Finance Committee

The Finance Committee will perform its duties in accordance with UBF’s mission “to support and promote the activities and programs of the University at Buffalo, State University of New York”.

The Finance Committee’s duties and responsibilities for a fiscal year are to:

1. Review and recommend the annual financial plan for UBF.
2. Review and recommend the annual capital plan for UBF.
3. Review, from a financial perspective, major UB projects introduced during the year which might involve significant changes in the UBF financial or capital plans approved for that year.
4. Develop, monitor, and maintain a three to five year long-range financial plan for UBF.
5. Monitor actual financial activities in comparison to the financial and capital plans.
6.  Review the financial condition of UBF, assess financial risks, including debt levels and leveraging of resources, risk controls, and related staffing and determine proper compensation for risks assumed.  Recommend to the boards  financial policies and long-range objectives to mitigate financial risks, recognizing that the Investment Committee is charged with managing the risks associated with the investment portfolio.
7. Review and recommend to the boards policies or any necessary policy amendments related to tax regulations or financial policies and standards proposed by management.
8. Review the Expense Reimbursement Policies at appropriate intervals.  Also periodically review payments made to the university officers who are beneficiaries of these policies.
9. Review the financing requirements of UBF and evaluate management’s proposals for timing and funding vehicles to support such financing requirements and recommend, as appropriate, specific financing arrangements to the boards.
10. Review and recommend to the boards an adequate level of reserves to fund contingencies.
11. Submit reports of all meetings to the boards.
12. Provide relevant ongoing education and information to the boards.
13. Maintain a succession plan.
14. Review and evaluate major initiatives, changes, and overall performance of UBF business office.
15. Solicit information from UB leadership on major UB projects that might involve significant UBF financial resources.
16. Review this charge annually or more often if necessary and recommend changes, if any, to the boards and perform any other activities consistent with this charge that the boards deem appropriate.