Huckstep & Associates, LLC Sage Silver Development Partner Sage Abra Development Partner Webcast March 25, 2010
Who is Huckstep & Associates? Sage Business Partner Sage products supported Abra HRMS and Abra SQL Sage MIP Fund Accounting History with Sage Since acquisition of MIP Fund Accounting in 2001 Brought on Sage Abra in 2003
Why Huckstep? Recognized the ability to combine two “Best of Breed” solutions Utilize the best of each… To combine into a First Class solution for the NonProfit and Governmental client markets After many years serving the NonProfit and Governmental markets…… We still believe the combination of Sage Abra Human Resources with Sage MIP Fund Accounting is……. THE “Best of Breed” product combination
Why Sage? The strength of the two Sage products when fully integrated..... Sage Abra is the leading Human Resource product today…. Comprehensive Benefit Management Full compliance reporting/tracking capability Powerful Reporting features Easy Import/Export capabilities
And……… Sage MIP is the leading Fund Accounting product….. Full cross-fiscal year reporting capability Full cost allocation capabilities to comply with federal requirements related to allocation of time to federal grants and contracts User-defined chart of accounts driven by reporting requirements
Our Integration Products….. Abra HR to MIP Payroll Integration Features: Utilizes the functional capabilities of Abra’s benefit calculations for accrual of benefits from Abra HR at the time of payroll completion User defined choice with relation to utilization of org levels in Abra for distribution of wages AND benefits to grants/contracts… OR Utilization of MIP distribution codes for distribution of wages AND benefits to grants and contracts
Abra HR to MIP Payroll Integration (Continued) Features – Continued Brings capability of a Fully Compliant Human Resource product to your client NonProfit or Governmental Organization Brings capability of integration of any timesheet application into MIP Fund Accounting payroll Allows Single-Source initial entry to Abra HR, with electronic synchronization to MIP Payroll Emphasizes appropriate internal control processes and procedures with relation to HR and Payroll With full audit trail of changes
Abra HR to MIP Payroll Initial Step - Synchronization of Abra HR to MIP Payroll Demographics - Product allows full mapping of MIP Payroll fields to the matching Abra data fields for full synchronization capability
Abra HR to MIP Payroll Bring in Benefits and Deductions – Calculation of Benefits and Deductions from Abra information
Abra HR to MIP Payroll Add Time – Either via import if Timekeeping devices (either web or hardware) are utilized - Or, via manual input if paper timesheets are used
Abra HR to MIP Payroll Transfer - Timesheets to MIP Payroll - Calculate payroll in MIP
Summary Result….. Simple Integration Process…. Utilizes Best of Robust Sage Abra Human Resource capabilities Combined With…… And Enhancing….. Significant Payroll and Benefit allocation processes OF Sage MIP Payroll Meets OMB Circular requirements related to the charging of wages and benefits to federal grants
What about Abra Payroll? Some NonProfit and Governmental organizations utilize the Abra Payroll alongside the Abra Human Resource product…… But use Sage MIP for their financial accounting product… Due to it’s strong fund accounting and cross fiscal year reporting capabilities
Those Orgs need Integration as well! Writing a complex entry manually in MIP can be challenging even to the Best of Accountants! The data exists in Abra Payroll Our product utilizes Abra HR to bring the benefits into MIP along with the payroll Federal grants do Require that benefits follow wages by way of charges to the grant where staff worked during the payroll period
Huckstep ABRA Payroll to MIP General Ledger Features Product extracts payroll check data from Abra Payroll Benefits are calculated from data in Abra Human Resource Payroll accruals are processed at the time of transfer, if desired Transfer in detail or summary Transfer in detail facilitates the use of MIP bank reconciliation feature for payroll account View detail of transfer data on screen Export detail of transfer data to Excel
Simple Integration Process Summary Result Simple Integration Process Utilizes Best of Robust Sage MIP Fund Accounting product reporting capabilities Combined With…… And Enhancing….. Significant capture of extensive job history, pay history, as well as extensive and robust compliance tracking and reporting BY Sage Abra Human Resources
Contact Information Huckstep & Associates, LLC 3734 South Ave, Suite E Springfield, MO 65807 www.huckstep.com 1-800-269-6466 Staff Contact Info – following page
Contact Information - Continued Contact Names: Jeannie Huckstep, CPA jhuckstep@huckstep.com Managing Member Julie Archer jarcher@huckstep.com Sales Coordinator Joon Groh jgroh@huckstep.com IT Consultant