General Accounting


General Accounting is responsible for accounting functions including bank reconciliations, account reconciliations, remittance to the State Controller's Office, expenditure transfers, cash management, agency trust fund accounts, interagency agreements, accounting for instructionally related activities and reimbursed activities.

Services - Accounting

Journal entries; expediture transfers; reconciliation of University accounts; analysis of department statement of account as requested; cash management.

Services - Self Supporting Operations

Maintains and establishes Agency Trust Funds; maintains and establishes Reimbursed Activities Programs; maintains Instructionally-Related Activities (IRA) program accounting.

Services - Accounts Payable

Vendor payments and analysis; travel claim reimbursement; moving and relocation reimbursement; petty cash replenishment; procurement card payments; American Express Corporate card payments; vendor profile updates and creation.

Services - Financial Analysis and Reporting Unit

Coordinate and provide financial information for internal and external financial audits; provide accurate and timely financial statements and reports to customer and stakeholders; provide financial analysis to ensure integrity of financial records and quality of data; ensure appropriate design and maintenance of the University's chart of accounts to promote consistency and accuracy in financial records and reporting; tax compliance; develop, review and maintain policy and procedures for business processes; evaluate internal controls; property management.

Asset Management

Asset Management tracks, manages, and reports on the university's capitalized assets. Tracking activities include tagging newly-acquired property, conducting annual physical inventories, and maintaining a property database. The office also capitalizes improvements to existing campus buildings and land, manages University storage spaces, and disposes of surplus assets.


Location

Student and Business Services, Room #311
Phone: (707) 826-4235
Fax: (707) 826-5781

Service Hours

Monday-Friday
8:00 am-12:00 noon
1:00 pm-5:00 pm


Staff

Name Title Email
Ben Hylton Accounting Manager brh11@humboldt.edu
Michael Burghart Accountant II msb39@humboldt.edu
Wendy Howard Accountant II wlh6@humboldt.edu
Sandra Wieckowski Accountant II slw61@humboldt.edu
Tracy Benson Accountant I tlm50@humboldt.edu
Tawny Brunner Accountant I tb36@humboldt.edu
Gail Finney Accounting Technician III gmf11@humboldt.edu
JoAnn Hart Accounting Technician II jh7006@humboldt.edu
Amie Faria Accounting Technician II aks3@humboldt.edu
Emily Lyons Accounting Technician II esl11@humboldt.edu
Tina Walters Accounting Technician II tms55@humboldt.edu
Linda Herman Accounting Technician I llh27@humboldt.edu
Kathryn Oldford Accounting Technician I krl7@humboldt.edu
Stacie Nothem Accounting Technician I srn13@humboldt.edu

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