Director of Operations and Finance

Duties
- First signing officer on all cheques.

- Financial operations, administering revenue generation projects, and maintaining accountability to the membership for all financial decisions.

- Depositing cheques and pay bills on time. This includes working with the bookkeeper to review all bank transactions, and resolve any accounting errors overlooked by the bank, i.e. only one signature on cheque, embezzlement, and miscalculations.

- Receive all student fees collected by OCAD U, upon closing of registration, and, where appropriate investing monies.

- Ensure that all OCAD SU employees, contractors, sub-contractors and volunteers have proper contracts.

- Oversee employee evaluations in conjunction with Office Manager.

- Ensure sole responsibility for keys and combination of safe. Keep the corporate seal secure in the safe unless needed.

- Signing Officer for all XPACE cheques and contracts.

- Update and renew the OCAD SU insurance to adequately cover all staff and office operations.

- Ensure OCAD SU budget is published annually in Student publications and/or on the website.

- Present financial report and the budget, for ratification, at the Annual General Meeting. Present budget updates at other General Meetings.

- Liaise with the OCAD U's Finance Director.

- Liaise with OCAD U's OWSP administrator.

- Organize general office upkeep, order office supplies, generate an office schedule, and do photocopying work.

- Cooperate where appropriate with other standing committees of OCAD SU on matters that cross duties.

- Attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Prepare Board report to be sent to the Director of Academic and University Affairs one week in advance of board meetings.

- Ensure that the OCAD Student Union Mandate is met.

- Acknowledge that the Board and Executive have the right to assign, by resolution; further duties beyond those listed in individual job descriptions.

- Acknowledge that each member has a duty to respect others, and that when conflict arises to deal with it in a dignified and professional manner that may include third-party mediation.

- Train and advises the incoming Operations and Finance Director for a minimum of two weeks.