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Finance Strategy

The Finance Strategy team leads financial planning, budgeting, and reporting. The team supports our other internal teams to make resource decisions in service of our strategic goals. We also support facilitate financial and administrative workflow and systems projects to create a more efficient and effective organization.





Financial Planning & Analysis

The Financial Planning & Analysis team facilitates financial planning and our annual budgeting process. They are responsible for delivering a board approved budget each year. The team also provides executive reporting and financial insights to the CEO, Audit Committee, and Board of Directors.

Continuous Process Improvement

The Continuous Process Improvement team leads projects that provide continuous business improvement aligned with technology solutions that drive automation, collaboration, and enablement of our internal financial and operational processes.


Our work at a glance[edit]

  • Annual budgeting
  • Financial forecasting and projections
  • Internal and external financial management reporting
  • Internal financial consulting and decision making support
  • Facilitating projects to implement new financial and administrative systems like travel management and HR systems
  • Facilitating the financial infrastructure of new business entities like Wikimedia Enterprise and the Wikimedia Endowment
  • Managing internal financial systems like procurement, contracting and accounting systems