Finance Service Center
Mission
To support the University’s research goals through providing excellent delivery of financial support to faculty and staff within the offices of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and the University.
About Us
The Finance Service Center helps faculty and staff focus on facilitating and managing the University’s one billion dollar enterprise by providing customized administrative and management support for the offices within the Vice Chancellor for Research and Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.
Finance Administrators are experts at analytical thinking. They simultaneously perform duties such as:
- staff oversight and development
- coverage
- financial management
- budgeting
- accounting
- transaction processing
- maintaining records in compliance with institutional policies
- managing administrative work
- acting as liaisons between departments, central offices and external entities
Contact
Finance Service Center
CB 4000
312 South Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4000
Telephone
919-962-1319
ovcrfinance@unc.edu (VCR)
Staff
Director
Leslie Heal
Director, Finance Service Center
Leslie Heal serves as director of Finance Operations and Analytics, and Major Organizational Unit (MOU) Finance Lead for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Heal is responsible for developing and implementing financial strategies as well as overseeing the day-to-day financial operations of the organization. Her expertise in leveraging technology for forecasting and reporting has been a key asset to the Vice Chancellor for Research. She has implemented tools to enhance the organization’s forecasting capabilities, improve data accuracy and visualization, and streamline financial reporting processes.