We provide specialized business services in financial and human resource management.
Our Mission: Setting the Standard for Exceptional Business Practices
Areas Supported
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Department of English
- Department of History
- Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Sociology
- School of Global Integrative Studies (Anthropology, Geography, and Global Studies)
- Antarctic Drilling Program
- Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR)
- Center for Great Plains Studies
- Center for Science Math & Computer Education
- Center on Children Families & the Law
- Human Rights & Humanitarian Affairs
- Humanities in Medicine
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Rural Drug Addiction Research Center (RDAR)
Shelly Sorensen
Business Manager II
(402) 472-7999, Box #4
1213D Oldfather Hall, CC 0310
rsorensen2@unl.edu
- Provides overall guidance to OBC staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration.
- Provides guidance to unit administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management/budgeting.
- Liaison to CAS Dean’s Office, Executive Vice Chancellor’s Office, Office of Research & Economic Development, Business & Finance Shared Services, and all other UNL functional offices in the management of fiscal & human resources issues.
Finance and Grant Support
Sara Mattson
Business Manager I
(402) 472-7999, Box #3
1213B Oldfather Hall, CC 0310
sara.mattson@unl.edu
- Oversees OBC Finance team.
- Provides temporary instruction support and analysis.
- Pre-Award grant development including proposal budget and justifications, NURAMP assistance, grant portal upload and completion.
- Post award budget planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Provides Service Center Support including annual review and submission of rates.
- Oversees approval for CONCUR, eShop, Ariba, PCard, and PAF transactions.
- Provides support to departments for all foundation accounts from reconciling, budgeting, transfers, etc.
- SAP index reporting.
- Oversees Project Verification process.
Katharina Stokes
Business Manager
(402) 472-0748
206 South 13th St, Suite 1000, CC 0227
katharina.stokes@unl.edu
- Oversees CCFL business team.
- Pre-Award grant development including proposal budget and justifications, NURamp assistance, grant portal upload and completion.
- Post award budget planning, tracking, and reporting for CCFL.
- Oversees Project Verification process.
- Annual review and submission of service center rates.
- Oversees approval for CONCUR, eShop, Ariba, PCard, and PAF transactions.
- Provides support to departments for all foundation accounts from reconciling, budgeting, transfers, etc.
Ronda Alexander
Finance/Grant Specialist - Lead
(402) 580-0731
238 Burnett Hall, CC 0308
ralexander3@unl.edu
- Oversees OBC Burnett team.
- Responsible for providing finance support in compliance with all applicable institutional, UNL, State, and Federal regulations, policies, and guidelines.
- Pre-Award grant development including proposal budget and justifications, NURamp assistance, grant portal upload and completion.
- Post award budget planning and tracking.
- Oversees Project Verification process.
- Provide temporary instruction support and analysis.
- Reconcile and monitor state/revolving/WBS cost objects
- Oversees approval for CONCUR, eShop, Ariba, PCard, and PAF transactions.
- Provides support to departments for all foundation accounts from reconciling, budgeting, transfers, etc.
- SAP index reporting.
Tori Solomon
Finance Specialist
(402) 472-7999, Box #5
1213A Oldfather Hall, CC 0310
tori.solomon@unl.edu
- Responsible for providing finance support in compliance with all applicable institutional, UNL, State, and Federal regulations, policies, and guidelines.
- Pre-Award grant development including proposal budget and justifications, NuRamp assistance, grant portal upload and completion.
- Post award budget planning and tracking.
- Reconcile and monitor WBS cost objects.
- Provides all facets of purchasing support via eShop, Ariba or PCard.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Provides Service Center Support.
- Oversees project management and renovations.
Deb Predmore
Finance Specialist
(402) 472-3673
907 Oldfather Hall, CC 0325
dpredmore3@unl.edu
- Responsible for providing finance support in compliance with all applicable institutional, UNL, State, and Federal regulations, policies, and guidelines.
- Manages billing and accounts receivable for BOSR.
- Updates and monitors Unanet system for BOSR.
- Post award budget tracking.
- Reconcile and monitor state/revolving/WBS cost objects.
- Provides all facets of purchasing support via eShop or PCard.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Non-Sponsored Contract Support.
- Process Wire Transfers.
- Process Deposits.
- Oversees project management and renovations.
Sarah Giles
Admin Associate
(402) 472-0602
1155 Q St, CC 0214
sgiles2@unl.edu
- Reconcile and monitor state/revolving/WBS cost objects for CGPS.
- Purchasing support via eShop, Ariba, or PCard.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Manage Telecom activity, including activation/deactivation of data ports and telephone lines.
- Process Deposits.
Maggie Huynh
Finance Coordinator
(402) 472-7798
1213F Oldfather Hall, CC 0310
maggie.huynh@unl.edu
- Purchasing support via eShop, Ariba, or PCard.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Manage Telecom activity, including activation/deactivation of data ports and telephone lines.
- Process Deposits.
