Finance Department (FD) is one of Qatar University’s key executive departments. The FD is committed to supporting Qatar University's core objectives by providing a wide range of high valued and advanced services to QU faculty, staff, and students, and ensuring an integrated work environment surrounded by trust and respect. To this end, the FD devotes its efforts to hiring qualified personnel and using state-of-the-art technology and integrated electronic systems to ensure that the highest standards of financial practice are used based on international, local, and professional standards.
The Finance Department's job is to complete all financial procedures related to disbursement following the bylaws, regulations, instructions, circulars, and decisions to pay the salaries and entitlements of QU’s faculty, staff, contractors, and students' reward for bachelor’s and graduate studies. As well as disbursing the entitlements of companies, contractors, and suppliers, payment of advances, closing the covenant, collecting revenues, proving that in their regular books, preparing the quarterly statements, and preparing the final account at the end of the fiscal year, according to the financial appropriations in the university’s budget and according to the financial instructions. Also, work on completing transactions and delivering entitlements to beneficiaries promptly, to achieve the Higher Administrative’s desire and directives to work on achievement accuracy and optimum handling.
Finance Department Objectives
- Update the policies and procedures to maintain excellence, quality, and operational efficiency to achieve Qatar University's strategic objectives.
- Prepare and implement Qatar University’s Budget Project in accordance with the State Budget Preparation Circular.
- Monitor cash revenues and expenditures periodically.
- Monitor accounts and settlements, review and analyze accounts and accounting entries.
- Implement financial operations in accordance with international and local regulations, decisions, and standards.
- Prepare the final account at the end of the fiscal year.
- Work on promptness and accuracy in financial transactions.
- Train and qualify Finance Department staff at a level that enables them to implement future plans.
- Develop and improve the accounting system to be able to fulfill all financial operations.