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Budget Office
In service to the CSU San Marcos campus community, the University Budget Office provides a financially stable environment to maintain current service levels and preserve campus assets. The Budget Office contributes to enhancing the University's financial condition to meet increased service demands resulting from campus growth through sound budgeting practices. Early each year the Budget Office verifies that service levels are in alignment with strategic planning objectives and that they do not compromise the financial integrity of the campus. The primary functions of the University Budget Office include budget planning and development, budget administration and developing budgeting policies and procedures.
People:
- The Budget Office Staff and Division Business Managers held monthly budget forums to discuss, share, and disseminate budget-related information and materials in regards to communicating and resolving current issues affecting the budget as well as understanding the budget process and providing a context for collaborative information sharing
- Provided expertise to the University Budget Committee in its efforts associated with the annual Budget Call, Multi-Year Budget planning, and sweep exemptions
- Received the Vice President’s award for outstanding service to the campus
Processes:
- Redesigned the Budget Office website
- Developed, updated, and presented the Multi-Year Budget Model as a planning tool to promote budget transparency
Campus Community:
- Surveyed Division Budget Managers to identify opportunities for improvement in providing budget-related services to end-users
- Conducted Mid-Year Budget Review division trainings and workshops for end-users
- In a collaboration with Accounting Services, delivered annual Cash Trust training and new annual Lottery training classes for campus Cash Trust and Lottery budget managers
- Personally met with and assisted over 25 end-users and functional users on troubleshooting PeopleSoft reporting and budget issues related to capital accounts, split funding, account codes, labor cost distribution issues, pay raise discrepancies, stipend issues, employee funding, lottery reserves, benefits, cash trust and lottery funding, President’s accounts, fee revenues, etc.
Resources and Regulations:
- Prepared and distributed the 2004-05 University Budget and Resources Report
