Finance Training course timetable

The year end seminars this year will be run on a school basis. There will be a short presentation from the Finance Division team and then a session for school specific questions relating to the year end process. Questions and topics for discussion can be submitted in advance via your School Finance manager

The session will be followed by the accounts forum

COGNOS is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This master class is designed to get existing CUFS users going with the reporting tool. It covers everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: What it does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Less experienced users of the Grants and/or General Ledger modules in CUFS are recommended to attend instead one of the following courses:

• Grants Part 2 COGNOS Reporting
• General Ledger Reporting

These two courses not only cover the mechanics of running the reports but also more advice on how to interpret and use the information as well as discussion about when to use which report.

This course builds on the knowledge gained in AP Part 1. The delegates will learn how to match invoices to purchase orders, add in freight charges and process invoices from other departments. The course also covers international payments including accounting for VAT and foreign currencies. Delegates will also learn more about month end procedures and AP Reports.

The year end seminars this year will be run on a school basis. There will be a short presentation from the Finance Division team and then a session for school specific questions relating to the year end process. Questions and topics for discussion can be submitted in advance via your School Finance manager

The session will be followed by the accounts forum

Due to the decommissioning of the Discoverer reporting tool, a number of Cognos reports have either been adapted or specially written to bridge the gap. This course is aimed at users who would like to update their Cognos skills. The functionality of Cognos will be covered, rather than report output. However, differences between Discoverer and the new Cognos reports will be highlighted.

This session will cover year end processes in more detail than the road shows and will include:

• Outline of the year end timetable to be followed
• Specific procedures and tasks for each module
• Guidance on journals especially accruals, prepayments and transfer codes
• Making better use of the COGNOS reporting tool
• Exploring areas that often cause problems
• Practical advice on how to prioritise during key periods

This session will cover year end processes in more detail than the road shows and will include:

• Outline of the year end timetable to be followed
• Specific procedures and tasks for each module
• Guidance on journals especially accruals, prepayments and transfer codes
• Making better use of the COGNOS reporting tool
• Exploring areas that often cause problems
• Practical advice on how to prioritise during key periods

This course provides an overview of the Grants module in CUFS. The course will cover how you can view your projects and awards, check budgets, perform on-line queries and run some CUFS reports.

The year end seminars this year will be run on a school basis. There will be a short presentation from the Finance Division team and then a session for school specific questions relating to the year end process. Questions and topics for discussion can be submitted in advance via your School Finance manager

The session will be followed by the accounts forum

This event is for accounts staff from the UAS and non-schools institutions.

There will be a short presentation from the Finance Division team and then a session for institution specific questions relating to the year end process. Questions and topics for discussion can be submitted in advance via your School Finance manager

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To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin 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 offering two sessions, one on Treasury and one on Investments. Ideally the Treasury session should be attended before this one (Investments) however this is not a pre-requisite.

This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals.

To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Fin Ops to spend a day in the Central and Research Accounting Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do including Fixed Assets, Fee Collection, Property Accounting, Trust Funds and Research Accounting.

This course offers a basic introduction to Cognos Query Studio

This course covers the day to day and month end transactions that need to be completed using a variety of tools in CUFS.

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This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds.

You are invited to bring with you any reference documents that you may have detailing your own departmental codes.

To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Finance Division to spend half a day in the Financial Reporting Team to get an overview and appreciation of what they do.

This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds.

You are invited to bring with you any reference documents that you may have detailing your own departmental codes.

Due to the decommissioning of the Discoverer reporting tool, a number of Cognos reports have either been adapted or specially written to bridge the gap. This course is aimed at users who would like to update their Cognos skills. The functionality of Cognos will be covered, rather than report output. However, differences between Discoverer and the new Cognos reports will be highlighted.

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