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2022
May
Monday 16th - 914
- APEX: Use of Vulnerable Period- Thursday 19th May
- CUFS unavailable from 1pm on Friday 20th May until 8am on Monday 23rd May
- Jubilee Bank Holiday BACS run schedule
- Key Contacts - Users Responsibility Audit
- Year End presentation Monday 13 June 2022
- Cognos Grants Reports - amended report
- Deposit Account – Interest Payment & Emailed Enforced Movement Letters
- Forthcoming courses (via Teams)
Monday 9th - 913
- CUFS unavailable from 1pm on Friday 20th May until 8am on Monday 23rd May
- Accounts Receivable SK Closure
- Cognos: My content folders
- Year End presentation Monday 13 June 2022
- Expenses & Benefits, Financial Procedures Manual 5B must be followed from 1st June
- Forthcoming courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 2nd - 912
- Increase to Helium Surcharge, from May 1st 2022
- Financial Users Group (FUG) - Recording from Wednesday 27th April
- Year End presentation Monday 13 June 2022
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- Quick Tip: Cognos Grants Reporting date selection
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
April
Monday 25th 911
- Financial Users Group (FUG) - Wednesday 27th April
- Concur Expenses System: Downtime 28th April
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
Monday 18th 910
- Concur Expense Claims: Change to Miscellaneous Expense Type
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 11th 909
- Concur Expenses Management System
-
Bank Holiday Reminders
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 4th 908
- Director of Finance David Hughes updates the Finance Division
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
March
Monday 28th 907
Monday 21st - 906
- BOC temporary dry ice allocation
- Plastic Packaging Tax
- fEC Rates
- Financial Users Group Friday 18th March
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 14th - 905
- Russia, Crimea and Belarus trade sanctions: imports and exports of goods and technology
- New Medical Exemption Certificate
- Financial Users Group Friday 18th March
- Trust Fund Statements – February-2022
- Deposit Account – Interest Payment & Emailed Enforced Movement Letters
- Concur users – check the ‘Purpose’ field of each expense/spend line
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 7th - 904
February
Monday 28th 903
- Financial sanctions with Russia
- New Medical Exemption Certificate
- BOC Helium Surcharge
- UPS IPO form updated
- Cognos Access through Raven
- Cognos AP: Dashboard
- Finance Transformation Programme (FTP)
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
Monday 21st 902
Monday 14th 901
Monday 7th 900
January
Monday 31st 899
Monday 24th 898
- Accounts Receivable – Matching Credits to Invoices
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- R12.2 Issues and procedures
Monday 17th 897
2021
December
Monday 20th 894
- Monthly update - Director of Finance David Hughes
- IMPORTANT: No CUFS access from 12pm on Friday 24th December to 8am on Tuesday 4th January.
- Emergency Procurement Procedures
- Payroll deadlines
- Cognos Grants Reports – Reports for Retirement
- Forthcoming Training courses (via Teams)
- R12.2 Update on issues and procedures
- Reminder: End of Year Payment Runs 2021
Monday 13th 893
-
Brexit:
Monday 6th 892
-
R12.2 Update on issues and procedures
- Training - R12.2 Guidance & FAQs
- Forthcoming course (via Teams)
- Monthly accounting time table
November
Monday 29th 891
- Monthly update - Director of Finance David Hughes
- R12.2 System Upgrade - Workarounds in iProcurement
- eInvoice process on hold
- Financial Users Group - Wednesday 1st December
- Imported deliveries to the Biomedical Campus at Cambridge University Hospitals
- Key Contacts: UFS Responsibility by Department Audit November 2021
- Key Travel - No online booking fees until the end of the year
- Procurement is consolidating its mailboxes from 1 December
- Cognos - Firewall rejection messages
- Training - R12.2 Upgrade
- Forthcoming course (via Teams)
Monday 22nd 890
- R12.2 System Upgrade
-
Key Contacts: UFS Responsibility by Department Audit November 2021
-
Training - R12.2 Upgrade
-
Forthcoming course (via Teams)
Monday 15th 889
Monday 8th 888
Monday 1st 887
- 12.2 Training
- 12.2 What's changed in iProcurement
- Reminder: Accounts Payable – Payment Arrangements during CUFS downtime
- Reminder - Barclays Bank, Sidney Street Branch Closure
- BOC - Temporary Surcharge - CO2 cylinders and Dry Ice
- Training - Forthcoming courses (via Teams)
- Monthly accounting time table
October
Monday 25th 886
- Financial Users Group (FUG) - Recording and presentation available
- CUFS down time - System Upgrade - Friday 12th November until Monday 22nd November
- Training - Forthcoming courses (via Teams)
- Monthly accounting time table
Monday 18th 885
- Financial Users Group (FUG) - Friday 22nd October
- Barclays Bank, Sidney Street Branch Closure
- Office Depot catalogue on Marketplace
- Training - Forthcoming courses (via Teams)
- Monthly accounting time table
Monday 11th 884
Monday 4th 883
September
Monday 27th 882
- Marketplace access - September and October maintenance
- Procurement - BOC update
- Training - Forthcoming courses
Monday 20th 881
- Marketplace - Illumina Punch-out and hosted Catalogue
- Deposit Account – Interest Payment & Emailed Enforced Movement Letters
