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Project Start:
Project Finish:
Tue 11/30/04
Fri 12/30/05


2005 Top Priorities


FY 2005 Top Priorities and Accomplishments
 
Current Top Tier Priorities
 
MS-Project to a server: Complete review of the 'smorgasbord' of departmental Priorities and Goals
Accounting Service Directors and Managers
Personnel issues: Shared Expectations and Goals
Accounting Service Directors and Managers
Personnel Evaluations
Accounting Service Directors and Managers
GASB 45 Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Computation and Funding
Controller,Benefits Office,CFO,Aon,Budget Office,DCAA
Complete 2005 University wide capital equipment survey
Plant Fund Accountant,Office and Account Assistant
Create a Space Inventory system for the A-21 space survey process and other Univesity space reporting needs
Controller,Facilities Management,Data Analyst,Office and Account Assistant,Institutional Analysis,Telcom
DS2/CAS report
CFO,Dir Research Acctg,Dir Gen/Aux Accounting,Human Resources
Gramm Leach Bliley Act Compliance
Controller,CFO,Dir Stu Bus Srvcs,Plant Fund Accountant
Paper Record Retention compliance
CFO,VP-Govtl Relations,Controller,Internal Audit,Director of Financial Aid,Library,Plant Fund Accountant
  
Current Secondary Tier Priorities
 
Goal: reduce audit field work time because of the number of electronic files prepared for the audit
Controller,Steve Peacock,Mgr-Acctg Info Systems
Strengthen P-Card compliance
Purchasing,Accounts Payable,Internal Audit,P-card users,Office and Account Assistant,Dir Gen/Aux Accounting,Dir Research Acctg
  
What's on the Horizon?
 
1098T on the web
Tax Accountant,Dir Stu Bus Srvcs
Address USE CHARGE issues
Dir Research Acctg,Dir Gen/Aux Accounting
CRIS "internal" work and CRIS file conversion for base year A-21 report
Controller,Office and Account Assistant,Dir Research Acctg,Mgr Acctg Info Systems
Review MTU Student Payment Plan
CFO,Dir Stu Bus Srvcs
  
FY 2005 Recent Accomplishments
 
Top Tier Accomplished Priorities
 
Direct deposit of Student Refunds + A/P items: Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care), Fellowships, Travel, etc.
Mgr Acctg Info Systems,Analyst/Programmer,Dir Gen/Aux Accounting,Dir Stu Bus Srvcs
Departmental Workload: attrition, affinity, efficacy, and reorganization
Accounting Service Directors and Managers
Create Oracle Space Inventory tables (in conjunction with Banner) for easy accessibility by University community
Controller,Analyst/Programmer,Data Analyst,Office and Account Assistant,Institutional Analysis
Report Bursting: Email distribution of financial reports to department coordinators and financial managers
Data Analyst,Mgr Acctg Info Systems,ACS
TouchNet implementation
Dir Stu Bus Srvcs,Administrative Computing Services,Mgr Billing/Cashiers
Oracle/Discoverer reports conversion
Mgr Acctg Info Systems,Data Analyst
Training (accounting, software, space, tax): One of the few MTU departments that offers any kind of training to the campus community
Mgr Acctg Info Systems,Dir Gen/Aux Accounting,Dir Research Acctg,Controller,Data Analyst,Institutional Analysis,Tax Accountant
2nd Tier Accomplished Priorities
 
Audited financial statements: Significant changes to both format and substance (GASB 39).
Controller,Data Analyst
Drafted MTU E-Commerce plan
Controller
New and improved departmental web site
Data Analyst,Mgr Acctg Info Systems,Student-AIS
Student bills' credits can be used at the Bookstore
Dir Stu Bus Srvcs
Technology replaces clerical activity
 
W9 Exception reporting
Mgr Acctg Info Systems,Analyst/Programmer,Tax Accountant,Purchasing,Accounts Payable
Fixed Asset extraction ==> Tagging process completely revamped
Mgr Acctg Info Systems,Plant Fund Accountant,Analyst/Programmer
Non-Resident Alien data (Forms 1042S,8233,W9) to Banner HR
Tax Accountant,Human Resources-Payroll,Analyst/Programmer






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