Finance and Administration News
New Cost Share Course Available
The Cost Share course provides an overview of the types of cost share, how cost share is tracked and reported, monitoring cost share, and Planning Unit responsibilities for cost share. The Cash Handling & Credit Card Awareness Course has been updated.
OU takes new "greener" approach to fighting pests
Ohio University just got a little greener with a new approach to pest control. On July 1, just in time for back-to-school preparations, the university approved an Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPM) that focuses on minimizing risks to humans and the environment when treating the Athens campus for natural pests, such as invasive insects and weeds.
OHIO Travel highlights for fall semester
As the Fall 2019 semester kicks off, we wanted to share information and resources available for the University travel program that was implemented on April 1, 2019. Since many of the travel arrangements for summer had already been made at that time of implementation, this is simply a refresher for those that may be using the new program for the first time at some point during FY2020.
Workforce and time clock upgrade is complete
As announced via email and in the Workforce and time clock upgrade announcement, an upgrade was scheduled from Wednesday, August 7 through Thursday, August 8. As of this morning, the upgrade has been completed. Users will observe visual changes with no major changes to system functionality.
Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate available online to Alexander School District residents
The Alexander Local School District recently passed an operational levy that will implement a 1 percent school district tax to all its residents. Faculty, staff, and student employees that reside within the district need to complete a new State of Ohio Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate to allow UHR to begin withholdings for this new tax in 2020.
OHIO’s Division of Finance and Administration publishes FY19 Annual Report
Ohio University’s Division of Finance and Administration (VPFA), has released its first Finance and Administration Annual Report. This report covers FY19 and provides department-level transparency into accomplishments, performance metrics, budget and operational data, and future year goals.
Workforce and time clock upgrade scheduled for first week in August
A Workforce system upgrade is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, August 7. After normal payroll processing is complete, Workforce will remain unavailable for the remainder of the day on August 7. Users can expect Workforce to be available on Thursday, August 8. The time clocks used by hourly and student employees will be upgraded in conjunction with the Workforce system enhancements. To implement the upgrade, time clocks will be offline from Sunday, August 4 at 10:00 PM through Monday, August 5 at 4:00 AM.
OBI General Ledger Balances for FY20
During the months of July & August some of your accounts might reflect an incorrect balance. If you had a Beginning Balance loaded into your account for FY19, that FY19 Beginning Balance is currently loaded in your account in FY20. This is not the FY20 Beginning Fund Balance. This fund balance will not be changed to reflect correct FY20 Beginning Fund Balances until the rollforward of balances from FY19 to FY20 happens after we close June on August 9. One of the main areas that you will notice this incorrect balance on is within Foundation accounts that had Beginning Fund Balances in FY19. If you have questions on Foundation accounts please contact Candice Casto, castoc@ohio.edu, for other accounts please contact Kris Sano, sanok@ohio.edu.
Finalizing your Airline Ticket Purchase
When booking in Concur, you must continue through all the screens until you see the “Purchase Ticket” button as shown below: