AGENCY CFO MEETINGJune 21, 2011
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FINANCIAL REPORTING UPDATE
Financial Reporting
2011 Budgetary Compliance Reports (BCR) Compliance with Accounting Directive on use of
Fund Balance Accounts (AD201101) Majority of agencies are in compliance Non-compliance may result in an audit finding
SAO sending out preliminary BCRs (P/S agencies only) with May/June data in preparation for year-end
Included with this is a confirmation of P/S Fund mapping to BCR/CAFR reporting entity
Due from agencies to SAO 6/30/11
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Year-end calendar/deadlines Available on SAO’s website (www.sao.georgia.gov)
Home > Reporting > Year-End Reporting
Year-end forms Available on SAO’s website (www.sao.georgia.gov)
Home > Reporting > Year-End Reporting > Reporting Forms The following items will be available by 6/30
• Post Closing Adjustment form• Forms applicability grid• Entire package as a zip file
Acknowledgement form due back to SAO 7/15 New ‘Not Applicable’ form There is a new form this year is for Pension/OPEB
contribution information All forms training will be done via online videos
Financial Reporting Update
GASB Statement 54 Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental
Type Definitions Changes the way fund balance is
classified at the Fund Level Does not apply to Budget Fund
statements. NO IMPACT TO BCR!! SAO in the process of reviewing the
GASB54 classification of funding sources – this will be the primary source for 2011 fund balance classification (P/S organizations)
Encumbrances not reported separately Accounting Directive coming soon
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Post Closing Adjustments In order to ensure timely preparation of the BCR/CAFR,
please try to limit the number of PCAS For FY 2011 there is a change in the approval process
• Upon SAO review, SAO will be posting all post closing adjustments
• Any post closing adjustments not approved by DOAA will result in an Audit adjustment entry to reverse out the effect of the PCA
• Any PCAs submitted after the deadline will not be accepted by SAO. These will need to be submitted to the audits and will be provided to SAO by DOAA as an audit adjustment entry
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Year-end checklist SAO has developed a year-end checklist to assist
agencies with their year-end closing and review process Use of this checklist for FY2011 is encouraged and will
not be mandatory or issued as final for FY2011 close
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Upcoming PeopleSoft/Policy Changes Closing of new 3xxxxx fund balance accounts Additional fields for new funding source requests Clearing Account policy revised to say 196050/196051 must
net to zero in total by fund type New PeopleSoft Queries
GL080_TB_44_WITH_FS_TYPE• Like the GL080 (the 44-series reports in query format) except
data is summarized similar to the BCR• Includes FS_TYPE• Includes Program at the 5-digit level
0GL081_JRNL_IMPORT_TB (coming soon)• Fields are the same as in a JE upload template• Useful when cleaning up account balances
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Tips and Tricks When searching for policy information on SAO’s website users may
find it helpful to try the following:• Use Advanced Search to limit search to just SAO’s website• There is an option at the bottom to repeat search with omitted results
included – this may bring back additional data
WORKING CAPITAL OPTIMIZATION
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Cash Cost Service
Prevent Early Payments• Eliminate early payments
without payment discount• Quarterly reporting to monitor
numbers of days to pay vendors
Maximize discounts• Negotiate payment discounts• Implement dynamic discounting
process to earn discounts even when not negotiated.
Recover Lost Costs• Implement recovery process• Identify duplicate and erroneous
payments and contract performance violations
Reduce Transaction Cost• Convert checks to electronic
forms of payments• Minimize document handling,
processing, and audit costs
Exploit Technology• To enable reduced document
handling (imaging, workflow, p-card, and e-purchasing)
Reduce Discrepancies• Discrepancies can be
eliminated by effective dispute management - identify and solve
Create Scalability• This can be attained by
structural change such as Shared Services
Strategy * Policy * People * Organization * Process * Technology * Metrics * Information
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1Change Payment Clock• Move from invoice date to later
of receipt of invoice or goods• Reinforce recording of correct
date in accounting system
Extend Payment Terms• Segmented vendor focus• Consider move from Net 30 to
Net 45• Quarterly reporting
Efforts to Date – Vendor Conversion Focus Group
Comprised of agencies• Series of meetings (Sept-Feb 2010)• DOC,DJJ, Forestry, DBF,DECAL,DPS,SOS,DHS• Very thankful for agency participation in this project!!! Can
not do this without you!
214 of the 1,400 (15%) vendors assigned to all agencies have been converted
196 of the 966 (20%) vendors assigned to focus agencies have been converted
Overall 805 vendors have been converted.
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ACH Utilization Percentages
July August September October November December January February March April May0%
5%
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15%
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50%
21%
24% 24% 24%25% 25%
23% 23%26% 26%
28%
ACH Payment Percentages by Month FY11 - PeopleSoft Agencies (includes baselines for 2009/2010)
2011 2009 2010
PAYROLL PAYCARD
TRAVEL PROJECT UPDATE
Travel Update – What’s changing? Updated travel policy
New travel agent - Travel Incorporated Government travel experience Agent and online help Trained specifically for GA travel policies
New online travel and expense booking tools - Concur
What is Concur? Expense
Expense reporting system for travel expenses incurred by employees on behalf of the State of Georgia
Travel Web-based reservation system providing competitive
fares and discounts to State of Georgia employees Saves reservations as fully formatted Expenses which
can be rapidly imported into Expense Reports
Benefits to the State Improved internal controls and compliance
(protects the State) Provides meaningful spend reporting Negotiating power for the State of Georgia Standardizes Automates process and eliminates paper
Benefits to the Employee Guides employees to follow State of Georgia policy Provides State negotiated rates for business travel Minimizes data entry and approval routing time Reduces time to reimburse employees
How is Concur Rolling Out?
1. Pilot Population – early August 20112. Wave 1 agencies November 20113. On-boarding of future agencies to occur quarterly
until completed
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