FASC Budget and Finance | Best Practices

Below are procedural best practices, specific FASC policies, and general information.

• Expense Management
• HR/Onboarding
• Payroll
• Procurement and Purchasing
• Travel

 

 

 

   

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Expense Management

Confirming orders/unauthorized purchases
Per the Procurement and Payment Policy, goods cannot be ordered and services cannot be rendered prior to the issuance of a purchase order. Doing so is considered a confirming order, or unauthorized purchase.

For FASC, confirming orders will not be allowable on operating accounts. Discretionary, gift, or faculty accounts will be used if the purchase is granted an exception by the Dean. In the event the Dean denies the request, the employee responsible for the purchase may be held personally liable and/or face disciplinary action.

Lodging/Hotel reimbursements
More information coming soon.

Cash Advances
Cash Advances are considered a personal loan by the university and therefore cannot be requested by a Delegate. They are an advance of payment to cover work-related expenses, such as lodging, meals, and incidentals when needed. Cash Advances for travel can be requested up to 90 days before the departure date and will be paid out 2 weeks before the trip begin date.

To request a cash advance, travelers should:

• Navigate to the Oracle Expense Management System
• Click the “Request Cash Advance” link from the Action menu on the right
• Enter the required fields, add attachments, and click “Submit” for cash advance approval 

Employee Relocation Reimbursement
Moving and relocation expenses of new faculty and staff members who are transferred from one geographic location to another may be paid by the University up to the amount agreed to in their offer letters.

The preference is to use one of the University contracted moving companies.

Click here for the different ways relocation expenses are processed, along with official Rutgers policies and guidelines.

All relocation expense payments for calendar years 2018 through 2025 constitute taxable income to the employee, regardless of whether they are paid directly by the University or reimbursed to the new employee.

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HR/Onboarding

Class 5 & Federal Work Student appointments
Information coming soon.

Hire date vs Start date
Information coming soon.

Employee Relocation
Reimbursement Moving and relocation expenses of new faculty and staff members who are transferred from one geographic location to another may be paid by the University up to the amount agreed to in their offer letters. The preference is to use one of the University contracted moving companies. Click here for the different ways relocation expenses are processed, along with official Rutgers policies and guidelines. All relocation expense payments for calendar years 2018 through 2025 constitute taxable income to the employee, regardless of whether they are paid directly by the University or reimbursed to the new employee.

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Payroll

Time Entry
Hourly staff employees have the option of using Web Clock to clock in/out, as opposed to departmental support manually entering hours in timesheets. Click here for a Web Clock guide for users, including directions to see payable times. This can also be accessed in PeopleSoft under Self Service: Main Menu > Self Service > Time Reporting > Report Time > Web Clock

If time is being manually entered into PeopleSoft timesheets, future hours are not to be submitted prior to the employee working. FASC will not pay out hours not yet worked.

Student employees should use the Time Sheet Form (DocuSign PDF) to fill out their hours to submit to their supervisors. Completed forms will forward to Rutgers–Camden Shared Services.

Employee Charging Instructions (ECIs) vs Combination Codes
ECIs (Employee Charging Instructions) are instructions in an HCM Peoplesoft record used to default wage allocations to COA account(s). Combination codes are shorthand codes (8 digits) for the full COA accounts.

Ideally, ECIs are updated to reflect where wages for the employee should be charged, making combination codes unnecessary timesheets directly. When combination codes are used in the timesheets, it prevents easy reallocation of wages, if needed. SWRJs then need to be calculated and submitted, and the reallocations can take a few weeks to post.

There are cases where combination codes are necessary for the timesheets. When specific hours deviate from the default, extra compensations or awards are being paid via a particular COA or grant, etc. We ask you to use combination codes only when necessary. PD (payroll distribution) reports can be provided upon request to assist in tracking wages either by an employee or per department.

Stipends/Extra Comp requests 
Information coming soon.

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Procurement and Purchasing

Confirming orders/unauthorized purchases:
Per the Procurement and Payment Policy, goods cannot be ordered and services cannot be rendered prior to the issuance of a purchase order. Doing so is considered a confirming order, or unauthorized purchase.

For FASC, confirming orders will not be allowable on operating accounts. Discretionary, gift, or faculty accounts will be used if the purchase is granted an exception by the Dean.

In the event the Dean denies the request, the employee responsible for the purchase may be held personally liable and/or face disciplinary action.

PCard (University Procurement Card)

Non-PO Uploads

Gift Cards
More information coming soon.

Required documentation for purchases
Required documents for purchases will differ depending on the type of purchase made. See below for purchasing matrixes that will dictate the process for the purchase, as well as the backup needed:

• General information – Purchasing and documentation
• Check Request Matrix
• Non-PO Upload Matrix (password: matrix)
• Professional Services Matrix

For more general information, see the official Procurement website.

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Travel

Booking Hotels and PCard Payments
Information coming soon.

FASC Preapproval Travel Form 
The Preapproval Travel Form is required to be completed prior to booking any conference or research travel for Faculty, PTLs, Staff, and/or Students/Guests.  Please note that the FASC Dean’s signature is only required when it comes to the travel request of Chairs or Associate Deans. Otherwise, these forms are to be approved by the respective Department Chairs and funding office (FASC Budget and Finance or Grants). Download the Preapproval Travel Form here.

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