Background and experience
Lina Haugland is an adviser and project financial controller at the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Agder (UiA). She has extensive experience in financial management, accounting, controlling, budgeting and financial reporting from both the private and public sectors.
Haugland holds a bachelor’s degree in auditing and has completed further education in areas including sustainability and digital competence. Before joining UiA, she held positions including finance manager, senior controller and financial adviser at Forskerforbundet (the Norwegian Association of Researchers). She also has several years of experience in financial management and accounting in the private sector.
Areas of responsibility
As a project financial controller, Haugland is responsible for the financial follow-up of externally funded research and education projects. She assists project managers and academic environments with financial planning and project follow-up.
Her areas of responsibility include:
- monitoring project budgets and accounts
- assisting with applications for external funding
- budgeting and accounting
- financial reporting
- analysis and quality assurance of financial data
- providing advice on financial and administrative matters related to projects
Haugland is part of the finance team at the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences and collaborates with project managers, academic environments, heads of department and administrative units at UiA.