Our Mission
The Office of University Controller (OUC) provides leadership to the University of Colorado in financial recording, reporting, policy guidance, and communication. The University Controller, by delegation from the CU President, has authority over and responsibility for the fiscal practices of the University.
What We Do:
- We manage the University’s financial system of record and its interfaces with purchasing, payables, human resources, the Cognos Reporting System, and other subsystems.
- We work closely with campus controllers, state controller, and state auditor to prepare the external financial reports and to ensure that fiscal practices comply with regent policies, other external and internal rules and regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles.
- We prepare the University's tax filings and administer its payroll-benefit accounting functions.
- We help employees understand and fulfill their fiscal roles and responsibilities by developing financial policies; by providing 1:1 assistance through a centralized resource unit and through webinars, training videos, and blogs; and by delivering no-cost professional development through a comprehensive Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Program.
- We create explainer videos on behalf of other CU offices (Budget & Finance, Treasury, Internal Audit) to serve and educate state government entities and Colorado citizen interests.
- We administer the CU-wide Innovation & Efficiency Awards employee recognition program.