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Melinda Mobley

Fresno,CA

Summary

Results-oriented achiever with proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Combines strategic thinking with hands-on experience to deliver impactful solutions and enhance organizational performance.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Student Financial Aid Advisor/ Registrar

California Institute of Medical Assistant
01.2023 - Current
  • Coordinate and supervise financial aid functions
  • Review current policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies related to financial aid and related programs
  • Recommend policy revisions to the school director
  • Coordinate and manage all financial aid programs, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and organizational policies and procedures; administer the Title IV student financial aid programs, such as PELL grants, Perkins Loans, Stafford Loans, Plus Loans, and other loans, scholarships, and programs that may be established or available
  • Work with other departments to maximize financial aid's role in student recruitment and retention; oversee, review, and accept student payments against their student account, and set student payment plans following school policies and procedures
  • Enter student information into the student database such as student financial data, program enrollment, and schedules
  • Develop, modify, implement, and maintain the financial aid application process, such as application intake, review, processing, and tracking for appropriate documentation of all financial aid awards
  • Ensure appropriate application processing procedures are being followed for purposes of internal control and auditing
  • Coordinate audit of records; maintain fund control records following funding level limitations
  • Complete federal, state, and organizational reports including applications for federal funding and reports expenditures of funds allocated
  • Coordinate internal reconciliation efforts and report to reviewing entities, such as auditors, program reviewers, and accreditation teams
  • Direct and coordinate school registration activities on a part-time basis
  • Consult with the school director and other school officials to devise registration schedules and procedures, such as times and locations for class meetings, and resolve scheduling conflicts
  • Supervise registrar department personnel following school policies and applicable laws
  • Receive and review personnel grievances following school policies
  • Develop, implement, and review department policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies related to school registrar activities
  • Log and maintain enrolled students' academic records, including grades, attendance, transfers, and immunization records
  • Maintain records of all school classes and curriculum prerequisites
  • Coordinate dissemination of information on courses offered and procedures students must follow to obtain grade transcripts
  • Respond to transcript requests, issue official transcripts, prepare academic honor lists, and determine graduation eligibility
  • Exchange student information with other colleges or universities

Senior Student Financial Aid Advisor

UEI College
12.2021 - 01.2023
  • Complete duties of a Student Finance Advisor
  • Attend daily accountability meetings with admissions department and campus president
  • Submit student financial aid files for review
  • Complete re-entries
  • Attend daily packaging call
  • Run Friday trainings

Student Finance Advisor

UEI College
04.2019 - 12.2021
  • Interview prospective students to determine financial aid eligibility
  • Review students files for accuracy for submission
  • Review and authorize student awards
  • Help students complete the FAFSA
  • Work on clearing any C-codes
  • Complete entrance and exit counseling with students
  • Familiar with COD and FAA for CPS
  • Review ISIR's and make sure timely packaging
  • Package re-entry students

CALL CENTER SUPERVISOR

NICHOLS RESEARCH
03.2018 - 04.2019
  • Manage employees in a call center setting
  • Job duties includes training, coaching, writing and presenting performance evaluations, discussing production and quality concerns
  • Provide Employee Encouragement
  • Manage sample for multiple projects for qualitative and quantitative research
  • Attend client monitoring's and provide feedback
  • Monitor studies to ensure quality
  • Provide input as to the best employees for new studies to ensure quality work
  • Provide new employee training
  • Work directly with Directors of Marketing on studies regarding any script issues, time concerns or anything that is affecting the project objectives
  • Familiar with Voxco and Quancept CATI programs

SENIOR TEAM LEAD

IPSOS/SYNOVATE
10.2005 - 03.2018
  • Manage employees over a virtual call center setting
  • Job duties include training, coaching, writing and presenting performance evaluations, discussing production and quality concerns
  • Provide Employee Encouragement
  • Manage client sample for multiple projects
  • Attend client moitorings and provide feedback
  • Monitor studies to ensure quality
  • Provide input as to the best employees for new studies to ensure we provide quality work
  • Provide new employee training
  • Train new Team Leaders and Quality Assurance Monitor's
  • Monitor vendors working on our studies and communicate feedback to ensure consistent quality across all facilities
  • Send feedback to Project Managers on studies regarding any script issues, time concerns, or anything that is affecting the project objectives
  • Find quality recordings to provide to clients
  • Cover for managers when out of office
  • Which included staffing the field center to ensure all project demands were met daily
  • Prepared the company emergency evacuation plan
  • Managed a pharmaceutical clinical study for 3 years, which included training staff, troubleshooting IVR issues, and keeping detailed and up-to-date adverse event records
  • Managed several new studies, I worked closely with clients during planning, implementation, executing, and monitoring phases
  • Communicated daily with multiple centers to ensure quality consistency on projects
  • Interviewed and hired new employees
  • Provided awards to successful employees
  • Planned employee appreciation events

Phone Operator

DialAmerica
07.2000 - 10.2005
  • Called customers to renew or purchase magazine subscriptions to help support MADD

OFFICE MANAGER

NORMAN THAXTER DDS
06.1995 - 01.2000
  • Managed a dental office, which included hiring employees, ordering supplies, insurance billing, paying bills, and scheduling appointments
  • Posted payments on patient ledgers, completed bank deposits, and kept records of all accounts receivables
  • I filled in for dental assistants and helped the hygienist as a Registered Dental Assistant
  • Disputed unpaid claims with Insurance companies

Education

Postgraduate Certificate - Operations Management And Decision Making

University of Phoenix
Remote
11-2023

MBA - Project Management

University of Phoenix
Fresno, CA
01-2016

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Marketing

University of Phoenix
Fresno, CA
10-2015

Skills

  • Administrative Proficiency
  • Student support
  • Regulatory requirements
  • Student advisement
  • File monitoring
  • Teamwork
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Customer service
  • Problem-solving
  • Time management
  • Attention to detail
  • Leadership skills

Timeline

Student Financial Aid Advisor/ Registrar

California Institute of Medical Assistant
01.2023 - Current

Senior Student Financial Aid Advisor

UEI College
12.2021 - 01.2023

Student Finance Advisor

UEI College
04.2019 - 12.2021

CALL CENTER SUPERVISOR

NICHOLS RESEARCH
03.2018 - 04.2019

SENIOR TEAM LEAD

IPSOS/SYNOVATE
10.2005 - 03.2018

Phone Operator

DialAmerica
07.2000 - 10.2005

OFFICE MANAGER

NORMAN THAXTER DDS
06.1995 - 01.2000

Postgraduate Certificate - Operations Management And Decision Making

University of Phoenix

MBA - Project Management

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration/Marketing

University of Phoenix
Melinda Mobley