Organizational Overview

Finance Division Mission and Principles

MISSION

We efficiently deliver high quality services and information to enable the dynamic aspirations of Dartmouth’s faculty, students, and staff.

Our mission is supported by principles of collaboration, innovation, integrity, and efficiency.

• Collaboration - Understand and embrace the diversity of our customers and their needs; Maintain transparent and collaborative communication with our community and across teams
• Innovation - Instill a culture of empowered problem solving, experimentation, and continuous learning; Enable agile response in a rapidly changing world
• Integrity - Ensure that operational policies, processes, systems and data are streamlined and standard across the institution; Maintain and enhance an effective control environment
• Efficiency - Prioritize work effectively in an environment of constrained resources

Finance Division Overarching Goals

Promote Financial Integrity and Transparency

• Ensure appropriate compliance in the areas that we oversee
• Enable collaborative planning and decision making through excellence in reporting and analytics

Provide Exceptional Service

• Encourage collaboration, standardization and support across Dartmouth
• Embrace new technologies that drive efficiencies and collaboration

Develop Highly Functional Team

• Support continuous improvement by focusing on learning, development, and improving processes and performance
• Develop our workforce to support evolving needs and requirements
• Reinforce and strengthen our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Belonging

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Dartmouth Finance is dedicated to upholding a culture that prioritizes collaboration, integrity, innovation, and efficiency. The Finance DEIB Action Plan aims to leverage these positive attributes and foster a commitment to our core principles by all members of the Finance team. These principles are centered on a strong dedication to understand and incorporate vital elements of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in order to improve the experience for our staff as well as the services we offer.