Author Archives: Claudia Murray

Oracle has made a recent update that allows us to transition to reporting Payroll Accounting Dates/Project Expense Item Dates at the Pay Period End Date as Rice has historically done.  This change aligns with the posting date and will make … Continue reading →

Why is PTO paid on the grant, rather than charged as a fringe benefit? Rice’s annual fringe benefit agreement with the Federal government addresses the way Rice charges paid absences versus fringe benefits.  Excerpts below are from our FY24 agreement. … Continue reading →

RCA office hour for the month of September has been cancelled.  However, we will still be holding hands-on SPFF training. SPFF Dashboard Virtual Hands-on Training Join Teia Wright and the RCA Team for an on-line walk through of the SPFF … Continue reading →

The label for Faculty Funds on the various SPFF Dashboard views has been changed from “Default” to “Faculty Fund”.  This change allows faculty and administrators to more easily identify this fund.

Based on user requests presented to and approved by the iO Finance and Research Functional Committee, we are making a change to the Faculty Fund Types to facilitate department reconciliation.   Starting on September 15, 2023, the General Ledger Fund Type … Continue reading →

Thursday, August 24 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Wednesday, September 6 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am Registration is required using this link due to limited space. You will receive additional information about the location after registration. If these times … Continue reading →

Co-Hosted by Research and Cost Accounting and the Office of Sponsored Projects Wednesday, August 23 at 9:30 am Farnsworth Pavilion in the RMC Refreshments served at 9:00 am Zoom Link: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/97387862692? Passcode: 665418

The new Faculty/PI SPFF Dashboard and new Administrator SPFF Dashboard will be moved to production starting at 5:00 pm on Thursday, June 1 and will be available on Monday, June 5.  In order to ensure sufficient time for the transition … Continue reading →

This is a handy guide to employee and student payments that covers which office pays, which tax forms the payee completes, and what type of IRS reporting (if any) happens afterwards.  The guide is a joint effort of Payroll and … Continue reading →

We had hoped to discuss the new Faculty/PI SPFF Dashboard during our next office hours.  However, the launch of the new dashboard has been delayed while some technical issues are worked out.  Therefore, the topic for the March 22nd office … Continue reading →