New ESG department to help the university achieve its environmental and social goals
2024-09-30
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Stanford Financial Management Services (FMS) is excited to announce it has united two existing teams to form the new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Programs department. This team will provide programming, services, and tools to the university community to support the university’s values...
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Stanford Travel Updates and Hot Topics
2024-09-18
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Many students, post-doctoral scholars, faculty, and staff travel on behalf of Stanford. To be reimbursed for this travel, travelers, and travel arrangers must follow university policy; in most cases airfare for university-sponsored travel must be booked through a Stanford Travel booking channel...
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Passing of Janet Wyer, Creator of the Stanford Travel Program
2024-08-08
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It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our dear colleague and founder of the Stanford Travel Program, Janet Wyer, on Friday, July 5, 2024. Janet joined Stanford University in January 2014 and quickly embarked on creating a pioneering travel program to serve faculty, staff, students...
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Year-End Close: 2024 Reminders and Deadlines
2024-07-22
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It's that time of year again! The year-end close (YEC) process of recording and reporting expenses from September through August gives a snapshot of the university's transactional activity each fiscal year; it includes five distinct closing stages of activities as shown below. This news page...
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WalkMe: A New Interactive Learning Solution to Benefit Financial System Users
2024-06-27
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In response to a recent Financial Management Services (FMS) Learner Needs Analysis and iProcurement usability feedback from our 2021 Client Satisfaction Survey, FMS recognizes the need for “just in time” training for our user community. To that end, the FMS Financial Learning Solutions team is...
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Supplier/Payee Request form updates to support ICs and non-PO contract setups
2024-06-19
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As part of ongoing Procurement Efficiencies enhancements, Stanford Financial Management Services (FMS) updated the Supplier/Payee Request Form on July 15 for overall usability improvements and now includes: A new Independent Contractor (IC) affiliation type to better support IC transactions...
Supplier/Payee Request form updates to support ICs and non-PO contract setups
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Reduced number of invoices requiring department approval
2024-06-18
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Continuous improvements to the Accounts Payable (AP) invoice holds workflow functionality and system notifications in response to feedback from the fall 2021 FMS Client Satisfaction Survey.
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Business Expense Updates and Hot Topics
2024-06-13
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The university pays directly or reimburses individuals for expenses that are necessary and appropriate to conduct university business. Expenditures must be consistent with the university’s purchasing policies and guidelines as well as the guiding principles and IRS regulations with regard to...
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Change Roadmap: Upcoming Projects and Enhancements
2024-06-06
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This page serves as a one-stop shop for departments and stakeholders across Stanford to stay up to date with projects and enhancements, as well as associated resources to support them.
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Enhancements to increase procurement efficiency
2024-04-19
Procurement Services, part of Stanford Financial Management Services (FMS), continuously examines opportunities to enhance processes or provide new solutions to support purchasing activities for the university while maintaining financial stewardship excellence. Areas of opportunity under review are...
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