The Accounts Payable department serves the Northwestern community by performing disbursement functions.
This includes paying all approved expenses for goods and services as well as all expense reimbursements made to University employees and University guests. We strive to provide professional and courteous service to our internal and external customers while remaining in compliance with University policies and federal and state regulatory requirements.
Accounts Payable provides disbursement functions for Northwestern, in compliance with University policies, as well as federal and state regulatory requirements.
Responsible for processing credit transactions. The credited funds are returned to departmental chartstrings. These are not eligible to be entered at the department level.
Responsible for electronic payments:
Domestic wire transfers
International wire transfers
In US dollars
In local currencies
Responsible for creating and indexing electronic images of invoices and other documentation, making them easy to access and retrieve.
Users can view images of invoices processed by Accounts Payable from the Voucher Document Status pages in NUFinancials. Images for Expense Reports and Payment Requests remain available on their respective pages.
Navigation to view invoices in NUFinancials: Accounts Payable > Review Accounts Payable Information > Vouchers > Document Status > Voucher Document Status Inquiry (enter Voucher number here) > View Invoice