Accounting 101 and Finance Overview
This course is intended for new employees and current employees who are assuming new finance responsibilities. It describes the structure of UBC Finance, offers key contact information and introduces employees to the basics of UBC accounting.
Topics covered will include the roles of Payroll, Accounts Payable, Research and Trust Accounting, basic accounting practices, UBC account structure, and fund accounting.
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: Fipke Centre, room FIP140
To register: email financetraining.ubco@ubc.ca with participants’ name, telephone number and department or unit name.
Smart Forms training
Smart Forms are web-based requisition forms that replace paper-based requisition forms (Q-Requisitions and Travel Requisitions). This course will assist those employees whose departments are interested in understanding:
- the policies and procedures used when paying for goods and services using requisition forms
- how to complete web-based Q-Reqs, Travel Reqs and Honorariums accurately and how to edit and print completed requisitions
- How to use selected features in FMS nQuery such as searching for Vendor IDs, SpeedCharts and PG’s and viewing paid requisitions.
This session is limited to 12 participants.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 23
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: Fipke Centre, room FIP133
To register: email financetraining.ubco@ubc.ca with participants’ name, telephone number and department or unit name.
Understanding financial risks and internal controls
Finance is offering two seminars on identifying financial risks and developing compensating internal controls on February 23 and 24.
It will provide the tools necessary to manage financial risks of the unit and also support the 2011-2012 Financial Statement Certification Program. The workshop is designed in a case study format and is very interactive.
This session will be of interest to all unit heads, administrators and financial officers.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 23
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
Location: Arts building, room ART104
Date: Friday, Feb. 24
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: Arts building, room ART104
To register for this seminar or find out more, email financetraining.ubco@ubc.ca. Please include name, telephone number, department, course name, date and time.
Navigating FMS nQuery
This course is intended for anyone on campus that has access to FMS nQuery. It provides participants with an overview of the FMS nQuery menu items and program features. An on-screen demonstration will highlight key options available and how to use them.
The topics covered will include how to navigate this read-only system for various purposes: voucher inquiries, payments, vendor searches, purchase orders, ledger summaries and various payroll functions.
Participants are recommended to attend the Accounting 101 and Finance Overview workshop in advance of attending this session.
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 28
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Location: Administration building, room ADM013
To register: email financetraining.ubco@ubc.ca with participants’ name, telephone number and department or unit name.
