UCPath Finance at a Glance: May 2023

News and Announcements

Salary Cost Transfer Year-End Deadlines and Reminders
Learn how department salary cost transfers users should start preparing now for fiscal year-end close.

How to Prepare for the 2022-23 Fiscal Year-End Funding Rollover Process
To help plan for fiscal year-end, finance administrators should note these upcoming UCPath activities. Included are instructions on how to join a webinar on Wednesday, June 7, from 2:30-3:30, to review the rollover process and get answers to your questions.

Known Issue Updates

Resolved issues

None

Defect fixes scheduled for release

Incorrect Annual and Prorated Annual Cap Rate warning message on Direct Retro page for employees with reduced FTE (opens in new window)
- Target release: now May 2023
Inaccurate Percent of Effort on Leave and Salary Offsets (opens in new window)
- Target release: June 2023
Salary Cost Transfer Performance Issues for Transactions with More Than 300 Distribution Lines (opens in new window)
- Target release: November 2023
- Status: Will now be resolved as part of the SCT Redesign
Direct Retro Salary Cap/MCOP Funding Worksheet Error: New Data is not 100% (opens in new window)
- Target release: TBD
- Status: Follow the link for mitigation steps

New issues

None

UCPath Enhancement Initiatives

Initiative	Target Date	Status
Time and Labor Management Update: The implementation of this project has been delayed by the UCPath Center until May 7 due to the identification of items requiring additional discussion, process review and communication. Builds foundation to simplify and improve leave and accrual management for locations opting into UCPath Time Entry Increases Central Office visibility to time collected in UCPath Will change the summarization of hours in UCPath which will impact the look and feel of earnings statements	May 2023	Complete
Lived Name + UCPath Upgrade Provide option to select a lived name for display where legal name is not required Maintain UCPath platform and security	Jun 2023	On Target
Rewrite Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) Transaction Pages Improve Location experience by creating a more intuitive SCT design that allows for greater flexibility Increase data accuracy by reducing the number of processing steps Expand SCT processing windows that will generate SCT results more frequently Reduce complexity and costs by simplifying SCT processing	Nov 2023	On Target
Final Pay Initiative Automate final pay processing to generate final payments within mandated timeframes (e.g., 72 hours) Increase final pay accuracy by reducing manual entry Increase data integrity by using UCPath data to drive final pay Improve leave, accrual, and retirement accuracy (ensures rehired employees have accurate leave, accrual, and retirement information)	Nov 2023	On Target
Improve Accrual Management Improves customer experience by providing employees with a more real-time view into absence/accrual balances Increases accrual accuracy Streamlines process to manage employee accruals (Sick, Vacation, PTO, Comp Time)	Nov 2023	On Target
Improve Retro Processing Streamlines and reduces activities required to make-up for a compensation shortfall from a prior pay period Reduces effort to review and reconcile retro pay changes Increases pay accuracy by reducing manual updates and inaccurate retro triggers	Nov 2023	On Target
Review Assessments Improve financial reporting by accurately deriving assessment results Increase visibility into how assessment information is derived	TBD	On Target

Resources for Initiators and Approvers

Office hours: Got a question? Join weekly office hours for help with your transactions. Initiators and Approvers are emailed the schedule and Zoom link at the start of each month.
Training and reference materials: Review training and guides for Funding Entry (opens in new window) or Salary Cost Transfer (opens in new window) Initiators and Approvers.
Known issue updates: Find the latest updates on the UCPath System Information (opens in new window) page.
Support: Contact the Controller’s Office Solution Center for funding entry and salary cost transfer support.

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