- UNM Policies & Procedures
A Fiscal Agent is a designation given to an individual whose current responsibilities include such duties as compilation, verification, analysis and ad hoc reporting of financial and budgeting data for their assigned unit of operation. These individuals have close contact with the Dean/Director/Department Head of their organization and are empowered with enough authority to hold applicable personnel accountable for financial information. They are the single point of contact for the Central Financial Administration.
There are three primary duties/responsibilities for the Fiscal Agent:
A Fiscal Agent is required for each of the Banner Level 3 Organizations (e.g. School, College, or Branch) per attached. Required duties and responsibilities may be delegated to lower organization levels at the discretion of the Dean/Director/Department Head of a Level 3 Organization. But the “point of contact” between the organization and Central Financial Administration will be at Level 3. Special circumstances might indicate that more than one Fiscal Agent be required at Level 3. In such cases, the Dean/Director/Department Head of the Level 3 Organization may request additional Fiscal Agents; the appropriate Associate Vice President of Financial Services will approve these requests.
It must be kept in mind that the Fiscal Agent designation is not a job classification; it entails additional duties for existing job classifications and will require training and certification. For this reason, duties and responsibilities must be kept to the minimum required to implement the planned Finance/Budget organizational structure.
Certification for Fiscal Agents will include completion of all UNM internal financial training that is currently available plus any Fiscal Agent training that is developed. Annual certification would require completion of all additional training developed during the previous year. Training will be made available to any support personnel, but certification will be required only for the Fiscal Agents.
Competencies include: