Upcoming training webinars led by Brock Financial Services will focus on common uses for Workday Finance, such as expense reporting and purchasing. Several Workday Finance training webinars focusing on purchasing, expense reports and financial analysis are available to Brock employees in the coming weeks.
Sessions are typically taken by people who use Workday Finance occasionally and are interested in a refresher, or people who are new to the University or new to a role which requires them to do financial functions.
Workday report training for grants, projects, professional expense reimbursement and startup accounts will teach users how to review and analyze financial activity, including temporary payroll, professional expense reimbursement funds, startup funds, research grants and projects, such as General Research, Council for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Institute. The session is set for Wednesday, March 22 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Workday cost centre analysis report training will teach employees how to review and analyze the financial activity in operating cost centres and compare current year spending to budget, forecasts and prior year activity. The session is set for Thursday, March 23 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Workday procurement training will teach employees who purchase goods and services how to create purchase requisitions/purchase orders and will explain the process for making payments to suppliers, including how to request payment of invoices through the creation of supplier invoice requests. The session is set for Wednesday, March 29 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Workday expense report training will teach employees how to process Brock Visa Purchasing Card transactions, create expense reports for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses and use the Workday mobile app for expenses. Sessions are available Thursday, April 4 from 9 to 11 a.m. and Wednesday, April 5 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Interested employees can register via ExperienceBU. All sessions will take place on Microsoft Teams.
Questions about the expense report or procurement training sessions can be directed to Tanya Motola, Director, Procurement Services, at tmotola@brocku.ca
Questions about cost centre analysis and grants, projects, professional expense reimbursement and startup accounts training can be directed to Cynthia Dawson, Director, Financial Planning, at cdawson2@brocku.ca or Lisa Price, Director, Financial Accounting and Controller, at lprice@brocku.ca
