Rosemary Howard Email and Phone Number

Performs a variety of finance and budget activities within the School of Law including day-to-day operations as well as long-term and annual planning/projects. Oversees budget, cash flow, and financial forecasting to meet deadlines.Approves, reviews, determines eligibility, handles processing and issues regarding Student Organizations. Monitors account balances and related financial activity to ensure that allocations are accurate, expenses are within budget limits, and that fiscal practices are followed. Maintains accurate and detailed information, logs, files, and reports of all finance and budget related activities in accordance with all applicable best practices, policies, and regulations.Utilizes university processes and procedures to process deposits, purchases, invoices, travel expenses, receipt submission and credit card reconciliation, and liaise with Financial Accounting Services as needed to ensure accurate account balances and allocations. Collects and reports fiscal information as required, and assists in analyzing financial information. Coordinates personnel actions with Human Resources including salary changes, position changes, temporary employment, new position requests, labor redistribution, and budget support during recruitment processes. Provides assistance to law school departments regarding student employment requests and budget availability. Responsible for billing and collections, accounts payable, payroll processing, budgeting, wire transfers, check reimbursements, check requests, cafeteria plan reimbursements, ACH & credit cards, and other accounting and financial matters. Responsible for developing and maintaining accounting policies and procedures Monitor any existing paperwork, documents, meet deadlines and ensure accuracy and efficiency. Must be able to meet attendance and punctuality standards. Effectively work and cooperate with attorneys, clients, and co-workers.

Educate and train internal employees on travel and expense and purchasing card policies. Evaluate and approve all Employee Expense and Reimbursement Requests to ensure timely completion of Auditors monitoring travel advances, research, analyze, prepare and reconcile data for University and departmental. Prepare and submit sales tax report and monies in compliance with State Laws. Prepare data files for uploads to financial records for postage charges, telephone charges, copier allocations, and mileage reimbursements. Assist in month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing processes. Monitor and track process for completion of auditing schedules. Track key projects of all bookstore credits and ensure the budgets are delivered within the fiscal year for credits. Audit reimbursement request. Work on month-end, quarter, and year end reports. Monitor purchasing card for the entire campus. Developed systems to become more efficient in managing the volume. Discovered improper employee use with these systems. Conduct employee training for policy compliance on travel, expense and purchasing card policies. Collaborate with CFO and Finance to carry out the mission of the Finance Office and employ necessary safeguards to ensure proper usage of Purchasing Cards.Prepare accurate quarterly financial statements for five schools and the various departments.

Coordinated and ensured controls to develop budgetary process and procedures. Participated in and provided compliance of Accounts Payable and Purchasing. Ensured 100% Compliance and Internal process of 110 Purchasing card and control of 150+weekly check run to ensure expenses are achieved. Collaborated with senior management at the project level

Assisted a 2500 student body and Faculty/Staff with Bursar accounts and processed cash transmittal's. Improved and oversaw Financial and Accounting transmittal's from each department and maintained lower error ratio.