FAS Office of Finance – Mission, Goals and Initiatives
FAS Office of Finance Mission:
The Finance Office provides financial management infrastructure for the FAS and advises the Dean about the optimal use of resources to support the Faculty’s education and research missions.
The Office of Finance is dedicated to:
- Building a knowledgeable, responsive organization
- High-quality financial decision-making across the FAS
- Best blend of centralized and decentralized management
- Balancing sound business practice and academic objectives
- Professionalism, integrity, personal responsibility, and service
Initiatives:
- Create a responsive administrative organization
- Develop/maintain an organizational structure that supports and collaborates with academic units
- Enhance administrative quality
- Develop/promote mechanisms for communication and information sharing
- Involve departments and centers in fiscal policy setting and implementation
- Enhance and promote staff training and development program
- Greater involvement in hiring decisions of financial staff across the FAS
- Ensure optimum use of FAS resources
- Achieve coordinated planning through improved annual budget process and closer collaboration with units on business issues
- Develop models and manage long term projections
- Safeguard financial assets and resources of the University
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