This beginner level budget training will lay the groundwork for framing budget decisions and understanding the institution’s budget processes. Ideal for new employees or those with new financial responsibilities, this fundamental session is also a great refresher for anyone interested in better supporting their department with budgeting knowledge and know-how.

Learning Outcomes:

• Budget overview of SLCC funding and allocations
• Learn budgeting basics to help with decision making and supporting your department.
• Understand SLCC internal budget processes, procedures, and expectations for using funds appropriately.

Presented By,
The Budget Office

The Controller group is providing beginning level budget and finance training for Administrative Support Staff. This course will provide a foundation for understanding the College business cycle and is a recommended prerequisite for the bi-annual Administrative Assistant and Budget Center Manager (BCM) training and Banner Finance deep dive sessions.

• Understand budget and finance for the entire business cycle/fiscal year.
• Understand financial data: what it means and what to prioritize.
• Establish checklists for key phases of the business cycle.
• Understand how to support budget center managers.
• Where to find additional resources.
• Question and Answer Period (one-on-one help)

Presented by:

• Travis Kartchner, Associate Controller/Treasurer
• Sean Clayton, Assistant Controller
• Ben Booth, Assistant Controller
• Brandon Thomas, Director of Purchasing and A/P
• Michelle Cahoon, Senior Accountant

This training provides BCMs and their administrative assistants essential knowledge and understanding of the Banner® chart of accounts structure and how to manage budgets through the use of Banner® inquiry screens and reports. This training also provides information on salaries and benefits. This is not the broad Banner® Finance trainings provided by OIT. Every training is customized to each BCM and administrative assistant’s specific area and budget needs.

Recommended courses: OIT Banner® Basics and Navigation, OIT Budget Management Tools in Banner®

Contact the Budget Office.

The purpose of the College Ethics and Compliance program is to provide a process for reporting and investigating reportable ethics and compliance incidents and help employees make appropriate business decisions that may affect relationships with co-employees, students, suppliers, business partners, legislators, regulators, and employees self-esteem. Employees will learn about the responsibilities of the Budget Center Managers and Supervisors and how to use the Ethics and Compliance Hotline.

Travis Lansing, Internal Audit Director and Controller’s Office

This training covers payroll reporting procedures including employee time and leave reporting, approvals, employee PAFs, non-exempt overtime issues and other employee payroll issues will include nonexempt employee verses exempt employee and payroll Implications and key aspects of PAF related to Payroll.

Annette Lowe, Manager, Payroll
Rachelle Jones, Coordinator, Payroll

The Informed Budget Process encourages college wide involvement in developing the annual operating budget. This training will assist supervisors with understanding their specific role in the IBP process with discussion about identifying areas to redirect and restructure funding sources within a department, and for new funds for specific projects. The focus of the training will be on learning how to plan and submit IBP requests. Additionally, emphasis will be on aligning requests with institutional priorities.

Darren Marshall, AVP for Budget Service & Financial Planning, Budget Office

Training Manuals and Guides

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To schedule a one-on-one training, please contact Martha Wilding at 801-957-4257, martha.wilding@slcc.edu.

Training is geared for new BCMs and administrative assistants and provides refresher training for those with advanced financial responsibility. Attendees will gain a better understanding of finance-related policies, governance and budget management.

Topics include:

• Utilizing and understanding Banner-Finance screens, reports and querying information online.
• Downloading Banner data to an excel spreadsheet.
• Budget forms, including help with preparing New Year yellow budget forms needed for soft-funded indexes.
• Difference between transfers and journal entry requests.
• Year-end budget questions.
• Brief review of financial policies & procedures (e.g. Travel reimbursements, contract review, receiving cash receipts, etc.)

This is a hands-on training environment in a computer lab and participants will be able to review their own indexes and reports online. Besides gaining help setting up next year’s budgets, attendees will leave with more confidence in understanding their reports and in managing their budgets.

Controller's Office

The Purchasing & Accounts Payable (P&AP) department includes Purchasing, Purchasing Card, Accounts Payable, and Travel.
Travel Training Resources