Functions
The functions and activities this office is engaged in include the following:
- Manage the working capital of the university and provide for safe and prudent investment of all university cash reserves, which includes the management and oversight of banking services, cash and investment management, credit card services, e-business consulting and settlements.
- Provide for the capital financing needs of the university through access to the public debt markets, which includes the selection and oversight of investment banking firms and consultants, rating agency relationship management, and on-going monitoring of compliance with SEC reporting requirements, federal tax regulations, and state regulatory and legal compliance.
- Become a knowledge center for university wide financial analysis as it relates to credit strength, new project/strategic initiative viability, major contract structuring and compliance.
- Provide accounting and record keeping, and internal control oversight, for cash, investment and endowment assets, and for all university debt and loan obligations.
