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Research Newletter Report 7/1

July 1, 2022

Over the past two weeks, our team has continued to make progress on the Oracle Data Integrity Project. The alignment plans developed by our accounting team have proven to be very complex, resulting in a lot of extra effort on our team to rectify the data issues, many of which were driven by the...

Transition of Internally Funded Projects to General Ledger: Details, Impacts

June 28, 2022

Effective July 1, UC Merced’s internally funded projects will no longer require project portfolio management (PPM) attributes for transactions (e.g. requisitions/purchase orders, invoices, Concur) commonly known as POET. Historical data of the affected projects will continue to be...

Oracle Data Integrity Project Update

June 27, 2022

To: Oracle users Campus colleagues, The Oracle Data Integrity Project (ODIP) is investigating and addressing variances in UC Merced’s financial management system. When ODIP began its work in November 2021, about 600 projects were identified as out of alignment. As of June 21, 50% of...

Research Newsletter Report 6/17

June 17, 2022

Progress on the Oracle Data Integrity Project has slowed this week as the remaining projects that need alignment are considerably complex, and we are learning that they require more time. Our team’s focus remains on your contract and grants, and we remain optimistic that we will have...

Research Newsletter Report 6/10

June 10, 2022

We continue to make progress on the Oracle Data Integrity Project. Currently, our accounting team has aligned 65% of contracts and grants and 63% of internal accounts. The next steps for our accounting team will be to continue to increase the changes taken into production and to focus on ensuring...

Research Newsletter Report 6/10/22

June 10, 2022

The following appeared in ORED's Research Newsletter on June 10, 2022: DFA continues to make progress on the Oracle Data Integrity Project. Currently, the accounting team has aligned 65% of contracts and grants and 63% of internal accounts. The next steps will be to continue to increase the...

Financial Transparency Town Hall to Wait for Clear View of State Funding

June 6, 2022

Campus Colleagues, As we progress toward the 2022-23 fiscal year, everyone at UC Merced deserves a view of our financial picture that is the clearest and sharpest possible. In that light, the Financial Transparency Town Hall originally scheduled for this morning is moving to a later date so it...

Research Newsletter Report, 6/3/22

June 3, 2022

The following appeared in ORED's Research Newsletter on June 3, 2022: The Oracle Data Integrity Project continues to make progress on the alignment of accounts as well as addressing budget discrepancies. The Division of Finance and Administration's accounting team has aligned 57% of...

Research Newsletter Report 05/27/22

May 27, 2022

The Oracle Data Integrity Project is addressing some of our more complex alignment issues, but we are prioritizing contracts and grants. Our team has reconciled approximately 54% of contracts and grants and 60% of our internal accounts. Approximately 21% of all accounts (including gifts) have...

Certain Projects Shifting to Management in General Ledger

May 27, 2022

Campus colleagues, Thank you all for engaging with the Division of Finance and Administration to provide meaningful feedback on our Oracle-based financial system. These productive discussions have made room for DFA to prioritize and propose a significant change to the financial management of...

Research Newsletter Report 05/20/22

May 20, 2022

The Oracle Data Integrity Project has developed alignment plans for 50% of our contracts and grants and 58% of our internal funds; we are still working on initiating the alignments for gifts. We currently have alignment plans for 43% of all accounts. We have been able to move many of these...

Thank You for a Successful Commencement Weekend

May 16, 2022

.responsive { width: 100%; height: auto; } A Message from interim Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kurt Schnier: DFA Colleagues, Over this past Commencement weekend, we celebrated three years of our students' achievements. It was amazing to witness. The joy and...

May 19, 2022: Oracle System Issues Resolved

May 15, 2022

On Friday, May 17, support staff became aware of issues with UC Merced's Oracle financial system. The issues affected procurement requisition workflow approval and Oracle interfaces. Financial System Support and the Office of Information Technology staff worked with Oracle representatives...

Research Newsletter Report, May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022

Our Oracle Data Integrity Project continues its effort to align the project sub-ledger with the general ledger. To date, they have put together alignment plans for 50% of the 214 contract and grant accounts that require alignment and 58% of the 259 internally managed accounts (e.g.,...

Research Newsletter Report: May 6, 2022

May 6, 2022

Thank you to all who joined our Oracle Town Hall on May 5 to hear about the history of Oracle, the status of our foci, and the future directions of our team’s efforts to support the campus. As summarized in the presentation, the Oracle Data Integrity Project continues to make progress on...

Update Ensures Transactions Have POET Info. Here's How it Works

May 5, 2022

Safeguards are being put in place to ensure Project Portfolio Financial Management (PPFM)-funded purchase requisitions have the necessary financial information to process the transaction in the Oracle system. Effective May 27, if a submitted requisition is missing POET (Project, Organization,...

Interim General Accounting Director Riedeman Announces Departure

May 4, 2022

Dear Colleagues, Jennifer Riedeman, a longtime member of UC Merced’s accounting team and the current interim Director of General Accounting, has announced her resignation. Her last day with UC Merced will be Friday, May 27. Jennifer has worked at UC Merced for eight years, including the...

Research Newsletter: Data Integrity Project Update

April 22, 2022

The Oracle Data Integrity Project has made progress over the past two weeks on efforts to align our general ledger and project sub-ledger, where your funds are managed. The alignment effort has focused initially on the more than 200 contracts and grants that are out of...

Financial Management System Update, April 6, 2022

April 6, 2022

.responsive { max-width: 100%; height: auto; border: 0px solid #ffffff; } The Division of Finance and Administration has important updates on efforts to improve the user experience in UC Merced’s Oracle-based financial management system. Full-Court Press on Project Account...

Interim Director of General Accounting Appointed

April 1, 2022

Dear Division Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Riedeman has accepted the role of Interim Director of General Accounting. Jennifer has been with UC Merced for more than eight years, including the last six as Director of Treasury, Accounts Payable Disbursements & Cashiering...