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Lunch & Learn

  • Smart Building Center/Pacific Tower 1200 12th Avenue South Seattle, WA, 98144 United States (map)

Befriending Your Finance Partner: What you Need to Know When Speaking with C-Suite

About the Event:

Facility managers oversee aspects of the demand organization that represent significant fiAnancial investment in technology, buildings, structures, interiors, exteriors and grounds. They are responsible for the oversight, operation and maintenance of the buildings and grounds as well as service contracts. The demand organization may choose to contract for services. Due to the dynamic global environment, finance and business management is a complex undertaking for general management.

Finance & Business in FM Involves:

  • The administration of the financial management of the FM organization.

  • Procurement

  • Finances associated with contracts.

  • A facility manager’s role in each area is shaped by the policies, practices and norms of the organizational environment.

About the Speaker:

Nancy Terry
Controller - Museum of Flight Foundation
NTerry@museumofflight.org

Nancy has an extensive background in accounting and finance in a wide variety of fields including construction, healthcare, and nonprofits. She is currently Controller for the Museum of Flight, spent 13 years with Swedish Health Care, worked in family-owned business building overhead bridge cranes, and more! She is looking forward to providing insight in wide variety of topics including basic financials, buget/buiness case preparation, Federal contract overview, and answer any questions you may have.

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