The more than 45 organizations that make up B&F provide essential infrastructure services to support the students, faculty and staff of the University of Michigan. Together, we truly Make Blue Go.

Facilities and Operations

Facilities and Operations has primary responsibility for the stewardship of the university’s physical properties, including nearly 35 million square feet of building space. We are responsible for sophisticated and complex academic, research and clinical facilities, as well as associated environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance. We strive to optimize our resources in order to support the university’s commitment to academic excellence and cost containment.

F&O staff strive to contribute to and promote a safe and secure community while respecting the rights and dignity of all persons utilizing facilities and programs of the University of Michigan

Finance

Finance offers a wide variety of key business and financial services to the university community. These services include accounting, budgeting and recharge reporting, cash management, debt issuance, financial reporting, internal controls, payroll, post-award accounting for sponsored programs, procurement, risk management, student financial services, and tax management.

Office of the Staff Ombuds

The The Staff Ombuds Office offers free and confidential conflict management services to help non-bargained-for UM-Ann Arbor and Michigan Medicine staff resolve issues and promote a civil and positive working environment.

Investment

The University of Michigan’s Investment Office was established in 1999 and currently oversees the Long Term Portfolio of the university’s endowment. The primary objective of the office is to optimize the endowment’s performance by developing investment policies, strategic asset allocation, policy and performance benchmarks, and risk management practices so that the real purchasing power of the fund’s principal is preserved and maintained. As a guaranteed, perpetual source of income to support student scholarships, professorships, innovative learning opportunities, and life-saving research, the endowment is essential to sustaining academic excellence at the university.

University of Michigan Investment Policy

Endowment Investment Report

Endowment Q&A

Michigan Investment in New Technology Startups (MINTS)

South Africa Stock Divestment

Tobacco-related Stock Divestment

University Human Resources

University Human Resources provides services that attract, sustain and inspire excellence in faculty and staff of the University of Michigan. The vision of UHR is to develop, through university leadership, the finest HR function anywhere, in a culture where people thrive, partnership prevails and performance excels. UHR provides comprehensive services to the U-M community that include human resources policy and strategy, competitive benefits, health and well-being programs and initiatives, employment services, data and information services and professional development, to name a few.

Shared Services Center

The U-M Shared Services Center (SSC) offers select Finance and Human Resources (HR) transactional services to the entire institution. It combines these transactional services from colleges, schools, and administrative units into one operation that offers high-quality customer service as part of an overall strategy that focuses on the optimal use of university resources.Colleges, schools, and administrative units participate in the governance of the SSC to define performance levels, provide feedback and establish collaborative responsibilities.

Campus Sustainability

Campus Sustainability works across university units to advance sustainability and carbon neutrality across the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. This area of B&F was formed in August 2023 with the hiring of the university's first associate vice president for campus sustainability, who works collaboratively on the Ann Arbor campus with Athletics, Student Life, Michigan Medicine and the forthcoming Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action.

Office of Planning and Strategic Initiatives

The Office of Planning and Strategic Initiatives (OPSI) manages priority initiatives, projects, special operations and programs orchestrated within the purview of the Business and Finance organization. OPSI works to advance enterprise initiatives and operational and programmatic projects, ensuring all projects are aligned with and promote the mission and strategic direction of the University of Michigan and its leadership. It coordinates with a range of campus partners in this work.