Bobby Hewlett is the interim associate vice president for finance at the University of Michigan. In this role, Bobby is responsible for the university’s central financial functions including accounting (and the external audited financial statements), financial planning and analysis, enterprise strategic risk management, payroll, purchasing, real estate, sponsored programs, tax compliance and planning, and treasury (including cash and debt management and insurance).
He has worked at U-M for 14 years, and prior to his current role he was the controller at Michigan Medicine, which includes the UM Hospitals, Health Centers, and Medical Group, the UM Medical School, a shared administrative services division, Michigan Health Corporation, and UM Health Corporation. Bobby’s responsibilities included the oversight of financial reporting, strategic financial planning, budgets and forecasts, financial systems, clinical analytics, and real estate.
Prior to joining Michigan Medicine in January 2011, Bobby provided professional financial services to clients across the country in his role at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he assisted in financial statement filings with the SEC, debt issuances, domestic tax provision analyses, and business unit integrations.
Bobby holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master of accounting degree from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He is an actively licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Michigan and graduate of the GE Healthcare / Health Management Academy Finance Fellowship.