Supporting Departments

Business and Finance has eight major supporting units. They are Business Operations, the Office of the Chief Investment Officer, the Office of the Controller, Facilities Operations and Development, Internal Audit, Public Safety Services, Resource Management Systems/Resource Planning, and the Office of the Treasurer. Please read below for detailed information and links to their web sites.
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Office of Investments
The Office of Investments strives to earn the highest risk-adjusted investment returns possible for the Long Term Investment Portfolio. The team is focused on investing across all appropriate asset classes to provide solid, consistent long term growth for the benefit of the University today and in the future.
Office of the Controller
The Office of the Controller has the following functions:
* Issuing the University's annual financial report
* Providing internal management reports for the colleges and departments
* Maintaining the General Ledger
* Managing the University's equipment inventory and its disposal
* Training university staff in fiscal policies and procedures
* Monitoring the University's tax compliance
* Providing fiscal analysis in support of the University's facilities and administrative cost rates for research
* Performing all accounts payable functions for the central University
Facilities Operations and Development
In support of the university's strategic goals and Academic Plan, Facilities Operations and Development works to ensure excellence in all facility services by providing a seamless and unified support and delivery organization, and serves all customers while balancing service demands with fiscal and management responsibilities.
Internal Audit
Effective controls provide deans, department chairpersons, college and academic- support unit fiscal officers, central offices, and the Board of Trustees with reasonable assurance that institutional objectives have been achieved through sound financial management. Internal Audit is available to assist departments with financial/operational audits, information systems audits and compliance with established procedures and laws.
Public Safety Services
Creative and informative crime prevention, fire prevention, and international travel safety programs, which are available on the Public Safety Services website, represent efforts to provide a customer service to meet contemporary needs.
Resource Management Systems / Resource Planning
Resource Management Systems / Resource Planning coordinates long range planning and development of the budget for The Ohio State University including alternative strategies to maximize resource availability; coordinates data for Board of Regents' subsidy model; and provides management information analyses from University data bases and performs special studies using these data.
Office of the Treasurer
The Treasurer has combined the offices of Fees and Deposits, Student Loan Services and Accounts Receivable to be the Office of the University Bursar. The Bursar bills and collects tuition, fees, campus housing, and other university-related charges. The office also invoices third-party agencies, audits OSU student accounts, processes student refunds, oversees University and Perkins/Health Professions promissory notes and exit interviews. The office is responsible for university accounts receivable collection activities for both University departments and Perkins/Health Profession loans.