Tina Schinstock
Finance Coordinator
(402) 472-2663
126 Bessey Hall, CC 0340
tgray2@unl.edu
- Purchasing support via eShop, Ariba, or PCard.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Manage Telecom activity, including activation/deactivation of data ports and telephone lines.
- Process Deposits.
Pam Waldvogel
Finance Coordinator
(402) 472-7789
238 Burnett Hall, CC 0308
pwaldvogel@unl.edu
- Oversee purchasing and travel transactional support for OBC.
- Purchasing support via eShop, Ariba, or PCard.
- Non-Sponsored Contract Support.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Manage Telecom activity, including activation/deactivation of data ports and telephone lines.
- Process Deposits.
- Key manager.
Brenda West
Finance Coordinator
(402) 472-9304
1213C Oldfather Hall, CC 0310
bwest@unl.edu
- Purchasing support via eShop, Ariba, or PCard.
- Assist with CONCUR travel arrangements, reimbursements.
- Travel arrangements for visiting scholars; process payments/reimbursements.
- Manage Telecom activity, including activation/deactivation of data ports and telephone lines.
- Process Deposits.
- Key manager (department back-up).
HR and Payroll Support
Carolyn Kollmann
Human Resources Specialist - Lead
(402) 472-7999, Box #1
1213E Oldfather Hall, CC 0310
ckollmann2@unl.edu
- Oversees OBC HR and Payroll team, including workload distribution and PAF approval.
- Provides consultative services to departments based on departmental area expertise in support of human resources related best practice implementation and standardized processes.
- Coordinates searches for open faculty and staff positions.
- Liaison with CAS Dean’s Office, EVC, IEC and HR.
- Provides oversight/support for hiring: staff, faculty and students PAFS; Offer Letters; On/Off Boarding; Funding Changes.
- Provides support in creating job descriptions and requisitions in PeopleAdmin.
- Oversees HR issues related to staff, faculty and students.
- Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll, wage & hour reporting, and monitoring reports.
- Assists with visa residency applications.
Jamie Longwell
Human Resources Specialist
(402) 472-3229
238 Burnett Hall, CC 0308
jamie.longwell@unl.edu
- Provides consultative services to departments based on departmental area expertise in support of human resources related best practice implementation and standardized processes.
- Oversees grad appointments for OBC.
- Coordinates searches for open faculty and staff positions.
- Provides oversight/support for hiring: staff, faculty and students.
- Provides support in creating job descriptions and requisitions in PeopleAdmin.
- Manages HR issues related to staff, faculty and students: PAFS; Offer Letters; On/Off Boarding; Funding Changes.
- Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll, wage & hour reporting, and monitoring reports.
- UCARE Hires.
- Assists with visa residency applications.
Janelle Gerry
Human Resources Coordinator
(402) 472-2655
126 Bessey Hall, CC 0340
jgerry2@unl.edu
- Provides consultative services to departments based on departmental area expertise in support of human resources related best practice implementation and standardized processes.
- Coordinates searches for open faculty positions.
- Provides oversight/support for hiring: faculty and students.
- Provides support in creating job descriptions and requisitions in PeopleAdmin.
- Manages HR issues related to staff, faculty and students: PAFS; Offer Letters; On/Off Boarding; Funding Changes.
- Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll, wage & hour reporting, and monitoring reports.
- UCARE Hires.
- Assists with visa residency applications.
Lori Ratzlaff
Human Resources Coordinator
(402) 472-6164
711 Oldfather Hall, CC 0324
lratzlaff1@unl.edu
- Provides consultative services to departments based on departmental area expertise in support of human resources related best practice implementation and standardized processes.
- Coordinates searches for open faculty positions.
- Provides oversight/support for hiring: faculty and students.
- Provides support in creating job descriptions and requisitions in PeopleAdmin.
- Manages HR issues related to staff, faculty and students: PAFS; Offer Letters; On/Off Boarding; Funding Changes.
- Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll, wage & hour reporting, and monitoring reports.
- UCARE Hires.
- Assists with visa residency applications.
Mary Carstens
Payroll Associate
(402) 472-9330
206 South 13th St, Suite 1000, CC 0227
mary.carstens@unl.edu
- Provides consultative services to departments based on departmental area expertise in support of human resources related best practice implementation and standardized processes.
- Coordinates searches for open faculty and staff positions.
- Provides oversight/support for hiring: faculty, staff and students.
- Provides support in creating job descriptions and requisitions in PeopleAdmin.
- Manages HR issues related to staff, faculty and students: PAFS; Offer Letters; On/Off Boarding; Funding Changes.
- Manages bi-weekly and monthly payroll, wage & hour reporting, and monitoring reports.
- UCARE Hires.
- Assists with visa residency applications.
Kirsten Licht
Payroll Associate
(402) 472-7999, Box #2
1213 Oldfather Hall
klicht2@unl.edu
- Manages Payroll issues related to bi-weekly employees: PAFS; Offer Letters; On/Off Boarding; Funding Changes.
- Processes bi-weekly payroll support to BOSR.
- UCARE Hires.