December 2024

Tis the season [calendar year end] for Finance staff to finalize all calendar-based accounting prior to the close of the 2024 calendar year.

Also keeping Finance busy is the continuation of the efforts to deploy Unimarket, a fully automated Procure-to-Pay system. We are pleased to report that the Pre-Implementation phase of this massive deployment is complete, and we are now in the System Integration phase.  We remain on target for a ‘soft launch’ of Unimarket for a few SHU divisions in March followed by rollout to the entire university in May and June.

Unimarket will ‘revolutionize’ how we do business at Seton Hall and its implementation is at the forefront of the Division of Finance’s ADAPT ’25 Initiative.  Other components of ADAPT ’25 include the launch of travel management services (Short’s Travel for Athletics and CTP for non-Athletics), updating business policies, refreshing content on finance webpages, and developing & delivering end-user training (in person, online and on-demand).

Read more about ADAPT ’25 here which includes a link to the ADAPT ’25 timeline.

In this season of joy and gratitude, we thank all of you for your support and for your patience. 

Ed Bishof
Interim Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Not to be a ‘scrooge,’ but following the announcement last month for this year’s annual Employee Christmas Party and in keeping with the principles outlined in Seton Hall University’s Financial Ethics Statement, we take this opportunity to remind employees that the use of any and all university funds is not allowed for holiday gatherings, holiday meals, gifts, donations, and the like. 

Together, as responsible stewards of university funds, we will keep Seton Hall fiscally strong and healthy into the new year and beyond.

Finance Open Forum: December 17 at 10 a.m. (South Orange campus) – register here!

Contact Information:

Division of Finance
Bayley Hall, 2nd Floor
OfficeoftheCFO@shu.edu