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Enhance efficiency by utilizing the BO Departmental Reconciler Query. Access crucial financial reports, reconcile statements, and learn error correction methods. Find essential tips and resources to streamline reconciliation processes effectively.
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Business Object’s Departmental Reconciliation By Dalana Moore 2019
AGENDA • Why use the BO Departmental Reconciler Query? • Documents it accesses • Statement of Activity • Voucher Detail Report – SUB, PO, NonPO, PCard • Gross Pay Register • Organization Budget Status – Flint Gen Fund Only • Statement Reconciliation (Hands On Example) • Source Documents • Verification • File Retention • Tips • Errors • Don’t Forget! • Resources
Why use the BO Departmental Reconciler Query? • It combines pertinent information from multiple reports. • It is electronic. • Can be saved, printed, or copied to Excel • It is EASY and SAVES TIME! • Campus Goal: No more hard copy reports from Accounting except the Org Budget Status Report.
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BO Departmental Query Diagram Provides Important Informaton in One Query!
Additional Reports from Query • Payroll Summary Report • Summarizes all salary and fringe benefits by person for the current month • SUB Detail Report • Detail information that was processed through the Service Unit Billing Process for the Current Month. • Examples: Printing and ITCom Charges • FY Summary of Activity • Revenue & Expense Account Group totals Year-to-Date
Statement Reconciliation • Run CMB Flint GF Departmental Reconciler Query for Example • Account End Date – 12/31/2018 • Accounting Period – 6 (December 18) • DeptID#956400 – Fin Services & Budget • Fiscal Year – 2019 • Fund – 10000 – General Fund • Program - % (=all programs) or #12774 - Accounting • Reconcile Sources to Activity • Timesheets to GPR • Name, Appointment Data, Salary Amount, Overtime • Monthly PCard Reconciliation Report • Non PO, PO (if invoices have been received), & SUB • Journal Entries & Cash Receipts • Other • Expense Transfers • Corrections Journals
TIPS • Start reconciliation after month-end close email from FSB Accounting. • Validate “Tick Off” the Activity • TAKE CREDIT FOR YOUR WORK – write on the statements and sign/date when completed. This can be done manually or electronically. • Create a “Cheat Sheet” • For Payroll, create a list all employees and expected monthly salary amounts and update as needed (more often with Professors & Adjuncts). • For PCards, create a list of PCard holders. • For Telephones, create a list of department phone numbers. • Project Grant List, create a list of Project Grants that are associated to your DeptID and Programs • Valid Account List • A list of all valid Revenue & Expense by Fund. This list provides the account title, long description, account group. • You can open the list (Excel) from the web from the FSB website. • https://www.umflint.edu/financialservices/valid-account-list
Errors • Payroll Errors • For all Regular Facility/Staff have to be corrected through HR. HR will create a correction journal. You have 120 days after a yearend close to fix payroll errors (until Oct. 30th). • For Temporary employees, all corrections are done on a journal entry. • Journal Entry, Cash Receipt, PO, PCard, SUB, NonPO Errors should be corrected by a journal entry. • Chartfield Errors • All corrections need to be corrected by a journal entry if the Fund, DeptID, Program, Class, Project-Grant, or Account is wrong.
DON’T FORGET! • To Reconcile all Fund/DeptID(s) and Project/Grants that you are responsible for! • For Flint General Fund: • Fund: 10000 • CMB Flint GF Departmental Reconciler Query • For Flint Non-General Fund: • Funds: 30000,40000,5xxxx,90000,20000,25000,8xxxx • CMB Departmental Reconciler Query • For All Project Grants: • Funds: All Funds • CMB Project/Grant Departmental Reconciler Query
Resources: File Retention • SPG 604.01 http://spg.umich.edu/policy/604.01 • Sponsored Programs / Gifts & Endowment – 7 years • General, Designated and Auxiliary Funds – Current year plus 2 years • Rebilling Units – 7 years • Sales Tax Documentation – 6 years • Unrelated Business Income Tax Documentation – 6 years • Tax Returns – 7 years
Resources: Contacts • Flint Financial Services & Budget https://www.umflint.edu/financialservices • Financial Operations http://www.finance.umich.edu/finops • Procurement http://procurement.umich.edu/ • Flint HR https://www.umflint.edu/hr • ITCom https://its.umich.edu/