Welcome to the Budget Office!
Mission
To provide prompt and accurate financial services to the University, to include oversight of department/college budgets, advice on proper use of State funds, timely processing of budget documents, and effective reporting of expenditures and revenue.
Responsibilities
The Budget Office is responsible for budget planning, administration and reporting. This includes preparation and loading of the campus budget; (i.e. original, permanent new funds, one-time funds, Project Authorizations, Professional Development Grants, etc.), monitoring expenditures, setting up new accounts, logging and verifying Personnel Transaction Forms, assisting General Fund departments and Auxiliary Programs with budget planning and transfers, and submission of annual budget reports to the Chancellor's Office. Working closely with the Accounting Office, the Budget Office clears out accounts in preparation for balancing at fiscal year-end. The Budget Office is also tasked with developing agendas for the University Budget Council and briefing its members on the status of the budget as well as distributing central budget funding decisions.
Additional Budget Office responsibilities are the training of division budget personnel on decentralization policies and procedures and distribution of the Annual Financial Plan (formerly called the Budget Book). Since PeopleSoft requires training prior to accessing any information on accounts, requisitions, positions and salaries, and the changes due to the Procurement Card, it is no longer necessary for our office to distribute or maintain the Signature Authorization Forms for the campus.
