Financial Compliance & QA

Whether it is to provide guidance on financial compliance issues, perform periodic reviews of transactions, coordinate audit requests, or provide training, SPFA’s Financial Compliance & Quality Assurance group is here for you. Our goal is to provide quality advice, feedback, training, and service.

Ongoing Initiatives

Cost Transfer Principles Training

Classes are available online for those staff members needing to initiate/prepare and/or approve manual journals, accounting adjustments and/or PAAs effecting sponsored awards. Access our trainings on Workday Learning. 

Fly America Training

Classes are instructor led and are held four times per year. This class will provide the information you need to ensure flights booked using foreign airlines are compliant with university and federal policies.

Cost Transfer Reviews

Our staff performs daily reviews all JE’s pertaining to sponsored awards and PAA’s and AA’s that are > 90 days from the 5th day of the calendar month end in which the expense was incurred after the date the original transaction appears on the award. If any issues are identified, the staff contacts the preparer of the cost transfer for corrective action.

Review of Foreign Airlines Charged to Federal Awards

All foreign airlines tickets charged to federal awards are reviewed to ensure compliance with Fly American and Open Skies requirements. Departments are notified for any charge not complying with university and federal policies pertaining to foreign travel. Departments will be expected to either provide documentation/support to make the charge compliant or removed the cost from the federal award.