Business Office



Accounting Section

Barb Balbach
Barbara Balbach, Manager
(217) 333-7604
(217) 333-6476 FAX

600 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

328 Noyes Lab, Box D-3
CAMPUS MC-712

Accounting System & Reporting:

1-1-XXXXX State accounts, Barbara Balbach, 333-7604;
1-2-XXXXX University accounts, Holly Spinner, 244-1945;
1-3-XXXXX Service accounts, Bob Taylor, 333-1238;
1-4-XXXXX Federal (NSF) accounts, Jenny Cox, 244-391;
1-4-XXXXX Federal (NIH) accounts, Holly Spinner, 244-1945;
1-4-XXXXX Federal (DOD, DOE) accounts, Kathy Dams, 244-2339;
1-5-XXXXX Private accounts, Kathy Dams, 244-2339;
1-6-XXXXX Foundation & Gift accounts, Ted Hermann, 265-5019;

Prepare monthly account statements and summaries; input all financial information into SCS Accounting system; verify all obligation and expenditure documents; reconcile account statements to the General University Financial Accounting System; prepare account close-outs; prepare special financial summaries; review operating recovery rates; maintain historical account files; process manual billing vouchers; prepare other transfer documents, earnings transfers, and/or budget transfer documents; maintain liaison with Campus Accounting and Grants and Contracts Offices; prepare operating budgets; monitor unit operating and nonrecurring allocations; set up sponsored project account budgets; monitor status of sponsored project funds; know sponsored project rules and regulations; assist faculty in administering sponsored projects.

Pre-Award Sponsored Projects Assistance (Proposals):

Jenny Cox, 244-391;
Holly Spinner, 244-1945;
Kathy Dams, 244-2339;

Provide sponsored project proposal guidelines and funding source information; generate IRIS and other searches for funding sources; prepare or assist in sponsored projects budget preparations and proposal transmittals; maintain record of pending proposals and awards; remind faculty of renewal and continuation proposal due dates; log in proposal submissions.

Industrial and Foundation Accounts:

Financial statement questions; Ted Hermann, 265-5019;
Other questions; Barbara Balbach, 333-7604;

Advise and help negotiate industrial agreements; deposit funds and monitor balances in industrial accounts; set up research, testing, unrestricted, fellowship, and scholarship accounts; make necessary transfers to cover fellowship and scholarship account expenditures; set up new Foundation agreements, endowment and income accounts; deposit Foundation gifts; monitor income and expenditures in Foundation and University Foundation accounts; make appropriate transfers from Foundation to University accounts; initiate requests for investment changes; verify receipts on monthly statements; report Foundation funds received.