WELCOME
Finance & Administration serves to support, fulfill and advance the mission of Stony
Brook University by innovatively, prudently and collaboratively delivering financial
and administrative services to the University community and constituents.
By leveraging our operational expertise and fostering a supportive yet practical framework,
Finance & Administration will deliver dynamic high-quality services, timely and responsive
solutions and judicious guidance in order to enable reliable outcomes that are rooted
in transparency, accountability and stewardship.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Understand needs, develop forward-thinking solutions, and embody a culture that strives to continuously be better in all that we do.
SUPPORT COLLABORATION
Maintain an ethos that supports collaborative work to build better experiences, solve problems and deliver improvements.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY
Create a positive and productive environment where everyone brings themselves, as they are, to do their best work. Embrace new ideas, creative solutions and unique viewpoints for inclusive problem solving and decision making.
OPERATE WITH INTEGRITY
Be honest, dedicated and accountable for our wins and also for our losses. Establish trust by delivering guidance, instruction and decisions with transparency and clarity.
BE VISIONARY LEADERS
Embody innovation and pursue ongoing growth as visionary leaders in order to implement smart solutions and best practices.
GOALS
1. Protect and enhance the University’s financial, administrative, technological, physical
and human capital assets.
2. Use technology to improve services, systems and processes that are used by units
to support strategies and objectives.
3. Continuously improve the delivery of services to all of our customers by being collaborative,
communicative, responsive, and accountable.
4. Embrace new ideas, creative solutions and unique viewpoints for inclusive problem
solving and decision making.
5. Embody innovation and pursue ongoing growth as visionary leaders in order to implement
smart solutions and best practices.
6. Achieve financial value for the University by collaborating with, and providing actionable
data that allows partners to make sound financial decisions.
Read Finance & Administration's Strategic Plan (updated in March 2024) which includes
these goals, tactical and unit-specific examples of how each goal will be achieved,
and how F&A's goals align with Stony Brook University's Strategic Plan via the link below:
F&A Strategic Plan
STRATEGIC
DIRECTIONS
This overarching plan is supplemented with individual plans developed by each unit within F&A that incorporates their own unique strategies, tactics, measurable goals and operational metrics in support of their own area, as well as the University's mission and strategic endeavors both now and in the future.
1. Listen, understand and balance the University's dynamic needs. Match resources with
priorities through a supportive operational model.
2. Achieve financial value for the University by collaborating with, and providing actionable
data that allows partners to make sound financial decisions.
3. Create operational frameworks that support individual unit decision making. Remain
nimble and adaptive as priorities and resources change.
4. Use technology to improve services, systems and processes that are used by units to support strategies and objectives.
5. Establish and maintain an environment with fluid processes that lead to efficient
management and request fulfillment. Deliver excellent service, provide value and lend
operational support.
6. Acknowledge the skills and experiences that each of us bring to the workplace and
promote a learning-oriented culture that supports and elevates our talented F&A teammates
through opportunities for career development.
7. Keep sustainability at the forefront of decision making by increasing awareness and
adoption of sustainable practices in daily business operations and technological infrastructures.
