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Training Center Who To Ask

OBFS Training Contacts

Name & Title
Responsibility
Phone
Email
System Offices Shared Services
Training Support
217-300-1943
sharedservices@uillinois.edu

Send requests for assistance on the OBFS Training Center to  sharedservices@uillinois.edu .

Course Related Contacts

Accounting & Financial Reporting

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Email
Jason Bane - All Universities

  • Introduction to Banner and Finance II

  • Introduction to Self-Supporting Funds

  • Journal Voucher Processing

  • General Encumbrances

  • Retrieving General Ledger Reports

  • Reporting for Managers

  • Understanding University Financial Statements and the Reconciliation Process

  • Managing Self-Supporting Funds

217-206-7848

jabane@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Accounting & Financial Reporting Who To Ask page.

Grants & Sponsored Projects

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Email

Mee Mee Lee Choi - UIC

Tiara Kimp - UIC

Maureen Johnson - UIC

Julia Zamora - UIC

  • Grants & Contracts Professional/Administrative Personnel

312-996-5961

312-355-3392

312-996-4045

312-996-0872

meemlee@uillinois.edu

tiarak@uillinois.edu

maureen1@uillinois.edu

jgomez10@uillinois.edu

Joe Stefanich - UIC

  • Best Practices forProject Closeout

  • Cost Transfers on Sponsored Projects

312-996-3378

stefan@uic.edu

LaShawnda Hall - UIC

  • Compliance Basics

312-413-8889
svhall@uillinois.edu

Katina Shepherd - UIC

LaShawnda Hall - UIC

  • Sub-recipient Monitoring

312-996-5963

312-413-8889

kshep@uic.edu

svhall@uillinois.edu

Karen Thomas - UIUC

  • Grants & Contracts - Post-Award Administration Training

217-265-4096
kthomas2@uillinois.edu
Anne Marshall - UIUC

  • Service Activities Rate Calculation and Policy

217-244-0494
marshal@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Grants & Sponsored Projects Who To Ask page.

Merchant Card Services

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Email

Marc Henkel - All Universities

  • Payment Card Data Security

  • Payment Card Transactions Reconciliation and Reporting

  • e-Commerce/Online Site Set Up for Processing Credit/Debit Card Payments

217-244-9384
merchantcardhelp@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Merchant Card Services Who To Ask page.

Payroll & Earnings

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Email
UPB Training - All Universities

  • Adjustment Processing for Units

  • Department Time Entry for Bi-Weekly Employees

  • Labor Redistributions

  • One Time Payments

  • Payments to Foreign Nationals

  • Payroll Overview

312-585-9057
obfsupbtraining@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Payroll & Earnings Who To Ask page.

Property Accounting (Equipment Management & Surplus)

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Jason Bane - All Universities

  • Introduction to Property Accounting

  • FABweb Additions and Updates

  • FABweb Transfers and Disposals

  • Equipment Loans and Other Transfers

  • Physical Inventory of Equipment

217-206-7848

jabane@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Accounting & Financial Reporting Who To Ask page.

Purchases & Receiving

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Jill Menezes - UIS

  • Receiving

  • Requisition Processing

  • iBuy

217-206-6651
jmene1@uillinois.edu
Megan Wells - UIUC

  • Requisition Processing

  • Receiving

  • UPS Internet Control

  • iBuy

217-333-3561
mrwells@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Purchases Who To Ask page.

UPAY Card Services

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone

Chris Zimmerman - All Universities

  • Webinar: Department Card Manager (DCM) for Purchasing Card (P-Card) and Travel Card (T-Card)

217-333-6583 or 1-888-872-9953
cco@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the P-Card Who To Ask page.

Accounts Receivable

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Michael Redden
  • Accounts Receivable Processing
217-300-6855
redden3@uillinois.edu
Susan Cotter

  • Accounts Receivable Processing

217-244-6022
skcotter@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the P-Card Who To Ask page.

University Payables

Course Instructors
Name & University
Courses
Phone
Susie Baker - Online Resources
217-333-6401
susbaker@uillinois.edu
Tammy Ziegler - All Universities
217-244-0149
tammyz@uillinois.edu

Process and Procedure Questions:Refer to the Payments Who to Ask , Business Travel , and the <a data-cke-saved-href=" Chrome River page.

Last Updated: February 2, 2023