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Congratulations to UVAFinance's Jen Hale on her new position in UVA's School of Nursing. Hale, who has served in various roles in Financial Planning & Analysis, will join the SON team as Director of Budget and Finance on July 18. Hale has been a part of the UVAFinance team for almost 8 years and while we'll miss her, we're glad she's not going far.Great choice, School of Nursing!
UVAFinance is pleased to announce that Angela Knobloch has accepted the position of Senior Director of Change Enablement and Continuous Improvement. Many in the UVA community will know Knobloch from her role as Team Lead for Change Management on the FST project. In her new position, Knobloch will provide leadership and continuity through stabilization of the FST project and into the operational state thereafter. Congratulations, Angela!
We’re pleased to report that Workday Financials launched successfully and is live as of this morning! It’s so exciting to finally start taking advantage of the benefits that come from a modernized system: consolidation of HR and Finance in a single system, improved reporting tools, and increased efficiency. Remember, although the dedicated work by the FST Team and you as our partners has collectively made this launch the best experience possible, some hiccups will occur. Please shar
No time to read all the text? Check out Five things to Know about FSTOr listen in to WFST, the FST Radio News BroadcastWhen Workday Financials goes live on July 5, that’s not the end of Finance Strategic Transformation. Even though the system will be live, there will still be lots of adjusting, training, building, and refining to do, plus the work that will occur with Adaptive Planning 3.0 and other parts of the project. July 5 isn't so much of a finish line as it is
1. Workday Financials launches on July 5! This is a huge milestone for the FST project but not the end of the project. Work will be ongoing: refining processes, addressing issues, and so on. Want to read more? Check out What to Anticipate at Go-Live.2. The UVAFinance website and the FST portion of the web have new features to keep you in the loop at and after launch. 3. Don't wait to do your training! New instructor-led
The Finance Solution Center is busy responding to and triaging requests as we zoom toward go-live on July 5. After go-live, the team will continue to be well-equipped to route all requests efficiently. The FSC team has streamlined things so you don't have to! What that means is that users should only send a direct email to [email protected] without copying other members of the UVAFinance team. Additional notifications can slow the process down and this is not the time we want to lose
The launch of Workday Financials is scheduled for July 5th, at which point we’ll finally be able to enjoy the many benefits that come along with this modernized system: improved reporting tools, increased efficiencies, consolidation of HR and Finance in one single system, and more! To help guide you through this exciting change we have put together a few need-to-know items relating to Workday Financials go-live and all that entails!We’re here to assist you. We know that questions will arise
In preparation for the launch of Workday Financials on July 5, we've made some adjustments to keep you in the know during the critical time before and after go-live. Check out these new features:FST News Ticker on the UVAFinance homepage - quickly see deadlines and pertinent info.Known Issues on the UVAFinance homepage - here's where we'll post about any hiccups that happen at go-live and in the ensuing days/weeks. Updated content on the FST portion of the site - new FAQs, updat
This summer is the season for launches in UVAFinance. Shortly after Workday Financials launches on July 5, Adaptive 3.0 will go live on July 28. The FST Adaptive Team and partners across Grounds have been working hard to bring you the "future state" version of Adaptive Planning -- one that will integrate with Workday Financials and also offer many new features. We're excited to share with you the possibilities for budgeting at UVA. But wait! There's more:Adaptiv
On July 4th, the new Workday FDM Validator is to be activated in preparation for the Workday Financials July 5th go-live date. The new Workday FDM Validator replaces the former Oracle PTAO Card Generator. Oracle PTAOs will no longer be accepted by Mail Services.Beginning July 4th, attach a printed FDM QR Code/Bar Code to your unit’s mail for processing. Use the FDM Validator to generate the printable pdf of the FDM QR Code/Bar Code for the timely processing of your mail. The FDM Validator is loc
Two very common aspects of purchasing will be affected by our transition from Oracle to Workday Financials: one is an improvement and one will be a temporary inconvenience. To learn more, read on!1. Purchase order numbers will look different. PO numbers will have just 10 digits; the seven leading zeroes you are accustomed to seeing will be removed. The number convention will remain the same. This change allows the easier exchange of electronic data between UVA and our suppliers.Exa
Experts say games like World are great for brain health and can help boost our mood when we're feeling low. If you're a bit stressed out today, take a break that is fun and productive with our Workday Finance Wordle and Workday Finance Word Search. Share them with your colleagues who could use a breather and little more Workday knowledge :)Workday Word SearchWorkday Word Search Answers (no cheating!)Workday Finance WordleWorkday Word Crossword Puzzle / Answers
There are just a few business days to complete your training prior to the July 5 launch of Workday Financials! With few exceptions, training is required. For all required courses, there are self-paced options available. If you will be assigned a role, you should find the required learning program in Workday Learning. In addition to the self-paced options, there will be limited instructor-led sessions available in July as well as office hours. Required training must be complete by July
If you're cleaning up your file storage, are you sure you know what you're supposed to keep and what you can delete? RIM can help you sort yourself out, literally and figuratively! The July 7, 12:00 to 12:30 session introduces strategies to clean up legacy electronic storage. Participants will review practical steps to remove clutter and chaos of department electronic storage to a well-managed repository. Attendees will learn about the RIM offered electronic records clean-up service.
