General Accounting & Financial Reporting

Contact List

Tanya Hire              
Project Manager, Information Systems and Business Processes
740-597-1417
biblert@ohio.edu

• Functional lead for General Ledger (GL) module of Financial Management System (FMS).
• Month and year-end close in FMS: update monthly calendar, coordinate module closings, accounting entries, and year-end schedule for campus.
• Establishing new segment values for Chart of Accounts and advising and counseling departments on effective and efficient cost accounting methods.
• Functional lead for development of Business On Line.
• Participates in discussions surrounding development of standard operating procedures and Ohio University Policy and Procedure.
• Expense natural account description maintenance for online search and SOP’s.
• Customer service representative for Finance and OHIO campus customers.
• Other projects as assigned by the Controller.
  

Cindy Smith                                         
Accountant 
740-593-1898             
smithc16@ohio.edu                   

• Petty Cash and Change Fund Audits, Set-up and Maintenance of accounts, and Year-end Reconciliations.
• Backup for Report Distribution Maintenance (RDM) for FMS Management Reporting.
• Establishing, Closing, & Maintaining Capital Improvement accounts and budgets within FMS.
• Indirect Cost Recovery Process (ICRP) Maintenance and the ICRP month-end mass allocation process and manual process.
• Prepare Monthly Accounting Entries.
• Assist in Fiscal year-end related tasks.
• Other Duties as assigned by the Associate Controller or Controller.
• Customer Service Representative for Finance and OHIO campus customers.
• Participate in the development of Finance related standard operating procedures and University policy and procedure related to fiscal matters.
• Establish Ohio University Press and Research Incentive accounts in General Ledger.
• General Accounting & Financial Reporting web site coordinator.
• Controller's Area web site coordinator. 
• Remove end-dates from segments and/or combinations for Data Entry and for PAYEXP interface batches.
• Monthly Monitoring of Accounts on Detail Trial Balance.

Rita Kapp
Accountant
740-593-1897
kapp@ohio.edu 

• Review natural accounts on Requisitions and Change Orders.
• Report Distribution Maintenance (RDM) for FMS Management Reporting.
• Audit Accounting Corrrections.
• Prepare Monthy Newsletter, Business Matters, to communicate issues related to fiscal matters.
• Audio Conference and Webcast Coordinator for Controller's Area.
• Prepare Monthly Accounting Entries.
• Other Duties as assigned by the Associate Controller or Controller.
• Customer Service Representative for Finance and OHIO campus customers.