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Finance and Administration

Opportunities, Barriers, Strategies and Next Steps
Major Opportunities
 Professional Development
 Secure funding for additional personnel (especially facilities)
 Enhance budget process
 Reengineering of business processes
Major Barriers
 Late allocation of state dollars
 Funding for professional development
 Silo operations of other campus within the system
 Funding for additional personnel
 Time for developing and implementing new technologies
Strategies
 Automate ALL operational processes (Travel, Reporting, Human Resources, etc.)
 Develop a measurement system for process cycle time
 Develop management and executive leadership dashboard of strategic indicators
 Create a budget development and implementation plan
Possible Task(s)/Next Steps Responsible Accountable Consulted Informed
Reengineering all operational processes Travel, VP for Finance President, Employees,
Purchasing, Executive Board
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Develop a measurement system of Controller VP for Finance President, Board,
critical financial indicators Executive University
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Create/Enhance budget development Budget Office VP for Finance President, Board,
and implementation process Executive University
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