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Events for Finance Division Staff Only - 2018-19

Programme of events provided by Finance Training
(Wed 1 Aug 2018 - Tue 23 Jul 2019)

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Tue 15 Jan 2019 – Thu 14 Mar 2019

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January 2019

Tue 15	An introduction to programming in R (For Finance Division Staff only) Finished 13:15 - 16:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room) This course aims to give you a brief introduction to R. During the half day session, we will use a practical based approach to give you the confidence to start using R to improve your work. In particular you will learn how to write your own scripts and use pre-written functions. We will also explore the ways in which you can further your knowledge of R after the course.
Thu 17	Finance Division Knowledge Bites - Migration of Finance Division from MS Outlook to Exchange Online Finished 13:15 - 14:00 Greenwich House, Cairo Room As part of a wider programme of work within UIS to update the University IT infrastructure, a project is underway to move all of UAS from Microsoft Outlook to Microsoft Exchange Online. The Finance Division migration will take place on the evening of Monday 21st January. All staff are encouraged to attend to hear about the preparatory work needed to ensure this change over goes as smoothly as possible. This session supports the wider communications that will start on 2nd January to prepare for this change.
Mon 21	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Finance Training CANCELLED 13:00 - 16:00 An opportunity to find out more about what the Training Team does.
Tue 22	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Accounts Payable & Cashier Finished 09:15 - 12:15 To be confirmed 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 23	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Helpdesk & Cash Management Finished 09:15 - 12:00 To be confirmed An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with the Accounting Services Team to gain an overview of the function of the Helpdesk and the Cash Management function.
Mon 28	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Central & Research Accounting: Introduction Finished 14:00 - 14:45 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room 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: Fixed Assets Lynxvale Limited Property Accounting Fee collection Trust Funds Research Accounting

February 2019

Mon 4	Finance Division Inductions - Greenwich House CANCELLED 10:00 - 11:00 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room This welcome session is for staff based in Greenwich House, will introduce you to the practicalities working in the building and the resources available to you.
Tue 5	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Central & Research Accounting: one-to-ones (Research Accounting) Finished 11:00 - 12:00 To be confirmed This session will walk the participant through in detail the activities involved with their chosen topic and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss any associations with their own role. Following your provisional booking you will be asked which of the following topics you would like the session to concentrate on: Fixed Assets Lynxvale Limited Property Accounting Fees Trust Funds Research Accounting
Thu 7	Finance Division Knowledge Bites - Student Fees - The Finance Perspective Finished 13:15 - 14:00 Greenwich House, Cairo Room How we collect £200m per year
	Finance Division Inductions - Training & Development Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room 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.
Fri 8	Finance Division Inductions - Greenwich House Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room This welcome session is for staff based in Greenwich House, will introduce you to the practicalities working in the building and the resources available to you.
Tue 12	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Property Accounting Services (PAS) CANCELLED 09:30 - 12:30 To provide an introduction to the Property Accounting Services team and the activities undertaken in the Section
	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Financial Systems Group (FSG) CANCELLED 10:00 - 12:00 To be confirmed To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Finance Division to spend some time with the Financial Systems Group to get an overview and appreciation of what they do.
	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Greenwich House Operational Support Team (GHOST) CANCELLED 14:00 - 15:00 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.
Fri 15	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Central & Research Accounting: one-to-ones CANCELLED 10:00 - 11:00 To be confirmed This session will walk the participant through in detail the activities involved with their chosen topic and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss any associations with their own role. Following your provisional booking you will be asked which of the following topics you would like the session to concentrate on: Fixed Assets Lynxvale Limited Property Accounting Fees Trust Funds Research Accounting
Mon 18	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Accounts Payable & Cashier CANCELLED 09:15 - 12:15 To be confirmed 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 20	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Helpdesk & Cash Management Finished 09:15 - 12:00 To be confirmed An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with the Accounting Services Team to gain an overview of the function of the Helpdesk and the Cash Management function.
Mon 25	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Tax CANCELLED 11:00 - 12:00 Greenwich House, Cairo Room An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to gain an overview of the Tax Team and a greater appreciation of what they do.
Wed 27	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Central & Research Accounting: one-to-ones CANCELLED 14:00 - 15:00 To be confirmed This session will walk the participant through in detail the activities involved with their chosen topic and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss any associations with their own role. Following your provisional booking you will be asked which of the following topics you would like the session to concentrate on: Fixed Assets Lynxvale Limited Property Accounting Fees Trust Funds Research Accounting

March 2019

Mon 4	Finance Division Inductions - Greenwich House CANCELLED 10:00 - 11:00 Greenwich House, Jaffna Room This welcome session is for staff based in Greenwich House, will introduce you to the practicalities working in the building and the resources available to you.
Fri 8	Finance Division Inductions - Training & Development CANCELLED 15:00 - 16:00 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room 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 11	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Assistant Director, Financial Operations Finished 11:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House, Cairo Room An opportunity to find out more about what our Assistant Director, Head of Financial Operations gets involved with.
	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Central & Research Accounting: one-to-ones CANCELLED 14:00 - 15:00 To be confirmed This session will walk the participant through in detail the activities involved with their chosen topic and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss any associations with their own role. Following your provisional booking you will be asked which of the following topics you would like the session to concentrate on: Fixed Assets Lynxvale Limited Property Accounting Fees Trust Funds Research Accounting
Wed 13	Welcome to Key Travel webinar Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Key Travel is the University’s travel management company and has recently linked up with Booking.com. This webinar is a great opportunity to find out more about how Key Travel can support you with your travel booking needs, how you can get the best out of their Online Booking Tool and the savings you could achieve.
Thu 14	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Greenwich House Operational Support Team (GHOST) Finished 10:00 - 11:00 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.