Finance Training course timetable

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

• GL Part 2: Reporting in the General Ledger
• Grants Part 2: Grant reports in Cognos

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

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

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

• GL Part 2: Reporting in the General Ledger
• Grants Part 2: Grant reports in Cognos

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

NOTE This classroom-based course may not go ahead depending on the circumstances at the time. You can join our VIRTUAL course, delivered via Microsoft Teams, at https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/course/HTE+1+and+2

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

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.

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

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This course is currently being offered virtually, see https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/course/CogIntro for details

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

• GL Part 2: Reporting in the General Ledger
• Grants Part 2: Grant reports in Cognos

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

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

This session covers the theory and practice of budgeting in the University, how to interpret department budget reports and understand the causes of overspends (and underspends) against budgets. The course refers closely to Chapter 3 of the Financial Procedures Manual

Note: This session does not cover the detailed budgeting and rules relating to individual research grants.

This course covers the various month-end processes that need to be completed within the iProcurement module.

We are not currently able to offer classroom courses however our suite of online courses remain available

• https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/3087715 for buyers
• https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/3087769 for requisitioners

This course teaches users how to request goods/services required for their role using the UFS iProcurement module.

Booking onto this course can only be done through your department Key contact

Speak to your key contact if you need access to iProcurement in UFS

• They will discuss whether online or classroom course is most appropriate for you
• They will confirm the level of access which you will require
• The course booking request will be made by them via the UFS responsibility access form

Once this request has been submitted by your Key Contact, you should receive an email within 1-2 working days with either:

• your allocated training username and passphrase (for online courses) or
• your joining instructions (classroom courses).

Key Travel is the University’s preferred supplier for travel services 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.

We are not currently able to offer classroom courses however our suite of online courses remain available

• https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/3087715 for buyers
• https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/3087769 for requisitioners

This course teaches users how to request goods/services required for their role using the UFS iProcurement module.

Booking onto this course can only be done through your department Key contact

Speak to your key contact if you need access to iProcurement in UFS

• They will discuss whether online or classroom course is most appropriate for you
• They will confirm the level of access which you will require
• The course booking request will be made by them via the UFS responsibility access form

Once this request has been submitted by your Key Contact, you should receive an email within 1-2 working days with either:

• your allocated training username and passphrase (for online courses) or
• your joining instructions (classroom courses).

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.

NOTE This classroom-based course may not go ahead depending on the circumstances at the time. You can join our VIRTUAL course, delivered via Microsoft Teams, at https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/course/GL+Part+1

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.

This virtual new users course will consist of a number of explanatory videos for each module which will be available before this Q&A webinar session.

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

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.

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

This course will concentrate on how to use the Cognos reporting tool to help manage departmental research grants. These reports can be divided into three main categories:

• Summary financial information for Projects
• Detailed expenditure analysis
• Management reports for Grants due to close

In this course we will not access the Grants module in CUFS.

The course material will be split across 2 webinars on consecutive days

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

This course will concentrate on how to use the Cognos reporting tool to help manage departmental research grants. These reports can be divided into three main categories:

• Summary financial information for Projects
• Detailed expenditure analysis
• Management reports for Grants due to close

In this course we will not access the Grants module in CUFS.

The course material will be split across 2 webinars on consecutive days