Procurement-to-Payment
Who handles what in the procurement-to-payment process?
This chart summarizes the functions of key central departments in the procurement-to-payment process from a transactional perspective.
| Accounting Services (Transaction Processing) | Purchasing Resource Services | Accounts Payable | Procurement Card |
| Process requests to add vendor to NUFinancials | Approve requisitions when central approval is required (for requisitions in NUFinancials of $25,000 or more) | Process invoices for goods and services | Issue Procurement cards |
| Make changes to vendor profiles in NUFinancials | Manage the PO dispatch process to vendors | Process on line vouchers | Manage chargeback process |
| Process requested changes to POs | Process employee and guest expense reimbursements | ||
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Establish and manage Preferred Vendors |
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| Manage iBuyNU | |||
| Key Contacts: | |||
| Elizabeth Gladic, Manager: 1-5338 | Jim Konrad, Director: 1-8121 | Guy Wilson, Manager: 1-4445 | Mary Hallissey, P-Card Manager: 1-5340 |
| General Questions: 1-8120, purchasing@northwestern.edu | Customer Service: 1-7339 | Aaron Whetstone, P-Card Accountant: 7-0749 |
