1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,440 The Finance and Business Services Department 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,940 provides accurate and timely financial information to 3 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:10,740 the students, USU Staff, Board of Directors and 4 00:00:10,740 --> 00:00:12,540 the University Community. 5 00:00:12,540 --> 00:00:16,160 We strive to provide excellent customer service, 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,740 courtesy and professionalism. 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,540 Here in Business Services we have eight staff 8 00:00:21,540 --> 00:00:24,120 professionals and four student assistants 9 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,560 Our philosophy for training here in Business Services is 10 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,160 to provide our students with hands-on experience. 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:31,360 We want our student assistants to develop confidence 12 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,020 in their technical and collaboration abilities. 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,220 We have collaborated with both undergraduate and 14 00:00:37,220 --> 00:00:40,260 graduate accounting and auditing classes 15 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:42,360 The seniors in the audit classes have created flow 16 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,680 charts for various Business Services processes such 17 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:48,960 as payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable 18 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:50,680 and purchasing. 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,020 The master’s level accounting students actually did a 20 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:55,620 a consulting project for us. They helped us to 21 00:00:55,620 --> 00:00:58,080 develop a plan to allocate general and 22 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,520 administrative expenses to programs. 23 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,200 Working in the Finance Committee, I learned a lot 24 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,360 specifically working with the staff and the students. 25 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:12,320 We learned how to look at financial statements, how 26 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:16,340 to read and interpret what various numbers meant 27 00:01:16,340 --> 00:01:18,740 and that information, that tool, has been 28 00:01:18,740 --> 00:01:20,160 completely invaluable. 29 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,720 I use it all the time now in my career, and it’s 30 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,180 been a skill that I’ve definitely appreciated and look 31 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:28,780 back to in my work now. 32 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,480 For the Finance Audit and Retirement Plan committees, 33 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,640 we provide orientation trainings. 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,000 Joe encourages the students to participate in 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,620 the committee meetings. 36 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:44,380 He would like them to present at the Board of Directors’ 37 00:01:44,380 --> 00:01:48,300 meetings and he encourages them to take on one 38 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:51,060 of the USU’s goals and to accomplish it. 39 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,300 Here at the Student Union we have the privilege of 40 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:55,500 working with student assistants. 41 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:58,800 This is a great opportunity for student assistants to ask 42 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,820 questions from any staff about help with their resumes, 43 00:02:01,820 --> 00:02:05,180 help with a cover letter, which would transition and then 44 00:02:05,180 --> 00:02:06,980 gain a job in their career of study. 45 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,800 The mentorship that I received from the Business 46 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,020 Services Department has helped me tremendously. 47 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:16,020 I can think of various conversations that I had with 48 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:19,340 many of the staff members here where StrengthsQuest 49 00:02:19,340 --> 00:02:23,440 actually came up and it really taught me how to 50 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,900 understand myself, how to understand my talents, and 51 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:31,820 how to be able to confidently articulate what I can offer 52 00:02:31,820 --> 00:02:34,480 in any workplace setting. 53 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,960 It’s attributed a lot to the success now that I have as a 54 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,800 young professional in my career.