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20 Mar 2015: You will be able to view details of departmental deposits and interest received using the Cognos Reporting tool. The suggested report is the GL: Budget to Actual, using analysing transaction codes: NBAA (Deposit account interest) and SCBA (Monies on

2 Jun 2015: Bribery As defined in the University's Policy against Bribery and Corruption. Certifying Completion of Procurement Services' on-line dispensation form.

20 Mar 2015: Departments should check that by the fourth working day of month end any accounts with monies on deposit are not overdrawn at source of funds level. If overdrawn, departments should take money off deposit to ensure that by the close of business on

20 Mar 2015: An annual Investment management report of the CUEF is produced each year end.. This report presents the results for the year, details of the asset allocation of the fund, commentary on performance and records historic performance. If you would like

20 Mar 2015: Administrators should check that they know the answers to the following: Task Advice/Resources 1. Do I have to produce anything as part of the Planning Round? If so, what and by when? Finance Business Partner or Institution head of finance 2.

6 Aug 2015: Corporation tax is a tax payable by corporate bodies on any profits they make. The University is a corporate body and is therefore in principle subject to corporation tax on any surpluses made. However there are extensive reliefs available to

7 Apr 2015: Accounts Payable (AP) describes the procedure for processing supplier invoices and employee expense claims, and other disbursements processed via the AP module.

20 Mar 2015: The monthly interest calculation is run by the Treasury & Investments team using balances as at the end of working day four of the month-end processing period. No further deposit movements should be processed after this date. Interest earned varies

11 Aug 2015: X5 is the software used to prepare proposal costings in line with fEC requirements. All new proposals must be costed using X5; awards or contracts which include a financial value will not be accepted unless an X5 costing is completed. There are

20 Mar 2015: Twice a year, departments are sent a summary of their unit holdings as at 31 December and 30 June. Alternatively, departments can run the UFS Transaction Code Balances report at any time to obtain this information.

2 Apr 2015: Donations are received and donation accounts are set up on the understanding that the monies are charitable funds which belong to the University, not to an individual . While the Head of Institution may place funds at the disposal of an individual,

23 Nov 2015: Amounts above GBP £10K require additional verification. To ensure payments are processed efficiently and accurately, a copy of the invoice must be sent to the Accounts Payable Payments Administrator as soon as it has been processed.

2 Apr 2015: A specific donation is one in respect of which the donor has specified restrictions or conditions limiting the way in which the funds can be spent.

12 Aug 2015: When a research grant comes to an end the Research Operations Office will perform a number of administrative processes and then close the grant. This may take up to six months, depending on the sponsor and their payment terms.

5 Aug 2015: University credit cards are only available to employees whose contract of employment is issued by the University. Institution Heads are responsible for ensuring that the issue of a card is appropriate. To request a new credit card: • The applicant

7 Apr 2015: Accounts Receivable concerns income generated from sales for services rendered with the following steps being involved. Invoice - Raise sales invoice. Send to Customer - Invoice sent to Customer. Receipts - Income collected and receipted. Debt

20 Mar 2015: This is done by means of a journal in the GL. In a new batch start a journal in the normal way. Key fields are: Period: For deposits the period will be the current period.

4 Sep 2015: Detailed information for research grants is held in the Grants (GMS) module in UFS. Summary information is passed into the General Ledger via a nightly interface. Transactions are summarised by department and by sponsor type.

5 Aug 2015: The search facility enables staff to find current suppliers.

11 Aug 2015: All research projects need to have a contract. Where the University accepts a funding body’s standard terms and conditions eg. a Research Council’s, there is no need for negotiations to take place as such terms are widely accepted.