Carrie Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Rohnert Park, CA, US

* In March 2020, transitioned a paper processing office to electronic resulting in approved efficiency, accuracy, cost savings, reduced storage, accessibility and better control.*Evaluating Foreign Nationals and Corporations for payment eligibility. *1042 Foreign Supplier Reporting.

Rohnert Park, CA

• Manage the Accounts Payable department.
• Oversees Accounts Payable Team in processing all invoices, vendor creation and maintenance, and payment processes.
• Promote teamwork and effective communication through consistent Accounts Payable team meetings.
• Reviews invoice entries for approval and appropriate coding (account, fund, department, program, class, and project).
• Facilitate and resolve vendor and customer disputes, mentor staff in customer and vendor relations.
• Provide audit support to the Accounting and Financial Reporting Offices.

Rohnert Park, CA

• Creates and modifies queries to resolve issues and identify areas of non-compliance.
• Identifies, develops, implements, interprets, analyzes, researches policies and procedures necessary to ensure efficient and accurate processing and reporting.
• Constructs annual financial aid cost of living budgets and reports figures to state and national agencies
• Identifies using constructed queries problems and corrects or forwards to other staff to ensure compliance is within governmental rules and regulations.
• Coordinates federal Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
• Administers the federal work-study program including overseeing campus work-study employment and work-study fund management.

Sonoma State University

• Working knowledge of federal, state and SSU regulations when performing verification, financial aid awarding, using professional judgment, processing Satisfactory Academic Progress appeals.
• Understand application, eligibility and program requirements for federal and state programs.
• Working knowledge and experience with California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) programs such as Cal Grant, Middle Class Scholarship, Dream Act.
• Familiar in using WebGrants and assisting students through checking their CSAC application status.
• Counsel and maintain communication with students, parents, staff, faculty and the community at large via e-mail, mail and telephone.
• Coordination of Outside Resources (COSR) works as liaison with accounting to assure accuracy of financial aid awards taking into account outside resources which requires an understanding of program requirements.

• Comprehend federal, state and SSU regulations relating to financial aid
• Provide guidance to students, parents, staff, faculty and public-at-large on financial aid processes
• Merge and distribute mail
• Lead experience for student assistants including interviewing, hiring, scheduling, archiving project, submitting payroll
• Process first level Satisfactory Academic Progress Appeals
• Coordinate outreach opportunities between Financial Aid and other entities

• Mail distribution
• Answering main phone line and email account.
• Data entry and filing.
• Guide students through the financial aid process.
• Lead experience for student assistants including interviewing, hiring, scheduling, archiving project, submitting payroll

• Answer office main phone line and mail
• Data entry and filing
• Processed transcript requests
• Processed loan deferment requests

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelors Of Science, Business Administration And Accounting

Activities and Societies: Accounting Forum

Associate Of Arts (A.A.); Associates Of Science; Human Resources Management Certificate

Activities and Societies: Executive Cabinet member to Student Government Campus Activities Board member at large Legislative member at.