The VP Finance & Operations Portfolio Provides Strategic Leadership and Support for UBC’s Academic Vision through Financial and Operational Management Excellence
The eight units of the VP Finance & Operations (VPFO) portfolio are responsible for the stewardship of UBC’s physical and financial assets. We oversee a $2.5 billion budget, a $1.2 billion endowment, and all university facilities. The VPFO also manages the university’s relationships with the UBC Investment Management Trust (IMANT) and UBC Properties Trust. In all the portfolio’s responsibilities, we are committed to the values of accountability and transparency.
News From the VPFO
November 9, 2018
Financial Operations Completes First Service Delivery Model (SDM) Rollout
Financial Operations is proud to announce the successful completion of the Service Delivery Model pilot project with the UBC Sauder School of Business.
UBC to Co-Host the WACUBO 2019 Annual Conference
Are you looking for a fantastic opportunity to build your professional network with colleagues at UBC and beyond?
Avoid slips, trips, and falls this winter with some simple tips
Risk Management Services reminds us that we’re coming into ice and snow season on campus, where can be a greater risk of slips, trips or falls. Practice safe winter walking to help you stay on your feet this winter.
Innovative floor-cleaning robots now scrubbing the halls of UBC
A&K Robotics worked closely with UBC Building Operations to develop the technology, which will now be used to clean the same floors the company’s founders once walked as students.
Safety Day gathers campus safety leaders for learning and recognition
On October 3, over 200 Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JOHSC) and Local Safety Team (LST) members from across UBC Vancouver gathered in the Nest’s Great Hall to celebrate and recognize achievement in making UBC Vancouver a safer place to work.
UBC Reporting
2018/19 Operating Budget
The VP Operations & Finance and VP Academic & Provost are committed to open and transparent reporting of UBC’s operating budget. Read our complete 2018/19 operating budget report.
VPFO Major Projects
Integrated Renewal Program
The Integrated Renewal Program is a multi-year business process transformation and system implementation program that will leverage the industry-leading cloud enterprise solution Workday to replace our current core administrative systems with a new integrated, user friendly, mobile-enabled platform.
Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees (JOHSC) Project
Risk Management Services will be helping the Vancouver campus move from one large University Health and Safety Committee (UHSC)—which covers the entire campus—to a cluster of smaller Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees (JOHSC), which will cover employee groups within a VP’s portfolio.
Procurement Modernization Project
Financial Operations has heard from the university community that it can be difficult, manual, and time-consuming to make purchases and payments on time. We have developed a plan of action to improve procurement across the university.
People of the VPFO
November 9, 2018
Jennifer Farr Joins UBC Finance as Strategic Sourcing Manager
Supply Management & Financial Operations is pleased to welcome Jennifer Farr, who will be leading the unit’s new Strategic Sourcing team. The team, which has been created as part of Financial Operations’ procurement modernization initiative, will identify and implement opportunities to deliver value by leveraging UBC’s buying power and establishing preferred vendors and contracts to […]
Manon Harvey appointed Director, Integrated Planning and Chief Budget Officer
Manon brings to UBC Okanagan more than two decades of experience and leadership at the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), where she ensured the integrity of all aspects of the organization’s financial dealings and the $7 billion entrusted to the CFI by the Government of Canada.
Robert Sochowski joins Building Operations as the Manager, Maintenance Planning
Robert will be responsible for developing and implementing proactive maintenance planning strategies to support excellence in research and learning.