About us
Business Operations is a division of Finance & Business Operations created in April 2007 with responsibility for the delivery of financial and administrative services at the school and department level at Yale University.
Business Operations has three primary goals:
- Ensure Business Managers (lead department administrators) and Finance & Administration staff work together as a team, i.e., full partners in providing faculty, students, and staff with high quality support. Working together with business office and central administrative staff, Business Operations is responsible for identifying common and unique needs and then designing and implementing policies, procedures, and tools to meet those needs.
- Ensure Business Managers have the resources and support for providing high quality support in a manner consistent with relevant regulations and policies.
- Build a community of business management professionals at Yale through improved training, communication, and career development opportunities.
Business Managers at Yale have a reporting line – in addition to the reporting line to their respective Deans, Directors, and Chairs – to the Vice President for Finance & Business Operations. These dual reporting relationships for Business Managers are an acknowledgment of the essential need to provide business and administrative support that addresses both the specific context of a department or school as well as the context of the University as a whole. Business Operations is responsible for managing and building Business Managers’ relationships with FBO in order to advance the above goals.
Creation of Business Operations
July 2007
- Frequently Asked Questions, 4/18/07
- Business Manager Meeting Presentation, 4/18/07
- Announcement: Business Manager Reporting Relationships, 4/18/07
Last Updated: October 13, 2009 (jp).
