BUG Meeting April 2025 – BUG Bites, Finance Card, SPCC File Retention

Agenda


Melva Kishpaugh, Director of Procurement Services


May we introduce our new Buyer:

  • Danielle Ross, Academic Support Center Manager – Speaking and Writing Center

New and returning to Procurement Services:

  • Alicia Britt, Contract Officer
  • Jennifer Buist, Contract Officer
  • Kenneth Manahan, returning to UMW as a Part time Senior Contract Officer

 

Guest Speaker:

Jacob Long, VP for Administration and Finance and CFO

 

 

Procurement – Michelle Pickham, SPCC Administrator

  • SPCC file retention policy
  • Hotel reservations and SPCC
  • SPCC Training Deadline
  • Works demo on tax removal
  • eVA demo on “Why isn’t my order approved yet?”
  • Procurement Newsletter

Accounts Payable – Leigh Penn, Accounts Payable Manager

Finance Card

  • APPROVAL is required BEFORE picking up a Finance Card at the Cashiers Office
    • Email payables@umw.edu: your department name, the item(s) you plan to purchase, the purpose, the Banner FOAP being charged, and the date you wish to check out the UMW Finance Card.
  •  Accounts Payable (AP) will review the request and will respond via email.  If approved, AP will include the Cashier’s Office on the email response. AP will also advise if other Finance forms are needed.

Travel

  • Multi-travel request for the same trip
  • During certain times of the year (spring break and winter break) Accounts Payable receives numerous travel pre-approvals and travel questions.  Please let us know if there are multiple pre-approval reports so that we know when reviewing the UMW Finance Card.

TESS (TCSS) – Vickie ChapmanAssociate Controller, Finance

  • TESS is now TCSS! Training, Compliance, and System Support
  • BUG Bites is Back! New BUG Bites sessions are being scheduled for May
  • Year-End

Closing Remarks – Vickie Chapman & Leigh Penn

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