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Fulbright Business Operations Center (FBOC)

The Fulbright Business Operations Center (FBOC) is here to provide operational support for individual Dean office units and academic departments/schools/programs. 

Responsibilities Chart

 

FBOC Teams

Grants and Gifts Administration – Kim Gillow
Email: arscgg@uark.edu

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Pre-Awards
  • Post-Awards
  • Grants Accounting
  • Gifts Accounting
  • Endowed Chairs
  • Faculty Awards
  • Scholarship Financial Management
  • Cost Shares
  • Service/Research Centers 
  • Effort Certifications
  • Start-Ups / RIFs

 

Budget and Planning Administration – Phyllis Wingate
Email: askarsc@uark.edu

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Position Budget Templates
  • GC Workloads
  • Summer/Intersession Workloads
  • Budget Cycle Entries
  • Payroll Entries, extra compensation, unit pay and hourly pay
  • Payroll Costing Allocations
  • Payroll Accounting Adjustments
  • Budget and Salary Savings
  • Graduate Assistants administration

 

Financial Administration – Sungyoung Lee
Email: askarsc@uark.edu 

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Transactions Auditing/Approving
  • Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Resource Analysis
  • School of Art Fiscal Administration
  • Year End Financial Close
  • Funding Commitments
  • Accounting Entries
  • Worktags Management
  • Fiscal Auditing

 

Information Technology Services – Teresa Waddell
For computer support: 479-575-7512
For classroom support: 479-575-6066

  • Summary of Responsibilities
  • Technology Purchases
  • Classroom Support
  • System and Security
  • User Support
  • Desktop Support
  • Printing and Scanning
  • IT Asset Management

 

Programs and Business Operations – Lisa Carter
Email: arscbsvc@uark.edu 

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Purchasing
  • Contracts
  • Suppliers Management
  • Travel
  • P-cards
  • Cell Phones
  • Programs Administration
  • Non-IT Asset Management

 

Data Analytics and Insights – Ryan Cochran
Email: askarsc@uark.edu 

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Data Collection and Extraction
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Modeling Visualization
  • Business Intelligence Solution
  • Space Data Management
  • Develop and Maintain Reports
  • Project Management related to Business Insights
  • Provide Data and Reporting Training

 

Business Intelligence and Optimization – Patrick Kwok
Email: askarsc@uark.edu

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Content Management
  • Operational Processes
  • Software Engineering
  • Knowledge Management
  • Project Management
  • Resource Allocation
  • Document Guidelines
  • Facilitate Team Collaboration