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Ongoing Support for Calumo

Friday, May 31, 2024

Over the past few weeks, as the initial steps of developing a finance data and reporting strategy for UBC, we introduced an expanded toolset for our finance community:

New process for submitting expenses on behalf of students

Friday, May 24, 2024

UBC employees who submit expenses on behalf of UBC students can now submit these expense reports using student records in Workday.

These individuals, who have a Student Expense Report Initiator security role in Workday, will no longer have to create, find, or update an...

Welcome Tilan Kiriwaththuduwa, Finance Director, Capital Financial Management and Reporting (CFMR)

Thursday, May 23, 2024

We are happy to welcome Tilan Kiriwaththuduwa as Finance Director, Capital Finance Management and Reporting (CFMR), who will be joining the Office of the Comptroller on May 27.

Tilan brings a wealth of experience as a highly effective finance professional, with over 13 years...

First steps towards a Finance Data & Reporting Strategy for UBC

Friday, May 17, 2024

Earlier this year the VPFO invited our finance community to share input and feedback about finance data and reporting tools at UBC, to inform a new strategy for the university.

While the longer-term strategy continues to develop, we have identified some immediate...

UBC's FY2023 Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) now available online

Friday, May 17, 2024

In 2018, the Canadian government formally endorsed the adoption of the Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations by all Canadian organizations to support Canada's commitment to the Paris Agreement. UBC is committed to producing annual TCFD disclosures along with supporting...

Nicole Wendt joins the Financial Planning and Analysis team as Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis

Friday, May 10, 2024

We're thrilled to introduce Nicole Wendt, our new Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, who will be joining the FP&A team within the Office of the Comptroller on May 6th, 2024.

Nicole brings a wealth of experience and over eight years as a dedicated CPA...

Upcoming Workday enhancements for June 2024

Friday, May 03, 2024

The Integrated Service Centre (ISC) continually updates Workday to align with UBC's evolving needs, incorporating feedback and collaborating with different units,...

Changes to Create Receipt: ‘Fully Receive’ checkbox now appears at the line item level

Friday, May 03, 2024

When creating a receipt or resolving a match exception for goods and services received, the ‘Fully Receive’ checkbox will now appear at the line item level instead of the PO level. This will bring more accuracy to the process of tracking and invoicing items.

See...

Upcoming pause on submitting expenses for students in Workday from May 15-21

Friday, May 03, 2024

UBC employees who submit expenses on behalf of students will be prevented from submitting new expense reports in Workday from Wednesday, May 15 to Tuesday, May 21 to prepare for an upcoming change to how these expenses are submitted.

With UBC students gaining access to...

Jimmy Gau joins ISC Service Desk as ISC Service Centre Manager

Monday, April 29, 2024

Welcome Jimmy Gau, New ISC Service Centre Manager

Jimmy joins the ISC Service Desk team to work alongside co-Managers, Liam Murphy and Divya Shetty, and Senior Manager, Veekay Padhi.

As a former UBC student and coming from his previous role with IRP Student as a...