Business Matters

Finance must have the correct balance of departments’ petty cash or change funds as of June 30 to finalize FY18 for financial statement purposes.

‘Guest Artist’ is now a choice on the Short Form Services Agreement form (SFSA) under Nature of Services. The category applies to artists bringing their own work to campus to display and/or discuss for a set amount of time.

There are four new tabs in the OBI Grants General dashboard:

As previously communicated, the Ohio Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency in Higher Education, with the Board of Trustees ratification, requires Ohio University to leverage purchases campus-wide through contracted

Some users have been attempting to use the Concur Mobile App to approve Concur reports on their mobile devices. Unfortunately, Cost Object Approval is not supported on the mobile app at this time.

The Budget Office has established the following FY19 Budget submission deadlines:

The Office of Audit, Risk, and Compliance conducts cash counts and discusses account handling across campus to ensure that funds are intact and used as intended and to identify ways to strengthen controls.

The Purchasing Card Refund Form has been updated to include the Grants Module, Project-Task-Award (PTA) deposits for expense reimbursement.

University leaders hosted three Budget Open Forums last week to share information and provide dialogue about the university’s budget decision-making process. The open forums provided an opportunity for all OHIO employees to learn about our budget process and ask questions.