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Annual Operating Budget

Introduction

Date of Last Review 4/8/08
SME: Director of Financial Operations


This topic provides information about the annual operating budget.

Policy

UTHCPC prepares the annual operating budget in conformance with guidelines set by the President of the UTHSC-H.

Fiscal year

The annual operating budget applies to the fiscal year beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31.

Responsibilities

This table lists budget responsibilities:

Position

Responsibilities

Authorized designee

Compare the following to their annual budget each month:

Expenditures

Encumbrances

Projected expenditures

Obtains staff input on projected expenditures prior to submitting annual budget

Submit an annual operating expense budget request in sufficient detail to allow for the effective review and evaluation of the request

Financial Operations

Establish a format for the annual operating expense budget request

Director of Financial Operations

Reviews the UTHCPC expenditure reports each month

Notifies department managers of potential budget deficits

Director of Financial Operations under the direction of the Administrator

Coordinates the preparation and approval of the annual operating budget

Annual operating budget process

This table describes the process for developing and approving the annual operating budget:

Stage

Description

1

Authorized designee submits annual operating expense budget requests.

2

Financial Operations compiles the departmental budgets.

3

Financial Operations prepares the annual operating budget package.

4

Administrative Management Team reviews the budget

5

The Administrative Management Team uses this table to determine what happens next:


WHEN the budget...

THEN the Administrative Management Team...

Is acceptable

Submits the budget to the Executive Director and Administrator

Needs revision

Communicates changes to the affected departments.

6

Executive Director and Administrator authorize the annual operating budget.

7

Executive Director and Administrator submit the authorized annual operating budget to the UTHSC-H.

8

UTHSC-H approves the annual operating budget.

 

Related standards

The Joint Commission : Leadership

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