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Our Mission:
The combined units of Business Affairs focus on effective financial management so that students, faculty and staff can focus on their participation in a compelling learning experience.
Services and Support:
Student Finance
- Manage the monthly billing process for tuition and fees, and other student related charges for campus departments
- Offer students information and support for paying for college, and good personal finance practices
- Provide departments with billing and collection support
- Administer the OSU Federal Perkins Loan program
Cashier's Office
- Process student payments and all deposits for departments and auxiliaries
- Disburse financial aid refunds, and short-term emergency loans for students
- Cash small balance reimbursements to employees for OSU approved transactions
- Provide support on credit card and web-based payment processes
- Offer training on cash handling practices and efficient workflow for cash transactions
Post Award Administration Office
- Create new sponsored project funds
- Invoice funding entities
- Monitor fund transactions on grants and contracts
- Provide assistance to departments with grant and contract compliance
Analysis & Reporting
- Compile quarterly management financial reports
- Provide accounting decision support
- Support fiscal year end closing process for all campus departments
- Communicate current accounting affairs information
- Provide quality assurance review and internal control certifications
Payroll
- Partner with HR and departments in setting up employee pay and benefits
- Process and deliver payroll services to employees
- Maintain payroll system to meet operational and regulatory requirements
- Manage transfer of pay data to support monthly financial analysis
Accounts Payable
- Process payments to OSU vendors
- Enhance internal control on invoice presentment and payment
- Facilitate purchasing cycle from purchase requisitions to invoice payments
- Manage expense reporting to FIS Banner system
Travel Reimbursements
- Support OSU students, faculty and staff with travel and reimbursement services
- Engage travel agencies in providing assistance to travelers
- Provide travelers with banking services to enhance traveling experience
- Provide training on policies and procedures
Cost Analysis Unit
- Conduct the Facilities and Administrative rate proposal calculation
- Perform required analysis and prepare the Disclosure Statement (DS-2)
- Review service and testing fees and provide analysis
Policies & Procedures
The OSU Policy Analyst maintains the administrative manuals on this web page. The administrative manuals are currently being revised to conform to the requirements of the Policy & Procedure Manual Management (PPMM) Program. The online manuals replace the earlier paper editions, which are no longer produced. In accordance with Oregon public records laws and requirements, printouts of the manuals' online text serves as the official record and are available for inspection at University Archives. To access earlier versions of a manual, please send an email request to University Archives at archives@oregonstate.edu stating the manual name, policy number (or policy name if not numbered), and posting date(s) desired.
The Policy Analyst provides consultation for the development and maintenance of department/unit manuals and internal manuals such as desktop manuals. The Policy Analyst is located at 122 Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-2132 and may be contacted by phone at 541-737-9238, or email manuals@oregonstate.edu.
Please use the latest versions of Firefox or Internet Explorer when viewing the online manuals. Some manuals still use a PDF format for some files. In order to view or print a PDF document, you need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available at no charge on the Adobe Web site.