Do you use the Oracle PTAO Card Generator? When Workday Financials goes live on July 5, the new Workday FDM Validator will replace it! Use it to validate your FDM worktags or to print barcode/QR code representations of your FDM string.Here's where it will live when we go live: https://uvafinance.virginia.edu/fdmvalidator
Myron Ballard has ten plus years of experience in a variety of administrative roles across UVA and the health system, from Darden to the Department of Biology to SEAS and Printing and Copy Services. This June, UVAFinance welcomed him to the Office of Financial Planning and Analysis as a Project Associate. Ballard is a natural problem solver, dedicated to making colleagues' jobs easier and finding solutions for problems. In fact, his interest in his current position only ca
The redesign of UVAFinance's suite of websites into a single, user-friendly site is a project over a year in the making. Undertaken during the Finance Strategic Transformation and led by the Finance Strategy Team, the website redesign is an ambitious, ongoing project that now has a launch date in sight: July 5, the same day Workday Financials goes live. If you haven't visited the site in the last month or so, stop by and take a look. UVAFinance colleagues have been wo
UVA established the Family Support Collab in June 2021, bringing together a cross-functional group with experience and insight into caregiving needs and resources. The Family Support Collab aims to better understand and evaluate the needs, challenges, and resources involved in employees’ caregiving needs. You can learn more on the HR website.
1. The Finance Solution Center is now reachable by phone! In addition to responding to your emails to [email protected], our User Success Agents are taking your calls starting Monday, June 13, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. Got a question? Give them a call at 434-924-3400.2. We're in the stage of the Finance Strategic Transformation project called cutover, which means there are many deadlines to take into consideration as we switch over from Oracle
No time to read all the text? Check out Five things to Know about FSTOr listen in to WFST, the FST Radio News BroadcastOracle to Workday Financials CutoverOn July 5, when Workday Financials replaces Oracle as the University’s financial system of record, we’ll not only be using the same system for all of our operational needs – both finance and human resources – but also, we’ll finally have a modern, cloud-based financial system that allows the kind of flexibility and strategic pl
While the Training Team is ensuring staff understand their work in Workday Financials, the Finance Solution Center is readily preparing to handle support requests after go-live. The Finance Solution Center is our centralized, first human point of contact for most support requests leading up to and post go-live. In preparation for the launch of Workday Financials, the Solution Center was launched in March and we began consolidation of support e-mails that existed in UVAFinance. We have made treme
Oracle will be sun-setting as of July 5, 2022, replaced with the cloud-based Workday Finance system. Financial information on your sponsored projects from the Oracle system will continue to be available via UBI reports after transitioning to Workday. If you were certifying transactions on your awards using the Oracle Recon@ system, you will be using the Account Certification process in Workday. Multiple Workday Grants reports have also been configured and tested to provide sponsored programs-r
David and his familyI was interested in this role at UVA for a number of reasons,” David Nelson said when asked what attracted him to his new role as Assistant Director of Payables. “From a career perspective, this was an opportunity to step further into a leadership role and have increasing levels of responsibility.” Nelson’s previous position was at the non-profit Simons Foundation in New York, NY. At SF, he performed technically focused initiatives as a Senior Accountant and System
Yvonne Metheny has been with UVAFinance for her entire 14 years at the University. She's gained experience and functional knowledge in positions including Accounting & Financial Analyst, Cost Analyst, and Manager of Debt. Recently promoted to a new position, Metheny is now the Director of General and State Accounting. Debt Management, State Accounting, Bank Reconciliation and Accounts Receivable all report to the Director of General and State Accounting.Metheny says she never really wa
Now that we are only a few weeks away from go-live it makes sense to increasingly consider future state requirements. Teams responsible for post-go-live support, like the Workday Finance and Data Support Team, have already formed, and more are continuing to do so. One team that is still taking shape is the Finance Business Intelligence Team. Michelle Gregory, previously a Systems Analyst for the FST project’s Reporting & Analytics workstream, will serve as a member of this new team as Manage