Thank you for participating in the Financial Improvement Transformation forum with Vice President Brown on March 3rd. Your candid feedback helped identify the areas of improvement most important to you. The March Financial Improvement Transformation Forum document details the questions and comments posed during the forum as well as our responses.
Announcements
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
The 2016 Cognos reports are reportedly missing data. The 2017 reports are not affected and we are working with DAIR to correct the issue.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
UNT System is offering a one-time Chart of Accounts training on Monday, April 10th from 2:00-3:30pm in CHEM 352. The training has been revised from last year to better meet the needs of our UNT users and is being offered based on the feedback we received from the Budget Reporting Survey held 02/28 to 03/02. Users will learn the mechanics of the COA, obtain more in-depth training on the individual chartfields, and receive tips for pairing those fields together to form chartstrings. Who should attend? New employees or those wanting to get a firm grasp of the COA.
Course code: UP17AC
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Eagle Express Distributions for Spring 2016-Spring 2017 posted on Friday and were available in COGNOS beginning Monday 02/27! The UNT Budget office in conjunction with the Provost's Office and Student Accounting is developing a faster approach for calculating Eagle Express amounts to ensure future distributions are posted timely.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Merit funding was posted for Staff on 02/20 and for Faculty on 02/24.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
The March “First Fridays with the Budget Office” will be held Friday, March 3rd, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Sage Hall, Room 116.
Join the Budget Office the first Friday of each month for an informational hour open to all. Topics will include helpful hints, frequently asked questions, upcoming changes, schedules, and financial projects. Registration not required.
SPECIAL GUESTS: President Neal Smatresk and Vice President Bob Brown
Monday, February 20, 2017
The first session of Budget Reconciler Tools will be this Friday, February 24th from 9:00am to 11:00am in BLB260. Users will learn best-practices and techniques for reconciling their budgets and managing their funds throughout the fiscal year so as to avoid year-end deficits.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
UNT System in collaboration with the UNT Data, Analytics, & Institutional Research (DAIR) team solicited feedback from end-users across campus to identify reporting enhancements that would improve budget management. Based on user feedback the current Cognos Department Budget Summary Report was enhanced to provide D-Level budget summaries. Additionnally, the "Budget Overview Report" was added which allows users to view their reports by function and by month. Please view the Full Announcement for more information as well as instructions.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
The 2016 Cognos reports have been corrected.
Monday, February 13, 2017
The room location for the open lab has changed to GAB550 for the sessions through April.