University Executive Committee – Budget Working Group

• Review and endorse key budgetary assumptions and budget parameters.
• Ensure Budget +2 years meets financial sustainability targets including TEC risk ratios.
• Ensure alignment of the resources of the University through the Budget +2 years to the long-term Taumata Teitei strategic objectives, including sustainability. 
•  Ensure transparency and alignment across faculties and Operations, including consultation with Provost, Deans, and Directors Committee (PDDC) and Professional Services Leadership Team (PSLT).
• Ratify or approve Summarised Functional budgets (drivers, affordability, benchmarking).
• Facilitate and support strategic forward planning and investment.
• Ratify a register of operational costs increases and committed benefit driven efficiencies/reductions as a result of business cases or change requests that have gone through their own governance process (covered by the revised business case process (Delegated Financial Authority – DFA) – outputs from governance boards.
• Recommend endorsement of the University draft budget to the University Executive Committee (UEC) and the Vice-Chancellor  prior to submission to Finance Committee and Council for approval.
  

• Chief Financial Officer – Chair
• Chief Operating Officer & Registrar 
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education
  
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor Strategic Engagement
• Director Human Resources 
• Faculty Deans (two representatives on a rotating basis) 

Attendees as may be required to support agenda

• Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
• Financial Analytics and Planning Manager
• Head of Business Advisory
• Associate Director, Planning and Information
• Manager, Business Capability

Ex-officio members

K Ready

Email: kathy.ready@auckland.ac.nz