- Cambridge University Endowment Fund – Distribution
- Sustainable Business Travel Policy questionnaire
- REMINDER Retired Cognos reports
Monday 13th 880
Monday 6th 879
- Year-end 2020/21 - This week's activities and key dates
- Marketplace availability - Friday 10th to Sunday 12th September
- Cambridge University Endowment Fund – Reminder of Purchases & Sales Deadline
- 2021/22 Training Timetable
August
Tuesday 31st 878
- Year-end 2020/21 - This week's activities and key dates
- Marketplace unavailable – Thursday 2nd September 2021
- Cognos - Grants Reports Update
- 2021/22 Training Timetable
- Forthcoming courses (via Teams)
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 23rd 877
- Year-end 2020/21 - This week's activities and key dates
- Supplier Database & Expense Claim Form - Use of vulnerable period Tuesday 24th August
- Cognos - Use of vulnerable period Thursday 26th August
- Cognos - Retired reports
- Procurement - Duplication dispensation requests
- Deposit Account – Interest Payment & Emailed Enforced Movement Letters
- iProcurement training feedback focus groups
- Monthly Accounting Timetable
Monday 16th 876
Monday 9th 875
Monday 2nd 874
Monday 26th 873
- Use of Vulnerable Period - Tuesday 27th July 2021
- Year-end 2020/21 - This week's activities and/or key dates
- VAT Medical Exemption certificates for Marketplace Purchase Orders to be shipped from Europe
- Reminder - eInvoicing Suppliers Purchase to Pay
- Reminder - Receipt and approve orders in the correct departmental responsibility
Monday 19th 872
- Marketplace Unavailable – Thursday 22nd July 2021
- Year-end 2020/21 - This week's activities and/or key dates
- eInvoicing Suppliers Purchase to Pay
- Receipt and approve orders in the correct departmental responsibility
- Financial Users Group (FUG)
Monday 12th 871
Monday 5th 870
June
Monday 28th 869
- Cognos reporting upgrade – Wednesday 30th June
- Year-end 2020/21
- Payroll
- Reminders when using eInvoicing suppliers
- Forthcoming Courses (via Teams)
- REMINDER: Accessing CUFS using Java
Monday 20th 868
Monday 14th 867
- Cybercrime alert - Fraudulent purchase orders
- Year end - Key dates & School Q&A sessions
-
Finacial Users Group - Recording now available.
Monday 7th 866
- Financial Systems Users Group (FUG) - Wednesday 9th June
- Year-end 2020/21 presentations and useful links
- REMINDER: Accessing CUFS using Java
May
Monday 31st 865
- Accounts Receivable – Customers Portals
- Year-end 2020/21 Instructions
- University Guidance Regarding Trip Organisation
- Elkay Laboratory Products (UK) Ltd
- Accessing CUFS using Java
Monday 24th 864
Monday 17th 863
Monday 10th 862
Tuesday 4th 861
- Accessing CUFS using Java
- Accounts Receivable – AstraZeneca/Coupa Supplier Portal
- Financial Users Group (FUG) - Friday 14th May
April
Monday 26th 860
- Update from the Director of Finance
- Accessing CUFS using Java
- March 2021 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) Credit
- Travel Insurance ahead of the Government’s proposed lifting of travel restrictions circa 17th May
Monday 19th 859
- Cambridge University Endowment Fund – Notification of Revaluation December 2020
- Deposit Account – Interest Payment & Emailed Enforced Movement Letters
- Accountants’ annual update 28 April – Reminder
- Financial Users Group (FUG) - Recording available
Monday 12th 858
Tuesday 6th 857
March
Monday 29th 856
Tuesday 16th 854
- Brexit: Documentation for exporting and moving goods abroad
- Reimbursement of working/immigration visas
Tuesday 9th 853
Tuesday 2nd 852
February
Tuesday 23rd 851
Tuesday 16th 850
Tuesday 9th 849
Tuesday 2nd 848
January
Tuesday 19th 846
Tuesday 12th 845
Tuesday 5th 844
December
Tuesday 22nd 843
- Brexit: Import / export of controlled goods – licensing changes
- University Covid Contingency Guidance
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) Credit
Tuesday 15th 842
-
Cognos: AP Dashboard – Expiring Suppliers
- Brexit : Supply chains and contingency plans
- Brexit : Goods stuck at the border - what do I do
- Brexit : Updates to the online store (eSales)
Tuesday 8th 841
- Check a UK VAT number
- Brexit: Updated guidelines for purchasing from 1 Jan 21
- Purchases in relation to EU grants and projects
- Purchase orders for goods that will be imported after 1 Jan 2021
- Suppliers - changes to default tax codes
- Postal Imports less than £135
- Transactions involving Northern Ireland
- New style training courses available
Tuesday 1st 840
- AR: Guidelines for goods and services supplied to overseas customers from 1 Jan 2021
- Purchasing guidelines for purchasing goods and services from overseas from 1 Jan 2021
November
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End of zero-rate VAT on PPE from 31st October
-
Accounts Payable – Employee expenses
October
September
August
July
June
March
February
January
2019
- How can organisations tender for work across the University
- Redirecting pages to the new Procurement Services website
- Sustainability: Updated WLC Model and sustainability consideration guides
- Training - Forthcoming courses
- New Course Timetable - August
- Launch of new Procurement website - 23 July 2020
- Air Products
- Marketplace unavailable - Thu 23 July
- Saved items in baskets and favourites
- Year end tasks to be completed this week
- Mobile phone charges
- Cognos AP training guides now available
- Can you email out non-catalog POs automatically?
