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Hiring Announcement: Executive Director for the new University Initiatives Office (UIO)
Rob Munro is the Executive Director for the new University Initiatives Office (UIO), effective April 1, 2022.
Recap of Ask SET Anything: Looking Ahead edition
On March 29, the Service Excellence Transformation (SET) team hosted a final edition of our Ask SET Anything event series to close out the SET program (which officially concluded on March 31) and focus on the future of the university's transformation.
Invitation to final Ask SET Anything event
Join the SET team for the final edition of our Ask SET Anything series on Tuesday, March 29, from 2 - 3 p.m. While the SET program will officially stand down on March 31, we know there is still significant work that needs to be done to implement, sustain, and enhance the operating model. Learn more about what comes next and have the opportunity to ask questions about this transition period.
Hiring announcement: Finance Partners
Finance, Procurement and Planning and the SET finance workstream are pleased to announce the appointments of 12 of the Finance Partners. As 38 of the 46 Finance Partners (including Senior Finance Partners) so far are internal hires, we're pleased to be advancing our existing, key talent within the organization.
Finance partners working productively
The initial group of finance partners are working productively and there is demand for the full complement to be hired.
Introducing the new process redesign methodology
While the SET process redesign team has been diligently working to redesign and streamline processes across the university's administrative functions, the team has also been working to revise and improve their methodology following several lessons learned during work completed so far.
Hiring announcement: Director, Resource Planning
Finance, Procurement and Planning is pleased to announce that Kemi Kufuor-Boakye will be joining the team as the new Director, Resource Planning.
Hiring announcement: Finance Partners
Finance, Procurement and Planning and the SET finance workstream are pleased to announce the appointments of 27 of the Finance Partners
Looking ahead at the administrative functional streams
In this four-part weekly series, Vice-President (University Services and Finance), Todd Gilchrist, provides an overview of the upcoming activities and milestones for key initiatives of the SET program as well as case studies to demonstrate recent successes. This first article in this series takes a look at what's ahead for each of the university’s administrative functional areas.
Several finance partners hired
As of September 20, the first 21 finance partners have been hired and onboarded.
Offer letters sent to finance partners
Offer letters have been sent to the finance partners with an expected start date of September 13.
Hiring progresses within the finance stream
Offer letters have been sent to the first phase of finance partners.
Finance stream updates
Hiring and onboarding remain a key focus for the finance stream.
Hiring announcement: Senior Finance Partners
Finance, Procurement and Planning and the SET finance workstream are pleased to announce the appointments of the Senior Finance Partners.
Hiring announcement: Chief of Staff, Vice-President, University Services and Finance
Charleen Schmidt has accepted the role of Chief of Staff, Vice-President University Services and Finance, starting June 7.
Process redesign: optimizing for the new model
A large portion of the work that is conducted before transitioning staff and services to the new administrative operating model is known as process redesign.
Prepare phase update
The SET team outlines the processes and milestones for the second phase of the functional review: the prepare phase.
Finance workstream update
As the finance stream continues to work towards transitioning to the new operating model, the Director, Finance Partnerships position has now been filled, and more partner positions are currently accepting applications.
Finance workstream update
As the finance stream wraps up discovery and moves into the prepare phase, the project team is moving forward on identified priorities, and establishing workgroups.
Recap of Ask SET Anything: Finance Edition
VP (University Services and Finance) Todd Gilchrist recaps the Ask Set Anything: Finance Edition event from Monday, February 1, 2021.