FCH (Filley Hall / L.W. Chase Hall) Business Center
7A Ag Comm Building
3625 East Campus Mall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68583-0956
Business Manager: TBA
Regular Office Hours: Monday though Friday – 8am – 5pm
The Filley Chase Hall Business Center (FCH) is a unit within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), with principal financial and human resources, support to our supported customer departments and units: Biological Systems Engineering, Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Leadership Education and Communication, Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership; Entomology, Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program, Nebraska LTAP, Forensic Science, and the IANR Conference Registration system.
The FCH team works together to provide professional services, resource and human resource management, solution development and implementation with the highest levels of integrity, accountability, and customer focus.
Major activities include budget development and administration, financial management services, human resources, and payroll management, and grant development and support.
FCH Personnel
Business Manager: TBA
- Provides overall guidance to Business Center staff in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration.
- Provides guidance to unit administrators, faculty and staff in fiscal management/budgeting.
- Serves as liaison to IANR Finance & Personnel, IANR Deans & VC offices, VC for Research, the VC for Academic Affairs, and all other UNL functional offices in the management of fiscal & human resources issues.
Financial Staff
- Pre-Award Grant Development including grant proposal review, budget development, confirming cost share documentation and match commitments, processing and routing.
- Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Provides fiscal coordination and account management for various accounts serviced by the Filley Chase Business Center.
- Provides fiscal coordination and account management for various accounts serviced by the Filley Chase Business Center
- Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts
- Processes Foundation Funds transfer requests
- Service center budget development, reporting, and billing
- Prepares invoices in Quickbooks, as needed by the departments served by the business center
- Pre-Award Grant Development including grant proposal review, budget development, confirming cost share documentation and match commitments, processing, and routing
- Financial Management for Rural Prosperity Nebraska
- Financial Management for Entomology, Nebraska LTAP, Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program, and Forensic Science
- P-Card Reconciliation for 4-H, CASNR, Finance & Personnel, Vice Chancellor’s Office, Yeutter Institute, Rural Prosperity Nebraska, and IANR Media
- Pre-Award Grant Development including grant proposal review, budget development, confirming cost share documentation and match commitments, processing and routing.
- Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share documentation associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Provides fiscal coordination and account management for various accounts serviced by the Filley Chase Business Center.
- Provides fiscal coordination and account management for various accounts serviced by the FCH Business Center
- Processes Foundation Funds payment requests
- Primary backup for reconciliation of p-cards
- Coordinates hourly employee’s time entries - reviewing to ensure appropriate and complete
- Processes funding changes
- Reviews and approves travel and other expense vouchers .
- Account reconciliation – ensuring adequate backup documentation exists for transactions.
- Reporting and reviewing Objects on Loan.
- Primary backup for purchasing function in business center.
TBD
Finance Associate, 472-2755, 03 Entomology Hall, EC 0816.
- Facilitates the ordering process
- Handles accounts payable, purchase orders and requisitions, electronic ordering, internal billing transactions (IBTs), visiting personnel forms, and warrant requests.
- Reconciles purchasing card transactions
- Processes deposits for the departments served by the business center
- Accounts Payable/Invoices.
- Accounts Receivable/Deposits.
- Purchasing.
- P-Card Reconciliation for Entomology, Nebraska LTAP, Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program, Forensic Science, and Professional Golf Management.
- Travel policy approval.
- Back-up for credit card processing.
Human Resources Staff
- Provides guidance in the search and interview process including job classification and compensation guidelines.
- Assists in the hiring process including Visas/Permanent Residency applications and new-hire paperwork
- Manages HR issues relating to student workers, staff and faculty positions including creating and filling regular and temporary positions, classifying and reclassifying positions, funding changes, and personnel and supervisor issues.
- Provides human resources and payroll services relating to student, staff, and faculty positions.
- Assists in the hiring process including posting jobs and administering the hiring paperwork.
- Administers the Family and Medical Leave process.
HR/Payroll Coordinator - TBA
- Manages HR issues relating to student workers and non-benefit eligible positions including creating and filling regular and temporary positions, and funding changes.
- Coordinates hourly employees’ time entries.