• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Reporting - Director & Directorates & OVCRI
• Direct the Business office functions and operations
• Signature Authority Proposals and Contracts
• Proposal backup

• Financial Manager of the following:
  • Blue Waters
  • XSEDE
• Department Card Manager Backup
• Activity Reporting System
• Semi-Annual Confirmations Coordinator
• TEM Manager for All NCSA Employees

• Proposal Development & Submission
• Financial Manager for Engagement Directorate

After spending 14 years in K-8 education and administrative work, I transitioned to the UI in January 2014.  I worked there 4 years, learning about service centers, their rate calculations and research administrative surveys.  In 2018, I came to NCSA, where I am managing the awards in the Software Directorate.  It's a crazy busy group with great teamwork and I love working with this unit!

My husband pastors our home church, so that makes me the 1st Lady/Musician/Singer/Praise Team leader/VBS director and in charge of whatever-else-that-needs-doing-if-he-can't-get-to-it.

My husband is also a morning personality on WDWS-1400AM and we have 2 daughters.  If I can find the time, I love to bake pies.  But who has time for that?

• Financial Manager for the Software Directorate 
• Unit Security Contact Backup
• DAWS Student/Employee Award Scholarship payments

• Financial Manager for Research & Education
• Faculty Affiliates
• SPIN Program

• Financial Manager for the following:
  • Integrated Cyberinfrastructure Directorate and groups
  • User Services Directorate and groups

Vacant

Grants & Contracts Specialist

I began working at the University/NCSA in 2012 within the Business Office.  I've had the privilege of working with many of the groups/awards/PIs within the Center over this period.  One thing that I enjoy about NCSA (and that has kept me here) is that there is always a new challenge and each day offers something different.

Outside of work I enjoy sports (Cubs/Bears/Illini), fishing, and spending time with family & friends. 

• Financial Manager for the following:
  • Industry Program
  • IAD Group
  • Center for Digital Ag (CDA)
  • Mayo Grand Challenge
  • Mayo projects
  • C3.ai DTI award
• BA4 Administrator
• NPCF Monthly Utility Billings

My career at the University of Illinois System began as an Accountant I at the Illini Union in March 2015. After 11 months working two jobs, I was able to obtain my Certified Public Accountant license in February 2016, and Certified Management Accountant certificate in August 2016. I then transitioned to System Government Costing on December 2016 where I assisted University departments with rate calculations. During that period, I graduated with my Master of Science in Management Information Systems in May 2018 before transferring to NCSA last July 2019. 

I was born and raised in the Philippines and was a CPA there with Ernst & Young for 1 busy season. I migrated to the United States of America in June 2014 to finally join my family, and worked briefly at Health Alliance Medical Plans as an accountant before jumping on to the UI System. 

Outside my Uni life, I am a lead vocalist of KALESA, an all-Filipino cover band in Champaign, a part-time front desk agent at Hampton Inn Urbana, a taekwondo first-degree blackbelt, and a wanderlust. I am always happy to help and love learning!   

• Financial Manager for the following projects:
  • Rubin Observatory previously Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)  
  • Dark Energy Survey (DES)
  • Midwest Big Data Hub (MBDH)
  • Open Storage Network (OSN) & Massive Galaxy
  • Center for Astrophysical Surveys
• Responsible for the financial oversight of the following services:
  • Institutional Support Fee (ISF)
  • Audio Visual Event Services (AV)
  • Storage Condo
  • National Petascale Computing Facility (NPCF) Floor Space Rate
  • RADIANT
  • CILogon

Vacant

Grants & Contracts Specialist/Coordinator

Janet Smith

Finance Coordinator - Finance Team Lead

I have been at the University since 1998 starting as an extra help employee until I became permanent May, 1999 in the Landscape Architecture Business Office as an Account Tech I.  I worked there for 5 years and then moved on to the Computer Science Business Office in March, 2004 where I worked my way from an Account Tech I to an Accounting Associate managing department funds such as the lecture series, undergraduate and graduate programs, fellowships, scholarships, awards and student organization gift funds before my departure in September, 2019 when I joined the NCSA Business Office as a Finance Coordinator. 

The Center was very welcoming and one thing I like most about the Business Office is the teamwork.  Everyone is willing to help each other. 

In my free time I like watching movies and especially spending time with my children, grandchildren, and other family and friends. 

• Unit Security Contact (USC)
• New Fund Setup 
• Manages P-card Monthly Audit
• TEM Charge Code Reviewer
• Coordinate Monthly Reconciling BA4 to Banner
• Commitments/MOU/Cost Share Budgets
• Department Card Manager (DCM)
• Financial Manager for the following:
  • Director's office accounts
  • Admin Directorate Accounts

Gail Barkley

Account Tech I

I began working at NCSA in 2014 as an Accounting Clerk in the Business Office, and became an Account Tech I in 2019.  I reconcile PCard transactions & invoices, process payments, pull monthly statements, manage our electronic files, monitor the Business Office's email & snail mail, and reconcile our Staff Development & Travel Planning processes.

I enjoy baking, listening to a variety of music, cross stitch & taking care of my two cats.

• Credit Card Processing
• Processes All Money Received
• Codes iBuy Requisitions
• P-card Account Coder and Reconciler
• Record Retention
• Submits Banner Requisitions
• Processes Sub Award Invoices

I started at the University in September of 2014 as a Contract Coordinator in Procurement Office.  In my time there I became an expert in reviewing contract language, negotiating terms with vendors, and interacting with internal customers throughout the University.  My specialties included entertainment agreements, furniture, ethyl alcohol, study abroad agreements, and scientific equipement.  I have been involved in purchases ranging from cadavers to MRI systems for horses.  I assisted departments with bids, RFPs, and Sole Sources.  In September of 2019, I left Purchasing as a Sr. Procurement Coordinator to come to NCSA for a new challenge as the Procurement Specialist.  

I have enjoyed working to revamp the purchasing process at NCSA and getting to know everyone here.

Outside of work I enjoy gardening, cooking, baking, and doing various projects around the house.    

• Central Procurement Contact
• Coordinates TEM Processing
• Tracking Maintenance and Warranties
• Training on New Processes
• Serves as Backup to Financial Coordinator
• Unit Security Contact Backup

Molly Yang

Undergraduate Student 4th yr.

• Running Documents to Campus
• Scanning 
• Filing
• Electronic Filing/Combining PDF's
• Reconciling Monthly Statements

Elle Couch

Undergraduate Student 1st yr.

• Reconciling Monthly Statements