Controller’s & Bursar’s Offices Mission
Support College operations:
• Collect funds (e.g., tuition & fees, grants, and State appropriations)
• Pay bills (e.g., payrolls, travel claims, State billings, and vendor bills)
• Record transactions (employee pay accounts, student accounts, & grants)
• Support Student Agencies and the CCRI Foundation
Report financial results:
• Annual audited financial statements
• Federal Single Audit – A-133
Provide management services:
• Perform financial reviews and analyses
• Develop and review internal controls
• Assist with special projects and business process improvements
Vision
To provide financial and management services that:
• Meet or exceed :
• Legal and professional standards
• College requirements
• Are efficient and cost effective
• Are user centered
Accomplishments
• Six years of clean audit opinions
• Increased automation to reduce processing time & costs and improve
customer service (e.g., automated financial reporting, expanded payroll direct
deposit plans, electronic time reporting, on-line student tuition payments, and
direct pay student refunds)
• Consolidation of banking services to increase deposit security and returns and
reduce administrative workload
• Improved productivity to service an increased customer base and workload
without additional staff
Future Goals
• Ability to fully process bi-weekly payrolls in house
• WEB based billing and payment for all students- credit and CWCE
• Expanded participation in direct deposit programs
• WEB based travel claim processing
• WEB based policy manual
• Increased use of performance metrics