Position also serves as deputy to the senior vice president and CFO
Michael Andrews ’90S (MBA), vice president for finance operations at Xerox, has been appointed senior associate vice president for budgets and planning and deputy to the senior vice president for finance and administration and CFO, Holly Crawford. He will begin at the University on June 27.
Andrews will be responsible for the stewardship and management of the University’s multibillion dollar operating budget. Among his responsibilities, he will partner with divisional leadership across the institution to develop:
- budgets, forecasts, and strategic and financial plans; capital budgets and three-year capital plans;
- endowment budgets and models; capital funding and cash flow requirements; and
- monthly management reporting and business case analysis.
Andrews will also be the principal advisor on all financial, planning, facilities and administrative matters, and will serve as Crawford’s representative on University matters as circumstances warrant. He will manage the Budget Office and co-lead the implementation of the University’s new budget and financial planning system.
“Michael Andrews is a highly regarded finance professional and I’m pleased to welcome him to the University in this role,” said Crawford. “He brings impressive financial management expertise acquired from leadership roles at a large and complex organization, as well as a great collaborative style that will further strengthen the University’s budget and finance operations.”
Andrews received his MBA in finance and corporate accounting from the Simon Business School, and his bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne College. He joined Xerox in 1989 and has held a variety of finance positions, including assignments in support of engineering, manufacturing, strategy and sales operations.
Most recently, Andrews served as vice president for finance operations at Xerox. In this role he established and managed the newly formed field finance organization, put in place to support Xerox Services’ new two-dimensional operating model. He led a finance team of domestic and international employees responsible for planning, analysis, reporting, performance management and internal controls across a multibillion-dollar business segment.
Prior to this role, he served as finance director leading a team that provided finance support to the North American development, manufacturing and supply chain organizations.
