fall and Spring registration. During assigned peak periods, employees may be required to work fully onsite for approximately two to four consecutive weeks, and vacation/PTO may not be available during those designated periods.
Work Arrangement:
New employees are expected to work 100% onsite during their first 90 days to support training, onboarding, and cross-training across Student Financial Services.
Following the initial 90-day period, the position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement consisting of three days onsite and two days remote per week. Remote workdays are determined by management based on operational needs and onsite coverage requirements.
The primary work location is USC's University Park Campus. Employees may also be required to work at the Health Sciences Campus based on business needs.
The hybrid work arrangement and onsite expectations are subject to change based on university and departmental business needs.
Minimum Requirements:
Preferred Requirements:
In addition, the successful candidate must also demonstrate, through ideas, words, and actions, a strong commitment to USC’s Unifying Values of integrity, excellence, community, well-being, open communication, and accountability.
Employee Benefits
USC offers a wide variety of benefits and programs that support our staff and their families.
This support advocates work-life balance and employee well-being. USC employees are connected by the traditions and history that make us proud to be Trojans and the work culture thrives on mutual respect, trust, and synergy amongst all its members. Join us!
The hourly rate range for this position is $27.32 - $30.00. When determining an offer, the University of Southern California considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills, internal peer alignment, applicable laws, contractual requirements, grant funding, and market conditions.
About USC Financial Services:
Financial Services consists of the following departments: Bank Reconciliation, Bursar Administration, Equipment Management, Space Management, Student Financial Services, and USCard. At USC, Financial Services, promise is to provide exceptional customer service. We are here to help the University community! Join us – apply today!
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree
USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.
We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.
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