To all Banner Finance Users,
In support of the Year-End effort, the processing of journals, IDC’s and manual encumbrances (Banner forms FGAJVCQ, FGAJVCD and FGAENCB) will not be accessible from Friday, May 7th, 9:00 AM until Monday, May 10th, 9:00 AM. We apologize for the inconvenience.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Finance Helpdesk at 514-398-3463.
Thank you.
[Message sent out over the FIS listserv]
Good morning,
Following the notification sent on Friday regarding the DWH not refreshing, please note that the issue is resolved and all data was successfully refreshed. All data in your reports should now be in sync.
Thank you for your patience.
Best,
This message is sent on behalf of Lara Pereira, Controller, Financial Services
Good morning,
Please note that the DWH did not refresh last night at 10 pm as normal. As a consequence, any reports being run will not capture yesterday’s activity.
We are working to secure confirmation that the update will occur tonight and the issue will be resolved.
In the meantime, as you are processing any transactions today, please consider that the balances you are viewing in reports reflect data as of April 28, 2021.
To all Finance Users,
Tomorrow is the first day of Fiscal Year 22 (May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022). For your reference, attached are the FY22 Month End Deadlines for submitting financial transactions in Banner (including Finance Accounts Receivable and Feed File submissions).
These deadlines are posted on the Financial Services website.
Need HELP?
This is email is sent on behalf of Julie Ghayad, Director Systems and Transaction Services
Hello,
Effective Thursday, April 15th, the Payroll Adjustments Approval History Minerva Menu will be available to view/track the approval status of Payroll Adjustments. In addition, the central fund 199999 will no longer display nor can be charged when processing Payroll Adjustments.
Need Help?
To all Finance users,
The month of March 2021 is closed. You may pick up your Minerva Financial Statements by logging into Minerva via https://horizon.mcgill.ca/minerva.
This link will bring you directly to the Finance (Fund) Administration Menu >> Financial Statements menu option.
For questions or assistance, you may contact the Finance Helpdesk at 514-398-3463 or via email at fishelp.acct [at] mcgill.ca.
This message is sent out on behalf Lara Pereira, Controller, Financial Services
***YEAR END FUND AND ORG TYPE CHANGES***
Dear Colleagues,
In anticipation of our year-end procedures and to ensure an efficient closing process, please refrain from processing the following changes effective April 30th until June 7th, 2021:
This message is sent on behalf of Lara Pereira, Controller, Financial Services
In order to expedite the processing of New Fund Requests, effective Thursday April 1, 2021, all Non-Research (Unrestricted, Non-research restricted and Endowment) New Fund Requests must be sent via email to fundopening.finserv [at] mcgill.ca in the following format:
This message is sent on behalf of Cristiane Tinmouth, Associate Vice-Principal, Financial Services and Lara Pereira, Controller, Financial Services
Dear Colleagues,
Please see attached for the year-end memo to help orient your preparations for the close of Fiscal 2021. The memo is also available on the Financial Services website at the following link:
This email is sent on behalf of Julie Ghayad, Director Systems and Transaction Services
Hello,
Effective Thursday, March 11th, Fund Financial Managers (FFMs) will be able to delegate their approval authority for Past Payroll Adjustments (PAs).
Which Funds can be Delegated?
- ALL unrestricted, non-research restricted funds and endowment funds.
- Research Grants and Contracts: ONLY Canada Research Chairs (CRC) main funds.
How to Delegate?
Please forward this within your unit to all affected staff
This new process will trigger for any invoice processed after 4PM this afternoon
This message is sent on behalf of François Pouliot, Director of Procurement Services & Julie Ghayad, Director Systems & Transaction Services:
To all Finance users,
The month of February 2021 is closed. You may pick up your Minerva Financial Statements by logging into Minerva via https://horizon.mcgill.ca/minerva.
This link will bring you directly to the Finance (Fund) Administration Menu >> Financial Statements menu option.
For questions or assistance, you may contact the Finance Helpdesk at 514-398-3463 or via email at fishelp.acct [at] mcgill.ca.
This message is sent on behalf of Procurement Services
Please be advised of the following additions/changes to the procedure regarding the acquisition of Procedural Masks relating to both Research and other on-campus activities
Personal Protection Equipment for Research
This message is sent on behalf of Maria Anania, Supervisor Finance Accounts Receivable, Tonia Sciannamblo, Associate Director Transaction Services and Julie Ghayad, Director Systems and Transaction Services.
Dear Colleagues,
Following recommendations made by the Finance AR Process Improvement Committee and upon consultation with various Finance AR Stakeholders, we are pleased to inform you of our new streamlined processes and forms that take effect Monday, March 1st, 2021.
What is New?
Please forward this within your unit to all affected staff
This message is sent on behalf of François Pouliot, Director of Procurement Services & Julie Ghayad, Director Systems & Transaction Services: