OIT Administration & Finance: Finance Operations

Jim Diesel, Assistant Director
(919) 681-7079 or jim.diesel@duke.edu

Finance Operations partners with OIT’s operational managers to help them best utilize the resources available at OIT and Duke. The group works closely with central Duke University offices – such as the budget office, procurement and accounts payable – to serve as OIT’s primary point of contact for central business and financial functions.

Finance Operations offers several financial and business services, including:

  • Purchasing support
  • Performance tracking
  • Annual budgets and spending plans
  • Budget tracking and quarterly projections
  • Tracking and monitoring capital and minor acquisitions as well as strategic initiative plan (SIP) funds
  • Account reconciliations
  • Account receivables and collections-related activity for telecommunications
  • Financial analysis
  • Financial audits