• Budget development and control
• Financial reporting, projections and analysis
• Provincial grant calculations and analysis
• Enrolment reporting and verification
• Student admissions for out-of-province, out-of-country and fee-paying native students
• Annual financial statement audit
• Banking and Treasury services
• Trust fund administration and reporting
• Capital project reporting
• Field support services for schools and departments
• Financial systems security, support and maintenance

Accounting Services:

• Accounts Payable 
• All payment processing
• Accounts Receivable
• Revenue and Recovery billing

Payroll Services:

Payroll Services is a member of the Business Services team which provides a broad range of financial and business functions to the school district. The department is responsible for processing compensation in an accurate and timely manner and providing accurate, timely service to  employees. The range of services provided includes:

• Processing of all salaries, wages and other payments in accordance with collective agreements and government legislation
• Interpretation of, and compliance with, all government regulations for payment of wages and statutory deductions
• Serving as a resource to administration, employees and other departments in payroll queries and/or issues
• Effective administration of two major pension plans to ensure accurate contributions and service credit for applicable employees
• Development of salary and benefit budgets for permanent and casual staff
• Reconciliation and remittance of all statutory deductions, benefit premiums, mandatory deductions and optional deductions
  

Purchasing Services

Purchasing Services function strives to obtain optimum value while facilitating the acquisition of goods and services required to meet system needs. This is accomplished through:

• Competitive bidding
• Operating a centralized purchasing program
• Developing quotations
• Tenders and requests for proposals within the terms of the Board’s supply management policy
• Participation in various staff committees established to determine system needs in over 80 categories of supplies and services, such as contract custodians, food services, photocopiers, physical education supplies, classroom supplies, and employee assistance plan
• Participation in the Ontario Education Buyers’ Association and the Ontario Public Buyers’  Association
• Participation in the Elgin/Middlesex/Oxford Purchasing Cooperative composed of approximately 40 member agencies including hospitals, municipalities, conservation authorities, and other education authorities which use the combined purchasing power of the cooperative to achieve greater efficiencies