Welcome to Provost Shared Services

The seven units of Provost Shared Services provide strategic expertise on a wide range of business, technology and personnel functions.

Human Resources

Provost Human Resources provides operational and strategic consulting for human resources within the Provost community, including staffing and recruiting, employee relations, learning and development, and compensation.

Information Technology

Provost IT provides essential information technology services to the Provost community, including IT infrastructure and enterprise computing applications, customer service, and web design and development.

Payroll Services

Provost Payroll Services works closely with Human Resources to deliver payroll and compensation services to the provost community, including day-to-day payroll processing and student worker onboarding.

Finance & Controllership

Provost Finance & Controllership provides leadership in finance & controllership services, to support the efficient and effective achievement of the university’s strategic plan. Our activities include creating the annual financial budget, estimating quarterly financial projections, recording accounting transactions in an accurate & timely manner across all fund groups, upholding internal financial policies, and resolving issues that have a financial impact.

Planning & Design

The Office of Planning and Design provides space and resource management and planning services to the University Park and Health Sciences Campuses.






Faculty/Staff Visa Services

USC Faculty/Staff Visa Services provides work-related immigration services to USC hiring departments across the university.






Office of Institutional Research

The Office of Institutional Research collects, analyzes and disseminates data relevant to the daily operations, and role and mission, of the University of Southern California. Made available to university officials and to the public, this information supports university planning and helps maintain transparency.

 
 

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Business Units We Support

Office of the Provost
  • Academic & Faculty Affairs
  • Provost Shared Services
  • Office of Religious Life
  • Neuroscience Graduate Program
  • Women in Science & Engineering Program
  • Campus Wellness & Crisis Intervention
USC Stevens Center for Innovation

 

USC Student Affairs
  • Engemann Student Health Center
  • USC Recreational Sports
USC Libraries
  • Health Sciences Campus Libraries
Information Technology Services
Office of Research
  • Department of Animal Resources
USC Museums
  • USC Fisher Museum of Art
  • USC Pacific Asia Museum

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