Finance and Administration News

Concur Mobile Authentication Update Coming December 2020

The SAP Concur mobile app is a simple, secure tool that lets you manage your expenses and travel right from your smartphone.  By using this app, you can book and manage itineraries, capture and track mileage, record receipts, and create, submit, and approve expense reports.  The app is available for download in your phone’s app store.  To learn more about the mobile app and training on how to use it, log into Concur and select the Help drop-down at the top right of the screen.  Select Training from the dropdown menu.  Scroll down the page until you see your phone type and click the link to launch the training.

Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Revision Feedback Requested

Ohio University has launched online public forums to elicit feedback for revisions drafted for its 2021 Sustainability & Climate Action Plan.

Journal Entry Tool (JET)

As a reminder, the JET webpage is a great resource for all things JET, including guidelines for selecting journal categories and writing journal short descriptions, journal header long descriptions and line descriptions. The JET webpage is located on the Finance website (Finance website -> General Accounting (in the left navigation pane) -> Journal Entry Tool (JET) ) , as well as the JET User Guide and the JET Quick Reference Guides on the Finance Training page.

Questions?  Contact Kris Sano at sanok@ohio.edu

Important Reminders for Winter Break Closure

As we communicated in the October and November Business Matters newsletters, it is important for you to plan for Winter Break Closure (WBC) now.  Since the University will have a modified operating schedule during this period of time (as a result of the mandatory furlough days), please keep in mind the following information regarding payments, purchasing and contracts, supplier entry, grants, Bursar’s office, and finance customer care:

Climate & Sustainability Ambassadors

Ohio University’s Climate and Sustainability Ambassadors, a program launched in March 2019, aim to improve climate literacy among students on and off campus.

Breakout rooms and other new features come to Microsoft Teams

While Teams breakout rooms have been available to preview for testing, they are now available in general release with additional features. 

Ohio University website ranks in top 10 for digital accessibility

Ohio University’s website was recently ranked seventh in digital accessibility for university websites from across the country.

Spring Planning Information for Faculty and Staff

As we near the end of the fall semester, we are providing some details about what to expect as we move toward the spring.

Supplier/Payee Information Form

Finance has seen an uptick in the number of new/updated supplier paperwork (Supplier/Payee Information Form or SPIF and the W-9) needing to be returned to due to incomplete information. 

Upcoming Purchasing Dashboard Enhancements

OIT has moved our Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) purchasing data to a data warehouse which allows us greater flexibility in creating more robust reports.  As a result of this change, we are in the process of making enhancements to our PO Summary and Payments dashboards.