Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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Dean/Chair Orientation
  • Financial Management Presentation
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Introduction
  • Define the shared roles and responsibilities of fiscal responsibility.
  • Stress this important fact - Financial management starts with acquisition but ultimately ends only with the disposal of the capital asset or the consumption of the consumable.


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Agenda
  • Your Fiscal Responsibilities
    • Remember the 4 A’s
      • Advance the Mission of the University
      • Authorize the expenditures
      • Appropriateness – Stewards of the taxpayers’ money
      • Account Statements – Your summary review
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Mike’s Overview
  • COMPLIANCE – this year’s theme goal.
  • Specific Areas of Compliance:
    • Federal sponsored projects
    • BOC and University policies and procedures
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Federal sponsored projects compliance
  • We have had two on-site audits by the feds in the last year.
    • A-21 audit
      • Importance of space inventory (FZAROOM form)
      • Preparing for the $25MM federal research threshold
    • Federal property audit
      • Draft policy that needs to be applied

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University Policies and Procedures
  • Purchasing Signature limits
    • Procurement cards
    • Requisitions and bids
  • Property management
    • Acquisition - Tagging – Transfers - Disposal
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Summary
  • As a Financial Manager you are responsible for your account balances.
  • Good financial management extends past the acquisition function all the way through the disposal function.
  • Compliance with the Board of Control Policies, University policies and federal regulations is everyone’s responsibility!


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Where to Get More Information
  • Other training sessions
    • Example – Discoverer, our new reporting tool
  • Accounting Services’ web site
  • Contact your friendly, courteous and helpful Accounting Services staff.