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Accounting Services

Essential Quick Links

Quick access to essential compliance documents, financial statements, and property lookup.

Responsibilities

Ensure financial data is appropriately gathered and recorded:

  • Responsible for chart of accounts, ChartField values, and reporting integrity
  • Responsible for monitoring, approving, and posting financial transactions to appropriate accounting periods
  • Reconciles general ledger and account balances
  • Provides operational support to community of financial system users

Report financial data:

  • Prepares annual financial statement schedules and works with external auditors
  • Collaborates on financial accounting issues and projects with other units on accounting issues; consults with other areas on changes in processing, requirements, and reporting

Recommend accounting policy for the University:

  • Serves as a policy and procedure resource for the university community; interprets University policy and procedure
  • Applies industry and professional standards
  • Ensures compliance with federal or state laws, and other regulations

Please see our Accounting Services by Functional Area section for more information.

What accounting services do you need?

Select a category below to view specific core responsibilities, policies, and direct contact details for each service area.

Financial Structure Maintenance

Access requests for ChartField management, Chart of Accounts setup, and maintaining financial reporting.

Manage Financial Structure

Endowment and Gift Accounting

Learn about policies, procedures, and tracking mechanisms for university endowments, restricted gifts, and donor fund management.

View Endowment and Gift Services

Equipment Inventory

Find guidelines, forms, and contact details for university property lookup, capital asset tracking, and equipment inventory compliance.

Access Equipment Inventory

Accounting Services Staff

1800 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
accounting@northwestern.ed

Accounting Services staff and contact information
Name Title Phone
Audrey Lynch Assistant Controller 847-491-4403
Mike McNicholas Director of Accounting
Regi George Manager, Accounting Services 847-467-1359
Irene Zhang Senior Accountant 847-491-4702
Margo Sala Tadlock Senior Accountant 847-491-4725
Justyna Markiewicz Accountant 2 847-467-2078
Ben Perry Program Coordinator 847-467-1657
Anne Ntouanye Accountant 847-467-5103
Maggie Mincheva Accountant 847-491-1374
Leah Mengarelli Accountant 847-491-4726
Alex Stegman Accountant 2 847-467-2068

Equipment Inventory Contacts

Accounting Services
Equipment Inventory
619 Clark Street, Room 217
Evanston Campus, mail code #1135
equipment@northwestern.edu

Equipment Inventory staff and contact information
Name Title Phone
Joshua Yi Program Coordinator 847-467-2737
Justyna Markiewicz Accountant 2, Property Plant & Equipment 847-467-2078
Travis C. Wood Manager, Accounting 847-467-6313