Strategic Compliance & Operational Leadership for Higher Education

Executive-Level Financial Aid Consulting for Community & Technical Colleges

Navigating Title IV compliance, system migrations, and institutional mergers requires more than theoretical advice—it requires executive execution. TITLE IV Advisory Group LLC delivers targeted, fractional leadership to protect your institution's funding, streamline financial aid operations, and de-risk complex administrative transitions.

College Mergers & Operational Integration

Strategic consolidation of financial aid offices, OPEID alignment, policy harmonization, and administrative restructuring during two-year and technical college mergers.

Ellucian Banner SIS Onboarding & Optimization

Bridging the gap between financial aid policy and IT rules configuration during Banner implementations to prevent post-go-live disbursement delays and R2T4 errors.

VA SCO & Multi-Campus Centralization

Centralizing School Certifying Official (SCO) operations across multi-campus systems to ensure VA compliance, eliminate redundant overhead, and speed up benefits processing.

Proven Executive Track Record:

Multi-Campus VA Centralization: Consolidated Veterans Affairs SCO operations across 8 distinct campus locations into a single centralized model, improving processing speeds and audit accuracy.
Complex System Integration: Successfully led Banner SIS onboarding running simultaneously alongside a community and technical college merger.
Audit Mitigation: Direct leadership experience navigating Title IV Program Reviews and building audit-ready Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

P&P Manual Diagnostic Assessment & Revisions

Overview: Comprehensive audit of your institutional Policies & Procedures manual against current Federal Student Aid (FSA) regulations and Title IV compliance standards.
What’s Included:
- In-depth diagnostic gap analysis identifying compliance vulnerabilities, outdated regulatory references, or missing mandatory disclosures.
- Optional Extension: Full manual revision and drafting of custom, audit-ready Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) tailored to your operational workflow.
Best For: Colleges preparing for an upcoming Single Audit/Program Review or recovering from leadership turnover.

Financial Aid Workflow Assessment & Innovation

Overview: Holistic review of your financial aid office's operational lifecycle—from application intake and verification to packaging, R2T4 processing, and disbursement.
What’s Included:
- Identification of administrative bottlenecks, redundant handoffs, and manual workarounds.
- Multi-campus process standardization (e.g., centralizing VA SCO functions or harmonizing merged college operations).
- Design of streamlined, modern workflows that reduce processing turnaround times for students while maintaining strict regulatory controls.
Best For: Merged institutions, multi-campus colleges, or lean financial aid teams experiencing processing backlogs.

Banner & IT Reporting Creation

Overview: Technical and operational bridging between financial aid policy requirements and your Ellucian Banner SIS data environment.
What’s Included:
- Custom Banner population selection (PopSel) logic, algorithmic rules, and custom SQL/IT reporting specifications.
- Audit and configuration of Banner automated awarding, Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) evaluation rules, and R2T4 calculations.
- Creation of targeted compliance monitoring dashboards for executive leadership and financial aid directors.
Best For: Colleges onboarding/migrating to Banner, suffering from botched SIS configurations, or lacking dedicated financial aid IT/reporting support.

TITLE IV Advisory Group LLC

kelly.knight@titleivadvisory.com