98 METIS NA TION Of ONT ARIO Annu A l Repo R t 20122013 m e TI s n a TI on of o n T ar I o Corpora T e s erv IC es C orporate ser vices consolidate specialized knowledge best practices and technology to pr ovide ser vices r equir ed by all aspects of the MNO s operations as well as its inter nal and exter nal clients These ser vices ar e pr ovided in the ar eas of fnance communications information and communica tions technology and human r esour ces Unlike the branch pr ograms described elsewher e in this document corporate ser vices does not r eceive funding dir ectly fr om pr oponents gover nment agencies partners or other sour ces The costs described under corporate ser vices ar e cover ed by dir ect allocations fr om other branches pr ograms on pr eappr oved budgets for pr eappr oved support ser vice expenses and by management fees Appr oximately thr ee quarters of corporate ser vices costs ar e cover ed by dir ect allocations fr om other branch pr ograms while the r emainder ar e cover ed by management fees fI nan C e b ran CH The Metis Nation of Ontario MNO Finance Branch staf f implement sound fnancial policies and pr ocedur es thr oughout the MNO while maintaining a curr ent status on its accounts payable to vendor and collection of sour ces of funds for its various pr ograms At the same time Finance staf f pr ovide the various branches with cur r ent r eports on the fnancial status of their pr ograms Finance staf f ar e also r esponsible for maintaining a curr ent database of all the MNO s contribution agr eements s ervices The Finance Branch supports the MNO thr ough the following ser vices Payr oll Accounts payable Accounts r eceivable Pur chasing Monitoring contributions agr eements Financial statement pr eparation Budget management and variance analysis Banking Debt management Audit coor dination n umber of s taf f 18 s taf f located in o ttawa Corpora T e s erv IC es rEP or t S encourage the full participation of all Metis in the Metis Nation Fr om the Metis Nation of Ontario Statement of Prime Purpose