Finance Leadership and staff directory

Executive team  

Office of the Associate Vice-President, Finance

Staff

Banking

Banking is responsible for the incoming wire transfers, bank deposits and misdirected items.

 

Albert Sennett Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.4709 albert_sennett@sfu.ca
Evelyn Forrest Financial Analyst 778.782.8472 evelyn_forrest@sfu.ca
Lisa Wood Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.8541 ljw3@sfu.ca
Kam Gill Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.4726 kamgill@sfu.ca
Shawn Li Financial Analyst 778.782.3757 shawn_li@sfu.ca
Maggie Zustovic Clerk 778.782.4877 maggie_zustovic@sfu.ca
Sharon Wan Financial Analyst 778.782.3054 sharon_wan@sfu.ca
Elizabeth Wei Clerk 778.782.8503 elizabeth_wei@sfu.ca
Heather Bray Clerk 778.782.4020 hbray@sfu.ca
Ida Luo Financial Analyst 778.782.8713 ida_luo@sfu.ca

 

Budget

Budget coordinates and manages the development of the university's consolidated annual budget that supports operations and short and long term strategic planning.

Janis Kennedy Director 778.782.3233 janis_kennedy@sfu.ca
Cian Lawlor Associate Director 778.782.8067 clawlor@sfu.ca
Sally Huang Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.2561 sally_huang_2@sfu.ca
David Zheng Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.4321 dzheng@sfu.ca
Peyman Abedi-Rad Senior Business Analyst 778.782.7359 peyman_abedi-rad@sfu.ca
Kam Gill Budget Analyst 778.782.6872 kkg11@sfu.ca

Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting is responsible for the external financial reporting function and supporting and maintaining the FAST reporting system which provides the internal reporting for SFU. 

Sarah Lee Associate Director, Financial Reporting 778.782.6975 sarahl@sfu.ca
Lisa Wood Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.8541 ljw3@sfu.ca
Kam Gill Senior Financial Analyst 778.782.4726 kamgill@sfu.ca
Shawn Li Financial Analyst 778.782.3757 shawn_li@sfu.ca
Sharon Wan Financial Analyst 778.782.3054 sharon_wan@sfu.ca
Elizabeth Wei Clerk 778.782.8503 elizabeth_wei@sfu.ca
Ida Luo Financial Analyst 778.782.8713 ida_luo@sfu.ca

Planning and Analysis

Planning and Analysis is responsible for planning, analyzing, driving and communicating initiatives to enable the university achieve its goals. 

Scott Penney Director, Planning Analysis 778.782.7513 scott_penney@sfu.ca
Eric Tseung Strategic Business Analyst 778.782.9666 eric_tseung@sfu.ca

Payment Services

Payment Services ensures the timely and accurate processing of payments to vendors, contractors and employees while adhering to SFU policies and procedures. 

Mary Aylesworth Director, Financial Operations 778.782.3256 mary_aylesworth@sfu.ca
Sabina Diaconescu Senior Manager 778.782.7255 sdiacone@sfu.ca
Jennifer Ellis Payment Operations Lead 778.782.4616 jennifer_ellis@sfu.ca
Gaston Wong Business Analyst 778.782.9844 gaston_wong@sfu.ca
Sooyoung Kim AP Clerk 778.782.7358 sooyoung_kim@sfu.ca
Marina Vesninskaya AP Clerk (General Inquiries) 778.782.4647 marina_vesninskaya@sfu.ca
Olga Turcanu AP Clerk (General Inquiries) 778.782.4766 olga_turcanu@sfu.ca
Lucia Negosu AP Clerk 778.782.6631 lucia_negosu@sfu.ca
Yulia Martynova Employee General Inquiries 778.782.4299 yulia_martynova@sfu.ca
Marlene Robertson Data Entry 778.782.7120 robertso@sfu.ca
Nesil Erhan AP Clerk 778.782.4645 nesil_erhan@sfu.ca

Payroll

Payroll provides essential faculty, staff and student payroll processing and related services for SFU. 

