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Jean Brooks
Business Manager
108A Althouse Laboratory
Phone: (814) 863-4620
Fax: (814) 863-7024
E-mail: jeb4@psu.edu
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Current Position:
Serve as the BMB department business manager: Oversee operations of the BMB business office including:
Major responsibilities include:
- Supervise business office staff.
- Review and approve financial and human resource documents, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Monitor budgets and funds, startup, overhead return; redistribute funds as appropriate. Create and oversee maintenance of tracking systems. Develop and generate reports.
- Initiate and disseminate information about procedures to improve controls, accuracy and efficiency of Business office.
- Advise faculty and staff members on financial procedures.
- Advise faculty on purchasing procedures; coordinate assignment and cancellation of purchasing cards.
- Advise faculty on expending research dollars.
- Assist in preparing department initial operating budget, budget planning and forecasting; recommend quality improvements and cost savings.
- Oversee departmental appointment processes; oversee generation of visa requests and monitor status of foreign nationals.
- Coordinate facilities activities.
- Assist in resolving problems.
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