OAA Business Services
The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) Business Services office is responsible for managing the financial and administrative areas of the OAA. Each unit specializes in different aspects of financial management and administration.
About OAA Business Services
Office of Academic Affairs Business Services is a dedicated unit structured as a centralized point of service focused on defined business functions. These functions include budget and finance, grants and sponsored projects, procurement and OAA special programs and development finance. OAA Business Services provides strategic, analytic and operational support to the units we serve. Our stakeholders include:
- Academic Programs
- Drake Institute
- External Engagement
- Faculty Affairs
- Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
- Graduate School
- Inclusive Excellence
- Kirwan Institute
- OAA Marketing and Communications
- Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Office of International Affairs
- Office of Institutional Equity
- Online Learning
- Office of Outreach and Engagement
- Resource and Budget Management
- Scarlet & Gray Advantage
- Student Academic Excellence
- Sustainability Institute
- The Ohio State University at Lima
- The Ohio State University at Marion
- The Ohio State University at Mansfield
- Office of Strategic Enrollment Management
- Office of Undergraduate Education
- University Senate
Budget and Accounting
Operational budget support, accurate fund accounting and timely reconciliation and reporting and consultation services
Learn moreProcurement and Travel
Advise, assist with, review, and approve travel and purchasing requests for the cost centers within and under OAA
Learn moreSpecial Programs and Development Finance
Serving the financial, strategic and operational needs of OAA
Learn moreOAA Business Services is located at:
Mershon Center
1501 Neil Ave, Third Floor
Columbus, OH 43201
General Contact: OAABusinessServices@osu.edu
OAA Business Services enhances the knowledge, skills and competencies of employees in areas such as finance, accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, business planning and other relevant subjects.
Training and development programs related to budgeting and financial management
PI Portal
Users who have sponsored projects and grant-related responsibilities can receive access to the PI Portal. For access to this system, please provide business-related justification and user information to OAA Business Services.
ePA-005
The ePA-005 is the university’s sponsored projects proposal pre-approval application used by investigators who are submitting proposals to external sponsors. A fully-signed ePA-005 must be available to the Office of Sponsored Programs prior to proposal sign-off and submission. The ePA-005 application allows online creation and signature of the PA-005 form. For users who have a need to enter an ePA-005 request, please e-mail Ginette Busque(.1).
DocuSign
For users who need access to the university’s cloud-based electronic signature system to initiate or create documents, please complete training in BuckeyeLearn. After training has been completed, the supervisor should request access via the OTDI Service Now system.
OnBase
The university utilizes OnBase as its contract-management system. OnBase is used primarily by individuals who have external contract execution responsibilities. As such, access is available in limited cases. If the need does arise, please review the user guide. Once completed, please have a supervisor send a request to OAA Business Services with the business-related justification and user information.
TAS
The Advancement System (TAS) contains gift and endowment-related donation information. Access is limited, and training must be completed before access is approved. If there is a business need for access, please contact OAA Business Services with the business justification and user details.
Training and development programs related to budgeting and financial management:
BuckeyeLearn
- Animal Subjects, Biosafety, and Grants
- Managing Sponsored Programs Awards
- Budgeting on Sponsored Programs Proposals
- Appointing People on Sponsored Programs
- An Overview of Compliance Issues in Sponsored Programs
- A Department Administrator's Introduction to Office of Sponsored Programs Electronic Systems
- Cost-sharing on Sponsored Programs
- Human Subjects Research and Grants
- Purchasing on Sponsored Programs
- Workday: Grant Management Reporting and Analysis (Recorded Session)
- Workday: The Grant Management Dashboard for Principal Investigators (Recorded Session)
Research Administration for Department Staff Training Series
An annual research administration training is available at the university. Please contact Karla Gengler-Nowak to receive email notifications of upcoming training sessions.