HERE TO HELP YOU
The Office of Finance & Personnel is a unit within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), with principal support responsibility to the vice chancellor, deans, and business centers within IANR.
The IANR business operations team works together to provide professional services, resources management, and solution development and implementation with the highest levels of integrity, accountability, and customer focus.
Major activities include budget development and administration, financial management services, management information reporting, personnel and payroll management, and coordination of business center activities.
Meet the Finance & Personnel Staff
Visit the IANR HR Website
FIND YOUR BUSINESS CENTER
Your Business Center is your first stop when you have a question about personnel issues, business transactions, submissions, or policy.
Visit the Business Center Website
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
Check out the information you're interested in below, and contact your business center for more information.
Accounting
Services provided for you by your business center:
- Cost analysis
- Ledger analysis and reconciliation
- Financial reporting
- Implementation of best business practices
- Creating new cost centers
- Travel processing
- P-Card assistance and reconciliation
- Accounts payable processing
- Monitor and reporting of budget to actual
- Monitor revolving accounts
Helpful Links:
Accounting Financial Services Bursar
Budget
Services provided for you by your business center:
- Prepare budget request documents
- Present budget to actual financial reviews
- Coordinate salary implementation with departments and Deans
Helpful Links:
Biennial Budget Request Budget Office Faculty & Staff Salaries Guidelines for Faculty Appointments IANR Operating Budget
Grants
Services provided for you by your business center:
- Ledger reconciliation
- Monitoring for grant end dates and closing preparation
- Coordination with faculty for grant management
- Work as liaison with Grants & Contracts, and Special Programs
- Provide monthly financial reviews
- Assist in interpreting and understanding the report information
- Maintain Pending Proposal File for all submitted grants and Industry Income Forms
Helpful Links:
Facilities & Administration rates Fringe Benefit rates Grants.gov NU Grant Office of Sponsored Programs (for forms) Proposal Development Assistance Research Road Map
Personnel
Services provided for you by your business center:
- Create requisitions to recruit for new and vacant positions
- Process new hire paperwork (W-4, I-9, offer letters, visas, background checks, e-verify)
- Provide guidance with the search and interview process for staff/faculty positions.
- Initiate the classification process of new positions, reclasses, salary change requests and updates.
- Process adjustments to funding for personnel actions
- Coordinate payroll administration, including time sheets, and leave requests
- Provide employee relations services
Helpful Links:
IANR Human Resources Employment at UNL UNL Human Resources UNL Benefits Office University of Nebraska Benefits UNL International Student and Scholar Office (visas and immigration) Institutional Equity and Compliance UNL Payroll Office Firefly – (ESS) Employee Self-Service - Pay advice, leave requests, benefits information
Purchasing
Services provided for you by your business center:
- Guide you through the process of obtaining a Purchasing Card.
- Provide you with a list of approved vendors specific to your needs.
- Provide you with the process and procedures unique to each dollar increment range.
A little information about the purchasing process
- There are several methods for ordering materials, supplies, and equipment. The method you choose is dependent upon what you are ordering and from which vendor. Please keep in mind that the University has contracted with several Prime Vendors to obtain special UNL discount pricing.
- Unless you are using your purchasing card or ordering from an online vendor, please do not place any orders until you have consulted with your business center. Your business center can help you determine the best method or even place the order for you.
Helpful Links:
Procurement Services Accounts Payable
Travel
Services provided for you by your business center:
- Processing completed Expense Reimbursement Vouchers
- Facilitating student related travel
- Assistance with foreign travel including:
- Currency conversion
- International per diem rates
- Assistance with the foreign travel voucher
- MEDEX > Medical Evaluation Insurance for International Travel
A little information about the reimbursement process
- A Travel Authorization form must be completed two weeks prior to the trip. If the actual travel cost is substantially higher than the Travel Authorization or on a different cost object, you must submit a revised Travel Authorization along with the Expense Reimbursement Voucher.
- A Travel Authorization form must be completed two weeks prior to the trip. Upon return, an Expense Reimbursement Voucher must be received in the Accounting Office no later than 60 days after the final day on which expenses were incurred.
- A reimbursement request for shared rooms must include the name(s) of the other occupants and if possible, please submit the Expense Vouchers together.
Helpful Links:
UNL Travel