UC San Diego Financial Accounting Program
The UC San Diego Financial Accounting Program is a complementary professional development opportunity being offered to help you become more effective in your role. It's flexible, available right now, and at no cost to you. Take the short assessment and APPLY NOW. An application including the assessment and supervisor endorsement is due March 3, 2023.
We encourage everyone who wants solid fundamentals in finance and accounting to take the introductory course, Financial Accounting for Non-Accountants (FAFNA), either as a stand-alone or as part of the full program that includes additional courses. Enrollment consideration will be given to staff with fiscal responsibilities (e.g., Research Administrators, Fund Managers, Financial Analysts, Business Officers, etc). This program is a great way to gain critical skills that will benefit your current and future career path. Visit our site for more information.
PerkinElmer Planned Maintenance
Please note that PerkinElmer’s global ordering and fulfillment systems will be offline for planned maintenance Friday February 24 11:00 AM PST – Monday March 6 3:00 AM PST. Advanced Search orders received after February 24 will be queued until March 6 at 3:00 AM PST when they will be processed and sent to fulfillment. Request form orders will also be held and manually entered into the system by Customer Care starting on March 6. Please order ahead and avoid ordering from February 24 - March 6 if possible.
2023 Annual Refresher Procurement Card Training
UC San Diego and Financial Bulletin BFB-BUS-43 requires mandatory annual refresher Procurement Card training for all cardholders. Active Procurement Card Cardholders will soon receive an email titled “2023 Annual Refresher Procurement Card Training” later this week. Receipt and review of this email fulfills the annual refresher training requirement. All New Procurement Card Cardholders must still complete the Procurement Card Program ECourse initial training via UCLearning. Review of the annual refresher training will not satisfy the initial training requirement for new cardholders. Cardholders are not required to notify the
New PaymentWorks Webinar
Due to overwhelming demand, Integrated Procure to Pay Solutions (IPPS) has opened up a second date for a PaymentWorks Webinar. If you were unable to attend the first session, this is a great opportunity to hear more about our new Payee Management system. The second PaymentWorks webinar will take place Thursday, March 9th at 9am. Please sign up using the registration link here. For updates and a link to the recording, refer to the PaymentWorks Blink page.
Financial Operations Process Improvement: Generate Invoices Job Frequency
Financial Operations is piloting a new launch in Production to improve the frequency in which invoices are created and transferred to Accounts Receivable (AR).
In the spirit of process improvement, the FinOps Team is working to schedule the Generate Invoice/Revenue jobs more frequently. Campus users can and should run the Generate Invoices job on an adhoc basis when needed (see KB0033947 How to run the Generate Invoices job). We are working on increasing the frequency of the automated job, more to come.
- Users may see changes to the frequency of the Generate Invoice/Revenue jobs and how frequently invoices are transferred.
- The changes are grouped in a “suite” and set to run every 4 hours.
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The AR Team will maintain vigilance if there are any reports of job issues/failures.
- Reported issues will be resolved in Production.
Please report any issues to the AR team for review and resolution via Services & Support tickets.
Updated Checklist for Best Practices in Internal Controls
Over the past few months, the checklist for internal controls has been evolving as new reporting is made available to our University community. Please be sure to download the latest version of the checklist from Blink: Best Practices in Internal Controls.
For questions or comments on the checklist, please submit a ticket via Services & Support [About: Financial Accounting, Related to: Internal Controls].
Last Chance: UCPath Voice Survey Closing Soon
Have you completed an online UCPath training course on the UC Learning portal? This is your last chance to share your honest opinion. Your feedback is critical for us to develop a better version of our UCPath training. The survey will close tomorrow, March 1, 2023.
