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Student Affairs Business Services

FAQs

DSA Business Services

The DSA Business Services teams serve all the departments within the Division of Student Affairs. A complete listing of departments can be found on the DSA Department list page.

The business team is split into 4 groups, which serve as the localized business team for each college within the Division of Student Affairs. They are as follows:

  • Campus Recreation and Health & Wellbeing
  • Division Reporting and Leadership
  • Student Housing and Residential Life, AVP’s Office
  • Student Life and Dean of Students
Yes. As a department within the Division of Student Affairs, we subscribe to the division and the University’s non-discrimination statement.
All available positions within the University of Houston are posted on the UH Human Resources website.
Once you have submitted your application for a position at the University of Houston, you can track its progress at the UH Human Resources Taleo website.

Contracting

All general contract forms can be found on the UH Legal Affairs website.
The Justification for Proprietary (Sole Source) Acquisition can be found on the UH Purchasing website.
  • $10,000 or below – Director of Business Services
  • $25,000 or below – Executive Director of Business Services
  • $300,000 or below – Vice President / Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
  • $600,000 or below – Vice President/ Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
  • Greater than $600,000 – Chancellor / President of the University of Houston

Financial

For the status of your payment, please visit the Office of Finance website and indicate “00730” as the Campus/Agency.
Initial setup is by Invitation only. Please reach out to your contract department or your business services team for an invitation to register as a vendor.
Updates to vendor information must be made through PaymentWorks.
Documents for providing proof of the University of Houston's Federal and State exemption, Taxpayer Identification Number, Hotel Occupancy Tax exemption, Motor Vehicle Rental Tax Exemption Certificate, and Personal Property Tax exemption, and Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return can be found at the Office of Finance website.

You must first make sure that you attempt your transaction with the vendor. If your transaction does not go through, then please email your DBA or Director of Business Services the following information:

  • PCard, Cardholder Name
  • Last 4 digits of the PCard
  • Transaction Amount
  • Vendor Name
  • Purpose/Benefit
The purpose of the fee is to satisfy a requirement of the Texas Appropriations Act which prohibits the expenditure of appropriated funds for the support of auxiliary enterprises. The auxiliary administrative charge is used as an equitable means to reimburse the general fund (state appropriated) operations of the university for services provided to auxiliary enterprises. Such services include but are not limited to: accounting services, payroll services, human resources, development, legal support, auditing services, and general administrative support. View our PDF for more information.
  • $10,000 or below – Director of Business Services
  • $25,000 or below – Executive Director of Business Services
  • $300,000 or below – Vice President / Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs
  • $600,000 or below – Vice President/ Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
  • Greater than $600,000 – Chancellor / President of the University of Houston

The purpose of the fee is to satisfy a requirement of the Texas Appropriations Act which prohibits the expenditure of appropriated funds for the support of auxiliary enterprises. The auxiliary administrative charge is used as an equitable means to reimburse the general fund (state appropriated) operations of the university for services provided to auxiliary enterprises. Such services include but are not limited to: accounting services, payroll services, human resources, development, legal support, auditing services, and general administrative support. View our PDF for more information.