Mary Aylesworth Director, Financial Operations 778.782.3256 mary_aylesworth@sfu.ca
Michelle Bilalakis Assistant Manager, Payroll Services 778.782.4093 mbilalak@sfu.ca
Sharon Assumption Payroll Technician 778.782.3236 sharon_assumption@sfu.ca
Juliet de Pieri Payroll Advisor 778.782.3002 jdepieri@sfu.ca
Lyubov Golovetska Payroll Advisor 778.782.6567 lgolovet@sfu.ca
Dochka Kondurova Payroll Advisor 778.782.4839 dochka_kondurova@sfu.ca
Katherine Blight Payroll Advisor 778.782.8486 kathy_blight@sfu.ca
Tomoka Sweet Payroll Advisor 778.782.9040 tomoka_sweet@sfu.ca
Helen Zhang Payroll Advisor 778.782.9276 helen_zhang_3@sfu.ca
Jennifer Cheung Business Analyst 778.782.4018 jennifer_cheung_2@sfu.ca

Procurement

Procurement supports the SFU community by purchasing financially and environmentally responsible goods and services for the effective and efficient operation of the university. 

Mary Aylesworth Director, Financial Operations 778.782.3256 mary_aylesworth@sfu.ca
Lily Li Manager Procurement Services 778.782.4373 lily_li_3@sfu.ca
Anny Chung Major Purchasing Contracts Officer 778.782.4389 anny_chung@sfu.ca
Paul Dhaliwal Major Purchasing Contracts Officer 778.782.6840 paul_dhaliwal@sfu.ca
Jocelyn Lee Buyer, Science Stores 778.782.3305 jocelynl@sfu.ca
Barb Mcllhiney Procurement Services Assistant 778.782.4301 barbra_mcilhiney@sfu.ca
Lisa Mulschlegel Procurement Services Assistant 778.782.4260 lisa_mulschlegel@sfu.ca
Rita Narovlyansky Procurement Programs Coordinator 778.782.4388 rita_narovlyansky@sfu.ca
Eric Sheng Major Purchasing Contracts Officer 778.782.6869 zlsheng@sfu.ca
Laura Simonsen Major Purchasing Contracts Officer 778.782.3295 laura_simonsen@sfu.ca
Wells Song Major Purchasing Contracts Officer 778.782.5997 wells_song@sfu.ca
Jennifer Ellis Senior Buyer 778.782.4616 jennifer_ellis@sfu.ca

Research Accounting

Research Accounting supports SFU's research community by providing expert advice, management and reporting of research grants and contracts from external sponsors. 

Vacant Manager    
Vivian Poon Research Accounting Analyst 778.782.8978 vtpoon@sfu.ca
Chris Claiter Research Accounting Analyst 778.782.4019 cclaiter@sfu.ca
Clarissa Berlian Research Accounting Officer 778.782.3411 clarissa_aurelia_berlian@sfu.ca
Jessie Wu Research Accounting Analyst 778.782.4495 jessie_wu_4@sfu.ca
Winnie Chen Research Accounting Analyst N/A winnie_chen_10@sfu.ca
Amelia Shu Research Accounting Officer 778.782.4875 amelias@sfu.ca
Ina Hwang Research Accounting Officer 778.782.9734 ina_hwang@sfu.ca
Emy Meiliana Research Accounting Officer 778.782.3053 emy_meiliana@sfu.ca
Amy Lam Research Accounting Analyst 778.782.5908 amy_yu_lam@sfu.ca
Shawn Li Financial Analyst 778.782.3757 shawn_li@sfu.ca

Treasury

Treasury oversees the university's finance functions, including cash management, investments, risk management and banking relationships. 

Jacky Shen Director, Treasury 778.782.4017 jack_shen@sfu.ca
John Pierce Assistant Treasurer 778.782.4008 jdpierce@sfu.ca
Mary Jiang Clerk 778.782.7042 mary_jiang@sfu.ca
Anna Liu Treasury Analyst 778.782.7246 xiaoning_liu@sfu.ca