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Finance Section

Responsibilities

Budgeting and internal allocation, financial regulations, follow-up of the university's environmental efforts, analyses, and external funding are key areas of responsibility.

The overarching responsibilities include

  • Managing financial regulations (such as rules, regulations, and circulars)
  • Authorisations and roles
  • The financial model of the university

Section Manager

Budgeting and internal allocation

  • Annual internal allocation of the units' budget frames
  • Budget models
  • Budget templates
  • Budgeting in UBW Planner (Unit4 ERP)
  • Development of the organisation's long-term budget
Picture of Ane Fiskebekk
Fagansvarlig økonomistyring
Email
ane.fiskebekk@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 15 15
Picture of Julie Larsen Fjeldsgaard
Rådgiver økonomistyring
Email
julie.larsen@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 19 92
Rådgiver økonomistyring
Email
erling.nakkestad@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 10 25

Analysis

  • Analysis team
  • Digital reports related to study, research, HR, and financial data
  • Student numbers and student throughput
  • Implementation of the Analysis Platform and decision support (digital tool for management purposes)
  • Support the organization with analysis for reports and decision support.

Climate and environment

Salary and travel

  • Fixed salary
  • Variable salary
  • Travel reimbursement
  • Advances (travel advance, salary advance/loan)
  • Maternity leave reimbursement
  • Guidance on sick leave reimbursement
  • Reconciliation of salary in the accounts
  • Payment of tax deductions and employer's national insurance contributions
  • Handling of deductions

The payroll office is responsible for salary and travel processing at UIA. We provide user support and ensure salary-related updates for caseworkers and staff across other departments and faculties. Contact us for training and courses.

Accounting and ordering

  • Responsibility for ensuring the accounts are maintained according to the principles outlined in the state's financial regulations and accounting standards.
  • Responsibility for the accounting, ordering, and invoicing system UBW (Agresso).
  • Professional responsibility for orders.
  • Invoicing.
  • Follow-up of payments to the bank.
  • Pre- and post-checking of incoming invoices.
  • Recording of manual vouchers.
  • Remittances.
  • Creation and closure of projects in the accounting system.
  • Reporting of UiA's accounts to the University Board and the Ministry of Education.

Purchasing and public procurement

  • Procurement of goods and services, including the University’s framework agreements
  • Contract management
Picture of Geir Arne Stokke
Fagansvarlig innkjøp
Email
geir.stokke@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 19 55
Picture of Ivar Paulsen
Seniorrådgiver innkjøp
Email
ivar.paulsen@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 11 11

External funding (Division of Research and Innovation)

  • Support the organisation with project management/follow-up
  • Support the organisation in project budgeting/reporting
  • Maintain user-friendly budget templates
  • Develop systems and routines for portfolio overview, project management, and follow-up

Account for Professional Development (KFU)

Administration of the Workplan tool, coordination of the finance forum, and the coordinator forum.

Read more about the KFU account for academic staff

Campus Services

Kristiansand: 

Grimstad: 

Invoicing address

Invoices to the University of Agder should be submitted in EHF format. The electronic address for EHF invoices is the same as the organisation number: 970546200

For invoices sent from abroad, the country code must also be included in the address. The address in this case is: 9908:970546200

Organisation number

970 546 200 MVA