Mission statement
The Finance Department holds fiduciary responsibility for this institution and provides a wide range of professional financial services, including: procurement, cash management, budget planning, accounting, reporting and risk management. The Information Technology Services group provides information technology support and services to the Finance Division. Our customers include the York University community, and external public and private sector entities.
Through our management practices we strive to create a working environment that enables us to use our skills and talents to best serve our customers. The Finance Department staff is aware, and shares the organizations' dedication to customer satisfaction.
The Finance Department regularly reviews its practices in an effort to continually improve our services by focusing on customers while addressing the needs of all stakeholders, including compliance with existing legal and regulatory requirements.
Vision and Objectives
- To improve the management of the Finance Department in order to achieve our mission
- To review and improve standard processes for core business processes, planning and project management to ensure consistent, reliable, accurate and available data/services
- To foster a service culture which will result in consistency of service to our community
- To foster and develop an environment within the Finance Department , that promotes an integrated approach to management which is collegial , creative and collaborative.
News and Announcements
INFORMATION ON BUDGET CALL
The deadline for completion of the 2013-14 budgets is Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The eReports budget module used to prepare and load last year’s budget will be used again for the 2013-14 budget call.
York community members responsible for budgeting, who want to get a head start on the process, can start using the online worksheets now. Actuals and commitments for 2012-13 are being updated nightly.
Other resources available on the Finance website to assist you with the budget call process include:
Budget Call training courses are being scheduled from February through to the end of April, 2013. To register for training click here.
For group sessions, contact Vicki Abaca, budget coordinator, Budgets and Planning Office, via e-mail at budgets@yorku.ca, or telephone at ext. 22014.
Training Opportunities
eReports Budget Module Training - Open to all internal newly hired and existing employees who are responsible for uploading budgets using the eReports budget tool. To register click here.
Financial Forecast Training - **NEW SESSIONS ADDED**A new financial forecast (data entry) submission process is now available to streamline your department forecast submissions. To register for training click here.
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