Finance Strategic Transformation Welcomes Lisa Shuler

Lisa Shuler

Lisa Shuler is transitioning from her role in Student Financial Services to join the FST team as the Team Lead for Revenue. Shuler, a 32-year UVA veteran, is eager to lend her institutional knowledge to the project and build on her existing strong relationships with colleagues across grounds.

During her tenure, colleagues have shared their pain points with current systems and processes. One of the many things that excites Shuler about joining FST is that she can help build understanding and work collaboratively as, she says, “we all enter into the world of finance transformation.”

As the revenue lead, Shuler will work with schools and units to identify their needs in the areas of grants management, customer accounts, and customer contracts. She wants to advocate as well, to bring a customer-service orientation and willingness to improve processes.

Shuler says, “Colleagues have been saying for years that they want to have one truth related to reporting.” She believes that Workday Financials will enable UVA to have a modern and reliable source of information while reducing the administrative burden.

As a revenue functional team member, Shuler is aware of the importance of the Foundation Data Model (FDM), which is the new chart of accounts in Workday. She expresses excitement about our new chart of accounts and exploring all the new Worktags that Workday offers. Worktags are descriptors assigned to transactions that provide information for analysis and reporting purposes. She says, “Stay tuned for more on Workday terminology at a later date.”

Outside of work, Shuler enjoys camping adventures with her family.

“We have two wonderful grandchildren. I love taking them on adventures and exposing them to things outside of Virginia,” she says. “Home is where we park our RV because life is always an adventure.”