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Divisions Recordkeeping …..Currently…. Division’s Recordkeeping…. ….The Future ……. Card & Check Transactions. Document Storage & Retrieval. Check Issuance & Deposits. Budget Information. Financial Reporting. Division 3 . Division 2. Division 4. Division 1. Division 5. PEF Headquarters.
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Card & Check Transactions Document Storage & Retrieval Check Issuance & Deposits Budget Information Financial Reporting Division 3 Division 2 Division 4 Division 1 Division 5 PEF Headquarters
How Do We Get There? • PEF’s New Services Provided To Divisions • Banking Changes • Purchase Card Use • Check Issuance • Deposit service • Reconciliation of Divisional Account Balances • Allow Interest To Be Earned on All Idle Funds • Financial Reporting • Web Reports replace the need for Journal Registers • Document Storage & Retrieval
Past: Amalgamated PEF HQ accounts Divisions accounts SEFCU Other PEF accounts Checking Savings Various banks Divisions 2nd Accounts Future: Bank Of America All PEF Headquarters accounts All Divisions accounts Purchase Cards OR Checking+Savings Accounts Banking Changes
Banking Change Goals • Earn Interest • 12/31/06 • $40,000 was in interest bearing accounts • Earning between 1.6% to 1.95% • Future – Using the PEF Purchase Card Program • All Divisions will earn interest (currently approx 4.6%) • Interest will be added to you Purchase Card balance during the year • Note: Divisions who choose to have a checking account cannot earn this higher level of interest. • Local bank accessibility • Eliminates need for 2nd Accounts .
How Does a Purchasing Card Work? 1 Place order Receive goods 2 Supplier Division Cardholder Merchant paid within 2 days of transaction General ledger Request for authorization Payment 4 3 Create entries One consolidated payment to bank Payment Scheduled electronic data Post-purchase, PEF receives a data transmission of transaction detail where default cost allocation is applied electronically and moved via an interface into PEF’s G/L . PEF HQ Accounting BANK OF AMERICA
The New Divisions’ Approval Process Bank of America Web Based Approval Software PEF’s New Web Reporting System Purchase Card System
Online Review and Approval • Easy Web Access • Electronic review and approval • Email notifications
ARC IRD Bank of America Image Exchange Payor Bank PEF Bank How Remote Deposit Service works Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Benefits • Convenience • Faster check deposit processing • Faster access to funds • Faster notification of returned items • Less work for Divisions to do !!!
Information Access - Online Reporting • Goals: • Eliminate the need for the Quarterly Journal Register • Enable Divisions to manage effectively against their budgets • Deliver instant access to up to date information • Allow online access to scanned supporting documentation • Solutions • Purchase Card Dashboard • PEFS Secure Web Based Reporting • www.PEFReports.com .
Online Access To Reports • www.PEFReports.com
Recap of New Services: • Use Purchase Cards • Instead of writing checks • Earn Interest • On unspent monies • PEF deposits checks for you • Through our new Remote Deposit service • PEF does your Financial Reporting • You won’t need to fill out Journal Registers any more • PEF reconciles your Divisional Account Balances • We will do all your account reconciliations for you • PEF issues paper checks for you • PEF handles your document storage • We ensure your compliance with Federal and State record retention requirements .
Rollout Schedule • PEF HQ Bank account changes • May 2007 - completed • Purchase Card Pilot Program • October – December 2007 • Internal Staff • Selected Regional Coordinators • January – March 2008 • Volunteer Divisions • Divisions Conversion to Purchase Cards • April 1 2008 – Open to all Divisions