| Background
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) is responsible
for approximately 200 staff who provide financial services
to the Laboratory’s divisions and central organizational
units. These services include Budget, Procurement, Sponsored
Projects, Accounts Payable and Receivable, General Accounting,
Financial Analysis, Property Management, and Travel. The
central organization is also responsible for all mandatory
reporting to the Department of Energy, the University of
California, and other sponsoring agencies.
Data generally show that OCFO is appropriately represented
in accordance with external availability and exceeds in some
areas; however, there is an underutilization of Hispanic
Americans. The Office of the CFO has undertaken a comprehensive
professional development and certification program that has
enhanced the skill set of current staff, thereby enriching
their professional opportunities. A new position,
the Financial Policy and Training Manager, oversees the training
and certification of all financial professionals centrally
and in the field.
Action Items for 2005
- Improve Outreach for and Awareness
of Underrepresented Groups. OCFO will follow
HR’s Best Practices Recruiting model to increase
awareness for underrepresented groups for supervisors,
managers, and all HR recruiters who handle CFO recruitment.
OCFO will also encourage HR recruiters to promote job
openings at local job fairs with highly diverse attendance,
and will work with HR to implement training in recruitment
best practices.
- Employee Training. OCFO will build and
provide equal opportunity access to training and learning
opportunities for all OCFO staff. An entire suite of training
modules has been developed specifically for financial personnel
by the training manager who was hired last fiscal year.
Managers and supervisors will be trained by Human Resources
personnel and through the Laboratory Academy in the basics
of effective managing and supervision and diversity awareness.
Ongoing continuing education is also supported for the
entire Office with a budget provided by the Chief Financial
Officer.
- Diversity Work Climate Metrics. OCFO
will work with the Workforce Diversity Office to track
quarterly CFO staff promotions, turnover, and applicant
pools with the goal of identifying problem areas and developing/implementing
a resolution plan.
- Undergraduate Program. OCFO will work
with the Office of Workforce Diversity to find qualified
undergraduates interested in finance to give them opportunities
during the summer to intern with the OCFO to gain real-world
experience and provide mentoring.
- Graduate Program. OCFO will work with
the Haas School of Business on the UC Berkeley campus to
give graduate-school students the opportunity to work in
a “real
world” business setting as part of their curriculum.
We will work with Professor George Cluff to identify the
most qualified students to intern with the OCFO.
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