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BUSINESS NOTES & NEWS
MAY
2008

In This Month's Issue:

 SPOTLIGHT
Countdown to PCD due Date
Department Who's Who
HUB Vendor of the Month
May Calendar

 FINANCE
Accounts Payable Training
HelmsBrisco Hotel Booking
Cell Phones During International Travel
HUB Statistics

 HUMAN RESOURCES
PCD Hints and Tips for Managers
Minimum Wage Change
Tip on Interviewing
Summer Flex
FrontLine
 
 PAYROLL
Deleting Run Controls
 
 POLICES AND
 PROCEDURES
MAPP Updates
SAM Updates
Policy Breakdown
Policy Rescission

 

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Department Who’s Who

General Accounting

Administration Phone Email Area
General Accounting      
Karin Livingston
Director, General Accounting
713-743-4415 klivingston@uh.edu Oversees all areas within General Accounting.
Operations      
Gretta McClain
Manager, Financial Accounting
Operations
713-743-8729 gmcclain@uh.edu Oversees Operations Group, which approves GL journals and SC vouchers. Provides training for GL Journal Entry, SC Vouchers, Credit Card Accounting, and Cash Security Procedures.
Kathryn Garcia
Financial Analyst 2
Operations
713-743-8734 kggarcia@uh.edu Approves GL Journals. Records ACH deposit and state warrant journals. Prepares payments to Barnes and Noble. Assists departments with accounting questions.
Alpa Vaghani
Financial Analyst 2
Operations
713-743-3967 avaghani@uh.edu Approves GL Journals. Records Gifts in Kind journals. Reconciles fund equity transfers. Trains departments on GL Journal Entry. Assists departments with accounting questions.
Vacant Position
Financial Analyst 2
Operations
713-743-8739 n/a Approves GL Journals. Trains departments on GL Journal Entry. Assists departments with accounting questions.
Maribel Rodriguez
Accountant 1
Operations
713-743-8736 mrodriguez11@uh.edu Approves SC Vouchers. Records ACH deposits and confirmation journals. Prepares payments for Sales and Hotel Occupancy Taxes. Assists departments with accounting questions.
Student Accounting      
Bob Lullo
Manager, Financial Accounting
Student Accounting
713-743-9024 rjlullo@uh.edu Monitors financial activity between PS Student Accounting and PS Finance systems. Assists departments with issues related to student accounting.
Patrick Davis
Financial Analyst 2
Student Accounting
713-743-8733 pdavi4@uh.edu Monitors tuition item types for proper cost center setup. Prepares journals to comply with state set-aside and other reporting requirements. Monitors departmental deferrals, inventories and suspense clearing accounts. Assists departmental personnel.
Position Vacant
Financial Analyst 2
Student Accounting
713-743-5629 n/a Monitors mandatory item types for proper cost center set up. Reconciles student A/R and A/P (refunds only). Monitors departmental Prepaid Expenses and A/R. Monitors daily transaction feed from Student system to Finance system. Monitors Petty Cash, Change Funds and Shortage/Overages.
Bank Reconciliation & Endowment Accounting      
Namrata Shukla
Manager, Financial Accounting
Bank Reconciliation & Endowment Accounting
713-743-8584 nshukla@uh.edu Oversees the group responsible for Endowment Accounting and Reconciliation of Bank Accounts for UH and UHSA. Reconcile Payroll, Endowed and Non-Endowed Investment accounts for UHS and processes Non-Endowed Investment Income allocation journals to other UHS components.
Diep Do
Financial Analyst 2
Bank Reconciliation
713-743-8749 dndo@central.uh.edu Reconciles UH Drawing, ACH Settlement, UHSA Drawing, Controlled Disbursement and AIM Prime Investment accounts for UH and UHSA. Assists departments with 'cash' related issues and endorsed check requests.
Jeffrey Thomas
Financial Analyst 2
Bank Reconciliation
713-743-8323 jthomas@central.uh.edu Reconciles UH Credit Card, Controlled Disbursement and Plant Investment accounts for UH and UHSA. Assists departments with 'credit card' related issues and endorsed check requests.
Alex Vuong
Financial Analyst 2
Endowment Accounting
713-743-8684 avuong2@central.uh.edu Record all Endowment (fund 6xxx) related transactions (sale, purchase, income, expense, amortization, realized and unrealized gain and loss) for UH and UHSA. Prepares year-end income allocation journals to endowment sub-funds for UHS components.
Research Accounting      
Lavonda Horn
Manager, Financial Accounting
Research Accounting
713-743-8731 lhorn@uh.edu Manage the Research Accounting Department. Responsible for ensuring timely reporting and receipt of project and loan payments. Approve Annual and Quarterly reports submitted to State and Federal agencies. Review monthly reconciliations and request weekly Letter-of-Credit payments.
Andrea Tebo
Financial Analyst 2
Research Accounting
713-743-8722 atebo@uh.edu Responsible for reconciling Loan payments, Due to Due From accounts and preparing annual state and federal reporting on loans and tuition and fees.
Xuan Phan
Financial Analyst 2
Research Accounting
713-743-5626 xnguyen2@uh.edu Responsible for recording Billed Receivables for RFS, ACH and check payments for projects. Reconciles Federal Cash Transactions reports, Due to Due from Accounts and Collection List.
Christine Hoang
Financial Analyst 2
Research Accounting
713-743-5627 choang5@uh.edu Responsible for recording Letter-of-Credit ACH payments received from federal agencies. Reconciles Federal Cash Transactions reports, Due to Due from Accounts and SFA Department of Education awards.
Plant Accounting      
Margaret Drew
Manager, Plant Accounting
713-743-8727 mdrew@uh.edu Manage Plant Accounting Department. Responsible for all debt service entries, coordination of entries between campuses, transfers of cash to fund all construction and renovation projects, reconcile project cost centers for Project Managers in FPC.
Patrick Shum
Financial Analyst 2
Plant Accounting
713-743-8028 pshum@uh.edu Reconcile System Administration and UH project cost centers for Project Managers in Facilities Planning and Construction. This includes capital construction as well as renovation projects.
Russell Allen
Financial Analyst 2
Plant Accounting
713-743-0668 rallen@uh.edu Reconcile System Administration and UH project cost centers for Project Managers in Facilities Planning and Construction. This includes capital construction as well as renovation projects.
Tiffany Brandyberg
Office Assistant 2
Plant Accounting
713-743-5714 tbrandyberg@uh.edu Receive and disburse reconciliations to Project Managers. Set up reconciliations for new projects. Data enter updates to reconciliations. Order supplies for Plant Accounting and FPC Finance and Operations.