1901 Vine Street N300
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68588
FAX: 402-472-3139
Business Manager: Julia Brunkow
Phone: 402-472-8853
Regular Office Hours: Monday though Friday – 8:00am to 5:00pm
General Information
The Beadle Business Center (BBC) is a unit within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) and the UNL city campus, with principal financial and human resources support to our supported customer departments and units: Center for Plant Science Innovation, Biochemistry; Center for Biotechnology; and Redox Biology Center, Microbiology. We support units that also report to the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Beadle Business team is a team of professionals that work closely with students, staff, and faculty to serve their needs in grant and budget development and administration, financial management, human resources, payroll management, purchasing, and IT. The Beadle Business Center strives to develop and maintain a work environment that fosters creativity, teamwork and communication. By working together as a team we provide training opportunities and professional development in line with each person’s talents and strengths.
Beadle Business Center Personnel
- Provides overall management to the Business Center staff in Finance, Grants, Accounting, Procurement, Travel, and other Business-related administration tasks.
- Provide overall guidance to unit administrators, faculty, staff, and students in fiscal management, human resources and grants/contract administration.
- 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.
- Monitors Foundation accounts for Center for Plant Science, Center of Biotechnology and Biochemistry.
Financial Staff
- Account management (pre and post-award) for all the Center for Plant Science Innovation and Center for Biotechnology grants.
- Account management for some Biochemistry grants (post-award).
- Responsible for Personnel Activity Reports and cost share associated with relevant grant accounts
- Monitors all state and revolving accounts for the Center for Biotechnology, the Center for Plant Science Innovation, and the Department of Biochemistry
- Processes all invoices to be paid
- Monitors Center for Biotechnology and Redox Biology Service Centers, processes their billing, and receives payments
- Approves eSHOP orders and Concur requests/expenses
- Reviews and submits service center rates
- Creates UBIT, NRI, and other financial reports
- Reconciles purchasing card and state and revolving transactions
- Manages all aspects of grant accounts post-award for Biochem, PSI, and Biotech.
- Responsible for PVS reports and cost share associated with relevant grant accounts.
- Coordinate Tuition Remission and Grad Health for Beadle.
Human Resources Staff
- Manages hiring for all different positions in Beadle center and coordinate between IANR HR and City Campus.
- Provide guidance in the search and interview including postings and helping in job classification and compensation guidelines.
- Monitors appointments end dates, work permits expiration dates.
- Help guiding and directing in visa processing through IANR HR and ISSO.
- Assist in payroll administration, time entry review and approving time sheets.
- Process funding changes for Biochemistry, Biotech and PSI.
- Submit building access requests.
- Payroll administration, time entry review and time sheet approval.
- Assist with new hire paperwork.
- Assist with monitoring appointment end dates, work permit expiration dates.
Purchasing Staff
The contact for any purchasing or procurement questions:
- Processes all purchase orders, requisitions, and training through eShop and SAP
- Processes receiving and deliveries
- Process P-card requisitions
- Processes accounts receivable for the Center for Biotechnology and the Center for Plant Science Innovation
- Assists Supply Control Supervisor with Supply Center and inventory control
- FedEx and UPS Shipping
Computing Staff
- Server & Desktop Support
- Website/Kiosk Support
- Mobile Device Support
- Technology Purchasing Support
- Maintain the Beadle listserv
Receiving Staff
- Receiving team leader
- Point of contact for FM & P Building Assistance for all of Beadle
- Coordinates and reviews all capital equipment inventory in Beadle
- Maintains the Receiving Supply Center and orders replacement items through eSHOP
- Building FedEx and UPS shipping coordinator
Miscellaneous Services
TBD
Administrative Associate, 472-1384, N300 BEAD, CC 0665.
- Point of contact for scheduling conference rooms
- Serves as a BMR for all of Beadle
- Oversee and maintains the Beadle list serve
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