March 2016

Petty Cash Policy Update and Information Session

March 17, 2016

The Financial Policy Office has published a revised Petty Cash Policy. Key features of the updated policy include:

  • New recommendations on use and balances of Petty Cash accounts
  • Streamlined procedures for opening and closing accounts
  • New, detailed instructions for opening, closing, and making changes to accounts (Appendix A)
  • A new Petty Cash Action Form (Appendix B)
  • A revised Reconciliation and Replenishment Form (Appendix C)

There will be an information session on...

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Upcoming April System Outages for Oracle Financials Systems - FINDINI 4.0.9 Release

March 17, 2016

Release Notes

This April 2016 FINDINI 4.0.9 release will be available to users on Monday April 25, 2016. The key features included in this release are: 

  • Integrating the new Concur Travel and Expense system with the Oracle General Ledger & PeopleSoft. Processes include:
    • Oracle GL COA List Import to Concur T&E application
    • Chart of Accounts Validator modification to dynamically insert valid code combos...
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Paying Reimbursements to Foreign Individuals

March 17, 2016

Beginning at the end of April, there will be a new process available to make Business Expense Reimbursements to Foreign Individuals when setting up a new vendor in Oracle. This new process will streamline the current process and, as long as the requirements are met, will not require a GLACIER account for reimbursements to foreign individuals of University business expenses. This will go live in Oracle with the April 24th FINDINI release.

The detailed instructions for this process are outlined on the Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance website at...

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HarvardKey Keeps Rolling!

March 17, 2016

On March 16th users at the Harvard Business School became eligible to claim a HarvardKey (to replace their HUID/PIN credential). The final two populations not yet on HarvardKey (Harvard Kennedy School and Library Special Borrowers) will be able to claim later this year. Fourteen Central Administration groups and the Harvard Divinity School went through the deadline process in February and are now at 100% claimed. Other schools that were involved in last summer’s security breach will also have a claiming deadline this spring.  An important note for HR professionals, the ‘Onboarding...

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