Finance

WSU collaborates with Deloitte on grants forecasting tool

Modernization is excited to announce a new project in collaboration with Deloitte to develop a grants forecasting tool using Adaptive Planning. The project is underway with the intent to provide a standard tool for Grant Managers and PIs across the WSU system to use in order to project future expenses and remaining balances on their […]

University Accounting will be closing FY23 on Friday, July 28

University Accounting will be closing FY23 on Friday, July 28.  Starting at 3:30pm we will roll the fiscal year forward to FY24 beginning balances. You may experience slower transaction processing times in Workday while the roll forward completes. You will have new beginning balances for FY24 on Monday morning, July 31. Have a question about […]

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New Workday Concepts guide for Procurement

We’re excited to launch the first guide in our series of Workday Concepts guides for Finance. The new Procurement Workday Concepts guide provides an overview of the Procurement processes in the Workday system, and shares links to relevant Reference Guides and Procurement related security roles. Workday Concepts guides aim to provide greater visibility into process […]

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Issue: Error When Uploading Documents to Workday

Known Issue: Workday is aware of an issue where users are unable to upload an attachment to a number of processes including job applications, I-9s, and Supplier Invoices. Time to resolution: Unknown. Details: Workday is aware of an issue where external candidates are unable to upload an attachment/resume during their job application on an external […]

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Fiscal year end procurement roll forward process for procurement documents

When running the Fiscal Year End Procurement Roll Forward process for Procurement Documents, including Spend Authorizations, Modernization is aware of an issue where a number of obligations and commitments either roll forward into the new fiscal year when they shouldn’t, or do not roll forward when they should. The Finance team can identify these instances […]

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July training materials update

Recent changes include new guides for Grants, Spend Authorizations, Time and Absence, process changes to PAP, Salary Over the Cap functionality, and usability updates. Here are the new and updated training materials and resources for July: General Tools and Navigation Workday Glossary Finance Assign Costing Allocation How to Reopen a Closed Spend Authorization Create Payroll […]

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Salary Over the Cap functionality now live

As of July 1, 2023, Salary Over the Cap functionality is live in Workday for the FY24 fiscal year. Cost Center Managers and Grant Managers are highly encouraged to review the Salary Over the Cap training, which can be accessed on demand here. This training covers how to enter and update Costing Allocations for employees […]

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Sponsored Programs Services saves time with new automated email invoice integration

Sponsored Programs Services (SPS) and Modernization are working together to improve invoicing processes for grants. On June 14, we launched a new integration that automatically generates emails with attached invoices to eligible sponsors, greatly reducing administrative burden for SPS staff. This new integration aims to address a cumbersome, time-consuming process requiring SPS staff to manually […]

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