Accounting Services

The Employee Related Expense (ERE) rates used by the University must be negotiated through the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Cost Allocation Services; this negotiation has been successfully completed.

Effective immediately, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) is asking all government finance professionals and industry affiliates to stop using the common four-letter acronym most often associated with the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.

Effective July 1, 2021, the Financial Services Property Management team will discontinue issuing N-tags for all University-owned non-capital computers and computer peripherals costing less than $5,000 with no sponsor funding.

The University of Arizona receives Automated Clearing House (ACH) and wire payments that post in the UAccess Financials Electronic Payment Claim area.  There are 40 payments dating back to August of 2018 that remain unclaimed and require immediate review before they are sent back to its origination. 

Financial Services and Sponsored Projects & Contracting Services have updated policy 9.15 Operational Advances. Additionally, related forms have been created to utilize Adobe Sign for a paperless electronic routing and approval process.

The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) is offering a group registration for the NACUBO 2021 Annual Meeting. The institutional group rate has been paid for by Business Affairs is now available for use by the university community. The meeting will be held virtually July 27 to 30, 2021. This is a great professional development opportunity for higher education professionals.

The University of Arizona receives Automated Clearing House (ACH) and wire payments that post in the UAccess Financials Electronic Payment Claim area. There are 83 payments dating back to August of 2018 that remain unclaimed and require immediate review, before they are returned to origination. These are on the ACH tab of the attached document. Additionally, there are 28 unclaimed paper checks that have been received by Accounts Payable. These are on the Checks tab of the attached document.

The University of Arizona Business Affairs office has purchased a group registration for all University of Arizona employees to attend the Western Association of College and University Business Officers (WACUBO) 2021 Annual Conference. The conference will be held virtually on May 24-26, 2021. This is a great professional development opportunity for University business officers.    

The University of Arizona is committed to providing employees with important benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, worker’s compensation, liability insurance, and more. These benefits enable us to maintain a competitive position in the workforce and among higher education institutions. Maintaining stable rates for these expenses is challenging, given increasing costs and employment changes.