Events for Finance Division Staff Only - 2019-20
(Fri 9 Aug 2019 - Thu 16 Jul 2020)
August 2019
| Fri 9 |
The Finance Division values the professionalism and commitment of its members and therefore encourages all staff to develop their skills and knowledge. This short session will outline for you the Division’s policy on training and development, as well as highlighting resources from across the University that you can utilise. |
September 2019
| Wed 4 |
An overview of the new CHRIS bases annual leave system that will go live prior to the start of the new leave year. Running on 3 different days at multiple venues. Please choose your session from the menu to book your place. |
| Tue 10 |
An overview of the new CHRIS bases annual leave system that will go live prior to the start of the new leave year. Please note this 10th September event is now at the Old Schools and not at 17 Mill Lane |
| Thu 12 |
An overview of the new CHRIS bases annual leave system that will go live prior to the start of the new leave year. |
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An overview of the new CHRIS bases annual leave system that will go live prior to the start of the new leave year. |
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| Tue 17 |
An opportunity to gain an insight into the work of the Shared Services Finance team and to understand and have an appreciation of the interrelationships with other areas and the demands and challenges faced. |
| Thu 19 |
The Finance Division values the professionalism and commitment of its members and therefore encourages all staff to develop their skills and knowledge. This short session will outline for you the Division’s policy on training and development, as well as highlighting resources from across the University that you can utilise. |
| Thu 26 |
Linda will give us a taster of the popular training course she runs on LEAN – a way of thinking that can help you improve processes by breaking down problems and tackling them in a confident and logical way. We will also learn how this is being applied both within Finance and across the wider University. Whatever your role you will benefit from the insightful advice and activities in this session. |
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An overview of the role of Central and Research Accounting and a taster of the range of the activities that they are involved with. This session is a required pre-requisite for attendance on the detailed walk-through sessions for any of the following topics:
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October 2019
| Thu 10 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Finance Division to spend a day in the Credit Control Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. |
| Fri 11 |
The Finance Division values the professionalism and commitment of its members and therefore encourages all staff to develop their skills and knowledge. This short session will outline for you the Division’s policy on training and development, as well as highlighting resources from across the University that you can utilise. |
| Mon 14 |
The CUFS R12.2 Upgrade Project Initiation Document (PID) has been approved and in this Knowledge Bites talk Jo Hall will share a summary of the plans for the project with us. |
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An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with GHOST to gain an overview of their roles and a greater appreciation of what they do. |
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| Tue 15 |
An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with the Accounting Services Team to gain an overview of their roles and a greater appreciation of what they do. |
| Wed 16 |
An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with the Accounting Services Team to gain an overview of their roles and a greater appreciation of what they do. |
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A demonstration of the different ways in which you can access emails, shared drives, and software on your PC while away from the office. After the session there will be an opportunity to bring your own laptop for some assistance with setting up your remote access. |
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| Tue 22 |
To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Finance Division to spend half a day in the Treasury & Investments Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do. The Treasury & Investments team are ofering two sessions, one on Treasury and one on Investments. Ideally participants should attend this one (Treasury) before attending the Investments session however this is not a pre-requisite. |
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An opportunity to gain an insight into the work of the Financial Systems Group, the day to day work and the major projects managed within this team as well as the relationships with UIS. |
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| Thu 24 |
The impact to departments from a finance perspective. |
| Tue 29 |
The impact to departments from a finance perspective. |
November 2019
| Thu 7 |
This session led by Finance Managers and Advisers will provide attendees with an insight into their roles and how different Schools operate. The session will be equally split between two different School teams:
to reflect the different approaches and demands of different sectors within the University. |
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The Finance Division values the professionalism and commitment of its members and therefore encourages all staff to develop their skills and knowledge. This short session will outline for you the Division’s policy on training and development, as well as highlighting resources from across the University that you can utilise. |
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| Mon 11 |
An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with GHOST to gain an overview of their roles and a greater appreciation of what they do. |
| Tue 12 |
To provide an introduction to the Property Accounting Services team and the activities undertaken in the Section |
| Fri 15 |
An overview of the Finance Business Transformation Programme (FBTP), a large scale initiative which aims to shape and enhance Finance’s processes and tools of the future. Those working in Finance roles and all users of Finance services will be crucial to making the programme a success and, as well as giving you the chance to learn about the FBTP during this session, we would also welcome your views and thoughts. |