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Budget & Finance

The College of Arts and Sciences Budget Operations team ensures responsible and appropriate fiscal management of the college’s resources. The budget team supports college priorities by identifying, projecting, allocating, and managing the central resources available for operating and capital expenditures.

Budget Operations Team

The Chief Financial and Operations Officer for the College of Arts and Sciences will work with College budget staff and unit staff in the development and monitoring of unit budgets to ensure planned resources are available to meet the College’s strategic objectives.

ashleypm@email.sc.edu 

  • Fiscal and budget affairs for unrestricted funds of all college units.
  • Unit compliance with budget-related policies and procedures.
  • Unit- and college-level budget development.
  • Serves as liaison with the central Budget Office to coordinate all budget functions required and provide data as required by Dean  for senior management decision making.

sguess@mailbox.sc.edu

Reconciles summer accounts, processes budget transfers, tracks commitments, processes pre-approvals for commitments and reimbursements to commitments. 

brabhamp@mailbox.sc.edu

Manages salary administration for all faculty and staff in the College, tracks and monitors payroll and payroll changes, reconciles A fund salary budgets.

callahap@mailbox.sc.edu

Monitors A and E funds, reviews projections, and assists with financial related questions and issues for academic units. For a listing of units in portfolio go to the Dean's Office Contact page.

ellisrl@mailbox.sc.edu

Monitors A and E funds, reviews projections, and assists with financial related questions and issues for academic units. For a listing of units in portfolio go to the Dean's Office Contact page.

stepherw@mailbox.sc.edu

Monitors A and E funds, reviews projections, and assists with financial related questions and issues for academic units. For a listing of units in portfolio go to the Dean's Office Contact page.

soluimam@mailbox.sc.edu

Routinely dispatched to unit-level departments experiencing short or long-term vacancies within the Business Staff. Performs financial transactions, such as payment requests, purchase requisitions, procurement card transactions, travel authorizations and reimbursements, non-travel reimbursements, expense reports, and Educational Foundation reimbursements, among others, to ensure the fiscal operations of impacted departments are uninterrupted by employee turnover.

rachelm@mailbox.sc.edu

Point of contact for all student hiring for the College. Assists academic units with student hiring questions and issues for Undergraduate, Graduate and Federal Work-study students and provides student hiring related training.

Serves as back-up to academic units in the absence of the Student Hire Representative/Human Resources Contact. Hires student employees and complete the student hiring process in the absence of the student hire representative, and reviews and/or approves the hiring of all college-funded graduate assistants and undergraduate students in the absence of the academic unit approver.

Assists with the development and implementation of the graduate assistant budget allocation and monitors graduate assistant student budgets for academic units. Assists academic units with undergraduate/graduate assistant student salaries and tuition supplement questions. Manages the financial aspect of the College graduate student initiatives. Coordinates communications between central offices such as the Graduate School, Bursar's Office, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships and Payroll, as well as the Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies and academic units within the college.

howellvo@mailbox.sc.edu

Provides support to members of CAS Dean's Office team. Assists in fully maintaining CAS commitment record-keeping, journal entries and budget journal transfers. Prepares all payroll accounting changes and retros. Assists with all University Controller Office requests to ensure responses are made on a timely basis.

BR72@mailbox.sc.edu 

Online Resources

Budget Forms and Procedures

All chairs, directors and business managers are encouraged to monitor their annual budgets and request adjustments as necessary to accurately forecast year-end balances. The Dean’s office has developed resources to assist in the management of unit budgets.

Budget Policies

The Dean’s Office is responsible for ensuring that all USC, State and Federal fiscal policies and procedures are followed.  In addition, the leadership of the College of Arts and Sciences creates policies and procedures specific to the College.  Policies and procedures are updated regularly, so check here for the most up-to-date versions.

Budget Execution

The Dean’s office budget team oversees the management of all unrestricted College funds (i.e., A, D, E, N, and R funds), as well as the allocation of resources to CAS units based on strategic plans. Departments, programs, and centers are responsible for managing the spending within their approved budgets.

Planning Calendar Quick Link

The calendar lays out important dates and deadlines for budget matters throughout the year.


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