Business Update News from 02/2024

Policy & Procedure updates – Feb. 28, 2024

February 28, 2024

The following policy document, which previously completed its full review and approval process, is now published and effective. Please discuss the document with the appropriate people in your department and send any questions to...

Update to AHR and FAB report subscriptions

February 28, 2024

To continue maintaining an accurate and more efficient list of monthly Account Holder Report (AHR) and Financial Activities and Balances (FAB) report subscriptions, the Finance Reporting and Analytics Team is requesting that report owners review all subscriptions in an error status before March...

Introducing Finance Foundations – Yale’s new Finance onboarding program

February 28, 2024
Summary Beginning tomorrow, February 29, any staff newly hired to a Yale University finance or accounting role will be assigned the Finance Foundations program in Workday Learning. Finance Foundations is a comprehensive new learning program that focuses on the key aspects of finance operations at...

Interest accounting change on Account Holder Reports

February 28, 2024

In January 2024, a correction was made to the ledger account mapping that directly impacts sponsored award interest on Account Holder Reports. In Workday and on AHRs, interest historically was displayed on the general ledger as a revenue category (41003), which appeared as a contra-expense...

TouchNet/ePay Password update

February 28, 2024

Password standards will be updated to meet PCI 4.0 requirements. Users will be automatically prompted February 23, 2024 to update their existing password to 12 characters. Any questions or issues logging in should be sent to...

Financial training available in Workday Learning

February 21, 2024

Over 15 finance-related courses are now available in Workday Learning . Some of these are newly developed courses and some are updated versions of courses that existed previously in TMS.

Managers should review the courses and work...

Cost Transfer process enhancements are live - join an information session

February 21, 2024
Summary Register for an upcoming Information Session in February to learn more. Note: Wednesday, Feb. 28 information session has been rescheduled for Thurs. Feb. 29. Effective Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, the...

New Workday report: Finance Custom Reports I Can Run – Yale

February 21, 2024

A new report, ‘Finance Custom Reports I Can Run – Yale’ has been created to help users see their Workday finance reporting inventory in one location. The report will run based on users’ security so that the inventory that populates is unique to their role and access. The report is filterable and...

Coming soon: Finance Foundations – Yale’s New Finance onboarding program

February 14, 2024
Summary A new finance onboarding program, Finance Foundations, will be launched in Workday Learning on Feb. 29, 2024. This comprehensive program focuses on the key aspects of finance at Yale, equipping all new hires in finance-related and supporting roles with the foundational knowledge to succeed...

Policy & Procedure updates – Feb. 14, 2024

February 14, 2024

The following draft document, which has completed the committee stages of its formal review, is now available for community review and comment and is posted on the Policies & Procedures Drafts page . ...

Consolidation of travel booking solutions

February 14, 2024
Summary Yale is consolidating its travel booking service providers, and World Travel is now the preferred provider. World Travel online booking is available and can be used to book travel now . On-demand training is available and recommended. Beginning May 1,...

OneFinance: February 2024 program lead update – 2023 year-end review

February 14, 2024
Our North Star

To enable Yale’s mission, simplify and standardize financial services in order to make life easier where everyone has a role in building a strong culture of financial integrity, insight, and stewardship of Yale resources.

Looking back – program...

Action required before Feb. 17: Desk phone and voicemail outages (new buildings added)

February 14, 2024

IMPORTANT: Lead Administrations and Operations Managers - New buildings added. Please reinforce the necessary actions are taken prior to February 17, by individuals in your area of responsibility.

Summary On Saturday, February 17, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. ,...