Finance and Administration News
OHIO employees to track work locations for tax purposes with new Flexwork Tracker tool
UHR has developed a new electronic application that employees will use to record current and future remote and hybrid work arrangements.
Cashnet is now Transact Payments
In 2016 Cashnet was acquired by Transact, the leader in innovative payment solutions for a connected campus. In alignment with Transact’s launch of their “One Transact” brand campaign, Cashnet has been rebranded as Transact Payments. Expect to start seeing more references to Transact Payments as we begin to retire usage of the “Cashnet” name. Transact Payments is the cashiering system used by the Office of the Bursar and regional campus student service offices. It also provides the ePayment solution for students making online payment of tuition and fees and eMarket solutions for university departments...
October 2021 OBI Dashboard Enhancements
On October 19, 2021, the Appointment Information and Costing dashboard was updated to aggregate the hourly pay rows instead of showing a separate row per pay period. The dashboard previously aggregated hourly pay in this manner, but the report inadvertently changed when the FY21 furloughs were reversed.
BobcatBUY User Interface Update: Approvals Folder
On Monday, November 15, 2021 the Approvals folders in BobcatBUY (BCB) will look slightly different. This User Interface (UI) update will apply the same look and feel updates seen throughout BCB. To learn more about the UI update, please review the BobcatBUY Approvals Folder Quick Reference Guide.
Questions? Contact financecustomercare@ohio.edu.
Important Deadlines for the Winter Break Closure
As we wind down the calendar year, it is important to start planning for Thanksgiving and Winter Break Closure (WBC) payments. Please keep in mind the following deadlines:
Payments
If you have invoices that need to be paid before Thanksgiving Break and/or WBC, please ensure when you submit invoices to Accounts Payable that you include the following verbiage in the subject line: “For Payment Processing Before XX” where XX is either Thanksgiving Break or Winter Break Closure. If there are Form Requests that need payments processed before these closures, please submit a ticket to Finance Customer Care with the Form Request number.
Cashnet is now Transact Payments
In 2016 Cashnet was acquired by Transact, the leader in innovative payment solutions for a connected campus. In alignment with Transact’s launch of their “One Transact” brand campaign, Cashnet has been rebranded as Transact Payments. Expect to start seeing more references to Transact Payments as we begin to retire usage of the “Cashnet” name. Transact Payments is the cashiering system used by the Office of the Bursar and regional campus student service offices. It also provides the ePayment solution for students making online payment of tuition and fees and eMarket solutions for University departments.
Sustainability Series in full swing at the Athena Cinema
The Fall Sustainability Series at the Athena Cinema is in full swing and takes place on select Wednesdays. The series remains free to community members and Ohio University students.
Products on Backorder
Purchasing has been in contact with departments across the University regarding an increase in the instances of backordered items or orders not being filled due to vendor out of stock situations. As many of you are aware and may have experienced personally, there is large scale disruption in the world supply chain. Items are out of stock/on backorder for many reasons that are evolving daily, including global shipping bottlenecks, shortages of raw materials or manufacturing components, labor shortages, and manufacturing shutdowns.
Ohio University releases additional details about 2022 voluntary separation or retirement program for Athens campus faculty
As announced last month, Ohio University will offer a voluntary separation or retirement program (VSRP) for eligible Athens campus faculty.