Latest Accounts Payable News

New ePR Request Type for: Scholarship/Fellowship/Traineeship

Posted June 26, 2018 in Accounts Payable, P2P and tagged , , .

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Scholarship / Fellowship / Traineeship payment type in ePR! This will allow both single payments and scheduled monthly payments for grant funded traineeships and department funded scholarships and fellowships. Because additional … Continue reading →

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Exciting New eJournal Changes

Posted June 21, 2018 in Financial Reporting and Accounting, Financial Services and tagged , .

The eJournal application has been enhanced with some exciting new features. Three new options have been added: Change Journal ID – the Journal ID can now be changed First, create a new Journal and save the Journal You can also … Continue reading →

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Important Update: Use of University Funds

Posted June 18, 2018 in Financial Services, P2P.

On June 15, 2018, Associate Vice President of Financial & Business Services, Jeffrey West, issued a memo regarding an update on the use of University funds. The memo addresses questions related to institutional funds, development monies, clinical income, and the … Continue reading →

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Attention PIs: Evidence of Review Update – New Column for High Risk Transactions

Posted June 8, 2018 in Financial Services.

Evidence of Review (EOR) has a new column for Federally funded cost reimbursable Projects ending within 60 days. PIs: We remind each PI that transactions spent very close to the end date of a project may be subject to additional review and … Continue reading →

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Q3 FY 2018 UMV for Endowment Projections

Posted May 31, 2018 in Endowment & Investment Accounting, Financial Reporting and Accounting.

The ending quarter endowment pool unit market value (UMV) for March 31, 2018, is $227.18 per unit. This information is necessary for Method 2 of projecting endowment income and is provided quarterly through FS News. All other factors in the … Continue reading →

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Save The Date: Purchasing Department Vendor Fair – May 17

Posted May 10, 2018 in Financial Services, P2P, Procurement and Supply Management, Stores, UShop.

University of Utah Purchasing Department Vendor Fair Thursday, May 17, 2018 – 9:00 am to 11:30 am Union Building Ballroom 200 S Central Campus Dr. Entrance is free. This will be a great opportunity to meet with local Small Businesses, along with … Continue reading →

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2018 Procurement Updates: Live Presentation Registration

Posted April 3, 2018 in Financial Services.

Please join the Purchasing department for a session discussing several topics including: Utah Procurement Code and review UShop eProcurement system PCard program revisions Contract management and TCM highlights Conflict of Interest overview Year-end procurement processes May 2018 campus vendor fair … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Training Now In ePAR

Posted March 27, 2018 in Financial Services, FS Training.

Effective immediately, anyone who certifies a Personal Activity Report (PAR) in ePAR will begin seeing a brief PAR training pop-up when entering the ePAR system. This training takes less than two (2) minutes to complete and replaces the online and … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon: VISA Brand Purchasing Card

Posted March 14, 2018 in Financial Services, Purchasing Card.

JP Morgan will soon provide each University cardholder with a new VISA PCard to replace their existing MasterCard PCard.  The new PCards are expected to be sent directly to the cardholder the week of March 26, 2018.  Cardholders must be … Continue reading →

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GFA: Improvements are here!

Posted March 1, 2018 in Financial Services and tagged .

Granting Financial Authority (GFA) is a tool that replaced paper signature cards several years ago.  This tool has also assisted us  in transitioning from paper-based processes to electronic systems such as ePR and UShop. Our users have shared ideas for … Continue reading →

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