back office

American  

noun

1. any department or office, as a private office or a department of record keeping, that is not usually seen by outsiders.

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back office British  

noun

1. 1. the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business

   2. ( as modifier )

      back-office operations

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Example Sentences

Mom was good with numbers and had worked the back office of her family’s clothing business on payroll and accounting.

From The Wall Street Journal

AI, he worries, forecloses potential careers in banking: “There are back office jobs that pay a lot more money, but if AI is as powerful as they say it is, and I have my doubts, those jobs are going to be gone.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He’d spent most of his career, first at Drexel Burnham and then at AIG FP, not as a bond trader but working in the back office.

From Literature

He hails Manchester as "hugely successful in positioning itself as an alternative hub for financial services middle and back office".

From BBC

The not-for-profit organisation said the intention was to increase the efficiency of "back office" and management positions.

From BBC