Business & Financial Services

Dear Colleagues, We want to inform you of recent Finance and Administration Support portal updates, specifically to the Universal Request form's Service/Business Area dropdown selections. These updates have been made to improve clarity and ensure requests are routed efficiently. Updates to Service/Business Area Selections: "COA Guidance & Cost Transfer Support" has been updated to "COA...

Dear Colleagues, The Business & Financial Services (BFS) Insider News delivers key updates and activities related to financial systems, reports, and business processes that support your work. Please take a few minutes to review the BFS Insider News – January 2025 edition and share it with your departmental teams as needed. Sincerely, Asirra Suguitan Associate...

Dear Colleagues, The UC Office of the President (UCOP) has announced an update to UC Policy G-28: Travel Regulations, reflecting an increase in the mileage reimbursement rate for personal vehicles used for business travel or relocation, in accordance with IRS Notice 2025-5. The new mileage reimbursement rates are effective January 1, 2025. The revised policy...

Dear Financial Systems Users, For your awareness, Information Technology Solutions (ITS) will perform a scheduled data center maintenance event this weekend, from 6 AM on Saturday, January 25, through 6 PM on Sunday, January 26, 2025. During this maintenance window: ITS-managed services will be unavailable due to the physical relocation of equipment. Single Sign-On (SSO)...

Dear Colleagues, Effective January 1st 2025, all Manual Non-Payroll Cost Transfer (NCT) requests must be submitted through the Finance and Administration Support portal under the Service/Business Area “General Accounting & Web Recharge.” This change ensures greater transparency, improved tracking, and processing efficiency. Email requests will no longer be reviewed or monitored. NCTs submitted by email...

Dear Colleagues, Business & Financial Services is excited to announce the upcoming deployment of the revamped annual payroll certification process, supported by a new system set to go live within the next 1–2 weeks. This updated system ensures compliance with federal regulations for verifying salary charges on federally funded projects and replaces the PI Web...

Dear Colleagues, Business and Financial Services is pleased to announce enhancements to the UCR Department Report for AP Invoices report. Department users will receive direct email notifications related to specific Invoice Holds as part of the report update. This enhancement aims to streamline communication and provide a comprehensive listing of invoices requiring user action to...

Dear Colleagues, July and August 2024 month end ledgers are now officially closed. The related Financial Transaction Detail Reports (FTDR) and Prime PI Summary reports for 2024-07 and 2024-08 have been published and are available in R’Space under the Tools section “ Financial Web Reports”. Some notes and reminders about the July and August reports...

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your patience as we worked through the first fiscal closing on Oracle. The June 2024 Period 13 (formerly 998) fiscal year end ledgers are now officially closed. The related Financial Transaction Detail Reports (FTDR) and Prime PI Summary reports for 2024-06_Period 13 Final have been published and are available in...