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Achieving Efficiencies in GAAP Preparation at CSU East Bay. Sherry Pickering Director, Fiscal Services. Campus information. Main Campus located in the Hayward hills Satellite Locations: Concord & Oakland Fall 20103 enrollment 13,851 Four colleges 50 Baccalaureate degrees/62 m inors
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Achieving Efficiencies in GAAP Preparation at CSU East Bay Sherry Pickering Director, Fiscal Services
Campus information • Main Campus located in the Hayward hills • Satellite Locations: Concord & Oakland • Fall 20103 enrollment 13,851 • Four colleges • 50 Baccalaureate degrees/62 minors • 39 Credentials and certificates • 35 Master’s degrees • Ed.D. in Educational Leadership • Three Auxiliary Organizations
Staff structure At East Bay, staff duties include both legal accounting and GAAP reporting tasks.
Improvements to GAAP • Add missing deadlines to Legal and GAAP schedules • Engage other departments • Prep request for the schedules and inventory requests • Implement process improvements
Achieving Efficiencies in GAAP Preparation at San Diego State University Chris Bronsdon University Controller
Campus Information • Main Campus – San Diego • Satellite Campus: Imperial Valley (Brawley and Calexico) • FY 13/14 Enrollment – 34,887 (excludes Extended Studies) • Eight Colleges • 190 Degree Programs (including 22 Doctoral Programs) • 8,037 Degrees Granted – FY 12/13 • Employees Headcount (as of May 2013) – 5,813 • Instructional Faculty – 1,507 • Staff – 1,609 • Grad. Assistants and Teaching Assoc. – 1,191 • Student Assistants • Four Auxiliary Organizations
GAAP – The Year-Round Process • Focus On Tasks Which Can Be Performed Throughout the Year • Leases • Quarterly Meeting - Contract and Procurement Management • Update Lease PBC’s • Analyze Leases as Capital or Operating • Tuition and Fee Reasonableness Test • Input Data for Summer and Fall 2013 Now (Spring 2014 May Even Be Ready) • Update PBC’s and Have Them Ready to Input FY 13/14 Data • Reverse FY 12/13 GAAP JE’s Now • Consolidate to the GAAP Ledger Throughout the Year
GAAP – The Year-Round Process • Meet with Aux. Org. Management Regularly • Discuss Significant Related Party Transactions • Ensure A/R’s and A/P’s Are Reconciled Routinely • Attend Audit Committee Meetings • Focus on Non-Routine Transactions • Correspond Regularly and Educate Contracts and Procurement Management About GAAP Issues • Research GAAP Issues • Engage Chancellor’s Office as Necessary (CP and SRB/Aux. Org.) • Consider Hiring a Student Intern • Routine/Repetitive Tasks
Achieving Efficiencies in GAAP Preparation at Systemwide Sheralin Klinthong Associate Director, Financial Reporting and Review
Systemwide Initiatives • Master timeline – due dates/deliverables • SharePoint – centralized PBC repository site • GAAP manual / trainings • Centralized approach for implementation of new GASB standard(s) • Weekly GAAP conference calls • Annual feedback process • SFSR team – available to assist on GAAP related issues/questions ; liaison to external auditors