St. Louis Community College processes Pell grants for approximately 17,000 students each year. Because of the high volume of Pell awards, it is vital that we engage in regular communication with COD to ensure that originations and disbursements are being reported in a timely manner. This presentation will cover the best practices that have been implemented at St. Louis Community College for Pell COD processing and reconciliation. Through the use of these practices, we have been able to reduce the number of discrepancies between Banner and COD, identify and resolve rejected transactions quickly, and ease the pain of monthly reconciliation and year-end closeout. In this presentation, I will review key banner screens, reports, and processes that are used during Pell COD processing. I will demonstrate how to use the RERGRNT report to find discrepancies between COD and Banner, and explain how to resolve the most common (and some less common) reasons that originations and disbursements are corrected or rejected by COD. This presentation is directed towards Financial Aid Staff members who are responsible for Pell COD Processing, and who are looking for ways to improve the process at their institutions.