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Listed below are scheduled trainings/webinars the NWOCA Fiscal Services Department is conducting for our members currently on State Software. Please click on the Training Topic to access the registration for that session.

Warning

Users must register for the session in order to receive webinar connection information and CEUs. Please make sure you enter your email address correctly on the registration form. 

Date

Time

Location

Application

Training Topic/Registration

Description

Recording & Supporting Documentation

 

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

Inventory

Inventory Transaction Processing

Review of Transaction Menu in Inventory

9:00am-11:00am

Zoom

USPS

EMIS Checklist

A review

Review of the EMIS Checklist for

the

Initial Staff and Course Collection

EMIS Checklist

Recording

 

.

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

Inventory

Mapping

Inventory Lesser Knowns

Review of

the Account Mapping in USPS to charge accounts in Leave Projection and Board distributions. 

Recording

Employer distribution account.doc

Employer Distributions.pdf

Employer Retirement Share.pdf

Account Mapping.pdf

 

Lesser Known options/procedures in Inventory (splits, error adjustments, etc)

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

The Expenditure Process

Overview starting from Requisition

Review of the requisition, PO,

Invoices

invoice,

Payables, and Disbursements

Recording

 

and disbursement process in USAS

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

Mid-Year Contract Change

Understanding Compensations

Review

of the Mid-Year Contract Change Program

Recording

Mid Year Contract Change Calculations.xlsx

Mid-Year Contracts.pdf

 

Types of Compensations and their Calculations.

9:00am-10:

00am

 

9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Report Generation Best Practices

Recording

 

*Date changed from 11/2/23.

30am

Zoom

USAS

Account Filters

A deep dive into Account Filters, how to set them up, use in reports and other parts of the software.

Recording

Account Filters.pdf

USPS

Mid-Year Contract Change

Review of the Mid-Year Contract Change Process

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

Retirement Payroll Item Set

up  

Up and Balancing

Review of STRS and SERS Payroll Item set up and Balancing Deductions each payroll

Recording

Retirement Payroll Item Set Up and Balancing Slides

Documentation-Calculating Regular and Retirement Pickup

Check for Retirement Gross and Deductions.xlsx

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

Setting Up

TemplatesSetting up Templates will cover

Template Screens

Review of how to set up and modify

templates for Employee screen, Position screen, and Payroll Items.

Recording

 

template Screens

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Report Generation Best Practices

Review of canned reports and template reports under the Report Manager in USAS

9:00am-12:00pm

NWOCA/Archbold or Zoom

Zoom or in Person

USAS, USPS

2023  

2024 Calendar Year End Meeting

The calendar year end meeting will cover the USAS and USPS calendar year end processing steps including 1099 and W2 creation. 

Recording

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Transfers

and Advances

Recording

PowerPoint Slides

USAS Manual

 

& Advances

Review of completing transfers and advances in the USAS system

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Deeper Dive into AP Invoicing

A deeper look into invoicing in the USAS system.

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Proration Utility

Deeper Dive into Disbursements

Review of

the Proration Utility and using the program to create a PO to post. 

Recording

Proration Utility Checklist

 

different disbursement options within the USAS system.

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

USPS Loading Basics

Basics of setting up a spreadsheet to load data into USPS.

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

Initializing & Modifying Payroll

Explanation of Initializing and Modifying Payroll

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

ODJFS Balancing

Review of how to balance the ODJFS Report at the end of the Quarter for wages and how weeks are calculated.

Recording

ODJFS Checklist

 

9:00am

9:00am-9:30am

Zoom

USPS

USPS Archives

Review of USPS Archives and how to find data

9:00-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Certification Reports/Spending Plan

Deeper Dive into the Certification & Appropriation Resolutions Reports as well as Spending Plan/Reports

9:00-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

, USPSReport Bundles

Account Code Basics

Review of

creating. updating and scheduling report bundles.

Recording

Creating USAS Report Bundles

Cron Expression Generator

  

the ODE Manual and how Cash, Appropriation, Expenditure, and Revenue accounts are set up the way they are in the system.

9:00-10:00am

Zoom

USAS

Accounts Receivable

Review of Accounts Receivable features

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

Outstanding Payables & Refund Processing.

Review of Outstanding Payables and Refund Processing.

Recording

Refund Checklist

9:00am-10:

00am

30am

Zoom

USAS

The Budgeting Process

Review of the

entire Budgeting Process in USAS. Diving into Scenarios and budgeting spreadsheets and proposed amounts along with the mass load adjustments feature.
Recording 

budgeting process in USAS from scenarios to proposed amounts to application.

9:00am-

10

11:00am

Zoom

USAS

USPS

Certification Reports

New Contracts

Review of the

Periodic/Certification Reports and updating reporting levels on those reports.

New Contract Program

2024 

9:00am-

11 

10:00am

Zoom

USPS

New Contracts

Review of the New Contract Program

USAS

USAS FYE EMIS Related information

Review of USAS EMIS related topics such as MOE, Grants Balancing, Period H Balancing back to USAS

9:00am-10:

00am

30am

Zoom

USPS

EMIS Year End Review

Review of EMIS Year End Data

31

2024

9:00am-12:

15pm

00pm

NWOCA/Archbold or Zoom

Zoom or in Person

USAS, USPS

,

& Inventory

2024

2025 Fiscal Year End Meeting

The fiscal year-end meeting is designed to review USAS, Inventory, USPS fiscal year-end processing procedures, learn about updates on recent software enhancements, and receive useful processing tips.

06

2024 

9:00am-10:00am

Zoom

USPS

STRS Advance Review

Review of the STRS Advance and what to look at now to avoid issues at fiscal year end.

Zoom

USPS

Employee Onboarding

Review of Employee Onboarding workflow

Note

Redesign Touch base meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month (unless otherwise noted) at 8:30am via webinar. An agenda and connection information is emailed to Redesign users normally the day before the meeting.

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