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Randy Wilson | Dieter Nevels | Marsha McClellan | Donna Kostel
Vickie Martorelli | Christian Elsberry | Cheryl Bouldin | Erinn Odell | Alice Park
 
Sr. Associate Dean of Finance & Budget / CFO
Randy Wilson
randywilson@northwestern.edu
312-503-3125
  • Directs and oversees FSM Office of Finance, Budget, & Payroll
  • Liaison with NU Central financial offices and clinical affiliates on financial issues
  • Advises FSM leadership on financial policy and performance
  • Oversees annual Medical School budget process
  • Provides leadership in implementing FSM financial model
  • Recommends new financial policies, procedures and reporting systems
  • Participates on University wide initiatives related to financial systems and budget planning
  • Provides financial forecasts for various projects including the EFP team of the GAMC initiative
 
Director of Finance & Budgets
Dieter Nevels
d-nevels@northwestern.edu
312-503-0360
  • Primarily responsible for the annual budget planning process for the academic Depts.
  • Primarily responsible for internal and external reporting on behalf of the Medical School
  • Identifies data sources in detail for data contained in budget application and, in conjunction with MIS, serves as primary architect of the budget application
  • Develops reports for the annual budget ap, including the endowment report
  • Develops the instructions for the budget ap, provides training on the application and responds to dept. questions regarding all aspects of the budget application
  • Prepares the materials for the annual budget meeting for the academic departments
 
Director of Financial Management
Marsha McClellan
m-mcclellan@northwestern.edu
312-503-2836
  • Primarily responsible for implementing and analyzing the FSM budget for the administrative Depts.
  • Supervision of the business functions of the office, incl. billing, collection, and school level approval of dept. expenditures - PD's
  • Supervision of the payroll function
  • Approves dept. requests for new accounts and movement of funds
  • Transfers funds to Depts. to honor Dean's commitments
  • Conducts initial review and preparation of requests for new endowments/ quasi-endowments
  • Releases all prior year funds to depts. and recovers funds due to overexpenditure
  • Oversees the annual fiscal year closing of accounts for FSM, ensuring a positive FSM financial performance
  • Coordinates the financial aspects of moving, incl. letters of guarantee for the administrative departments
 
Ass't. Director of Financial Management
Donna Kostel
d-kostel@northwestern.edu
312-503-3133
  • Supervises FSM financial transactions related to budget and financial accounting; manages Budget Analysts
  • Facilitates compilation of administrative and Dean’s office budgets
  • Functions as liaison between the Central Budget Office and FSM during the transfer from CUFS to PeopleSoft
  • Approves Department requests for new accounts and the movement of funds
 
Budget Analysts
Vickie Martorelli
v-martorelli@northwestern.edu
312-503-0118
 &
Christian Elsberry
c-elsberry@northwestern.edu
312-503-4544
  • Provides detailed analytical support for complex budget projects and special reports
  • Assists and guides departmental personnel in understanding budget and financial matters for assigned departments (see attached)
  • Provides problem solving to Depts. as issues arise
  • Reviews all submitted FSM Admin Budgets and provides detailed analyses and recommendations on the budgets
  • Develops, reviews and analyzes an all funds recharge budget approach from Cores that are requested funds from the Dean's Research Council
  • Prepares departmental budgets for Fund 0037, 0022  and 0024 accounts for next year's budget, ensuring that all budgets are balanced
  • Reviews requests for opening new accounts
  • Prepares a monthly indirect cost report by department and division, resolving any discrepancies
  • Provides school-level approval of PD's above $5000, ensuring that Univ. policies/procedures have been followed
 
Coordinators of Payroll & Financial Services
Cheryl Bouldin
c-bouldin@northwestern.edu
312-503-4730
 &
Erinn Odell
erinn-odell@northwestern.edu
312-503-1602
  • Builds relationships with assigned departments and provides overall supervision regarding the financial management of payroll (see attached)
  • Review and approve all related payroll transactions, including appointment or position forms, on-line funding and journal entries, and more complex hard copy journal entries
  • Review and approve complex Salary Distribution Forms and ensuring that required cost-sharing is properly handled on the proposed funding
  • Bills affiliates and depts for services, including rents
  • Monitors department payroll suspense accounts, notifying depts of needed action
  • Assists depts with payroll-related problems
 
Assistant to CFO / Department Assistant
Alice Park
parkalice@northwestern.edu
312-503-4540
  • Primarily responsible for providing technical and clerical support to the office
  • Responsible for performing many of the business functions of the office
  • Maintain/manage Sr. Associate Dean's calendar
  • Provides FSM NU Financials security access approval for new FSM personnel
  • Maintain internal paper flow of payroll forms that are received and sent from the office
  • Prepares exception requests for travel & entertainment expenses for approval by Sr. Associate Dean