- How can I print from home when using VPN/ACN connection ?Procurement : new website ; Air Products
- Marketplace: unavailablity; items in saved baskets and favourites
- Year end : tasks for this week
- General Finance : mobile phone charges
- Training : AP Cognos guides
- FAQs: emailing non-catalog POs; printing from home
- Procurement : Sigma Aldrich merger; Air Products invoices refunds; new website; Marketplace unavailablity
-
Training: Year end for new users
- Tax: PPE zero-rating extension; Goverment Eat Out scheme; Temp reduced rate of VAT on hospitality, hotel and holiday accomodation and attractions
- Procurement: Sigma Aldrich merger; Air Products invoices refunds; new website
- Year End 2020 : this week's tasks; new user programme; recordings available; feedback requested
- General Finance : next FUG; recruitment pause exemption for temps; user audit
- Procurement: Bertram Books in Administration; Sigma Aldrich merger; completing dispensation requests; GE Healthcare name change
- General Finance : rationalissation of UFS payroll transaction codes
- Payroll: P11d queries and amendments deadline
- Procurement: Marketplace unavailable, Sigma Aldrich merger, Illumina punchout, Supported browsers, Changes to DTH reporting, Retention of delivery notes
- Accounts Payable: Supplier Database - Sole Traders, expense forms
- Year End: Year End 2020 video, Balances on source of funds ALBE
- General Finance: Fraud & Cyber Security, Key Contacts - user access review
- Tax: Customs Duty and Import VAT relief
- Treasury: CUEF purchases and sales deadline
- Payroll: UPS and the recruitment pause
- iProcurement: requesting department codes to be added to DTH orders
- Accounts Payable:
- Banking information required for new Individuals and Students (who are not already on Payroll
- Annual Cash Holdings return due for 30 June 2020
- Treasury:
- Cambridge University Endowment Fund distribution May 2020
- Deposit Account interest and enforced movement notifications
- Key Contacts: User reactivation requests
- Payroll : Amendments to Employee Self Service, UPS deadline date amendment and P45s and P60s in UPS.
- iProcurement : Illumina Cambridge Ltd to be added to the Marketplace; DTH addresses, Marketplace unavailable Thu 4th June,
- AP fraud alert from VWR in relation to PPE
- New Disclaimer form students/non-employees requesting CUFS access
- Browsers Security Impacting CUFS and Marketplace Functions
- Key Travel Update
- Developments over the weekend affecting Travel
- Accountants CPD update
- Payment of Student Expenses by BACS
- P11d Returns 2019/20
- Weekly payroll deadlines
- EC Sales Lists and the Transition Period
- EC Sales List Update
- Deposit Account – Interest Payment & Emailed Enforced Movement Letters
- Payment of Student Expenses by BACS
- iProcurement training – change to booking procedure
- Financial Users Group - Wednesday 4th March
- Accounts Receivable Invoices - Tax Classification Field
- NEW: Social, environmental and economic consideration guides
- New Marketplace supplier
- HMRC update on EC Sales List
- Accounts Receivable
- INCO® terms 2020
- PPE Supply Shortages
- Management of Contract Documents
- Cyber Attack - Phishing emails
- Accounts Receivable: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #152907 (Addenbrooke’s) invoices
- Fixed Assets – Tracking and tagging reminder
- Cambridge University Endowment Fund – Notification of Revaluation & Purchases & Sales