Earmarked Funds (a.k.a., Manual Reserves, Funds Commitments and Encumbrances) are created by departments in FIS to reserve available budget dollars for expenses that are not processed through HRIS (e.g., payroll) or Logistics (e.g., POs). They enable you to set aside/reserve budget dollars for future expenditures. This workshop defines Earmarked Funds and provides demonstrations of how
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Duration: 7 hours Format: Lecture, Demonstrations + Hands-on Practice Activities This course is designed for all Financial Information Systems (FIS) users who will be processing Purchase Orders (PO). Specifically, it provides an overview of Goods Receipts (GR) and Invoice Receipts (IR), how and when to process them and making adjustments to each when necessary. Topics include: Understanding the receiving process
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Duration: 3 hours Format: Lecture + Demonstrations Do you want to learn how you can determine how much money you have in your Funds Center or Funds Center/Fund combination? What about locating what has been charged to your accounts? This course is designed for new Financial Information Systems (FIS) users, and provides an overview of Funds Management (FM) reports
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Duration: 3 hours Format: Lecture + Demonstrations This course is designed for new Financial Information Systems (FIS) users and provides an overview of some commonly used Controlling reports. Specifically, the course introduces commonly used Controlling (CO) reports, the characteristics and functions of each report, and how to interpret each reports’ output data. Topics include: Common Controlling (CO) reports and their features
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The university policy requires that all departments reconcile their actual transaction with their Statement of Accounts on a monthly basis. This ensures that all transactions are completely/accurately recorded in FIS. This course walks you through the university's month-end reconciliation policy, guidelines and management reports. Topics include: University month-end reconciliation policy Step-by-step walk through of the
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