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NEW! February Month-End Close: Central offices have officially closed for the month of February. This includes the transmission and reconciliation of all February transactions and state approval to close the month.
NEW! Deposits Made on March 31: The State of North Carolina is upgrading to a new Cash Management System. Due to the transition, any deposits made to the State Treasurer bank account after March 30, 2021 (including cash/check deposits placed in the Cashier’s Office dropbox after 12 p.m.), will be recorded in April.
REMINDER! March Month-End Close Deadline: Validated campus journal entries and data collect batches (journal imports) should be received by Accounting Services by close of business (5 p.m.) on Wednesday, March 31. Please remember that accounting will not receive the journal entries until the journal has been budget checked valid and has passed through all required approvals (including OSR, if necessary).
For details on month-end close procedures, see the Accounting Services Month-End Close and Report webpage. Bookmark this page to see the latest information in between updates.
COMING SOON! Concur, World Travel, Inc. and New Travel & Expense (T&E) Card Launching Tuesday, April 27: Concur will be the designated travel and business expense management solution for the University and will manage pre-trip request approval, travel booking and expense report management. World Travel, Inc. will be onboarded as our new travel agency partner supporting Concur Travel and Live-Agent bookings. Additionally, the Travel & Expense (T&E) Card, provided by Bank of America, will be launched in phases to campus travelers. Trainings and quick reference cards will be available.
REMINDER! Subscribing to Business Managers listserv: Finance and accounting personnel who would like to subscribe to the business managers listserv can do so by following the instructions at https://finance.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/298/2016/09/joinbusinessmgr.pdf.
Questions
For questions and support, users should utilize ServiceNow, the new system campus is using to track support and service requests. This is the fastest way to obtain assistance and allows the project team to be able to track issues to determine the scale of the impact to all users. Go to the ServiceNow Help Page at help.unc.edu or call 919-962-HELP for assistance.
Suggestions for content can be emailed to financecomm@unc.edu.