1. Hello, my name is Abacus Owl! I’ll be popping in throughout the presentation today to see how things are going. Welcome! Please have a seat and login to a computer as yourself. Login to Financial Edge by clicking on, choose All Programs then Financial Edge (Remote), then Financial Edge (Production).

2. The Financial Edge: FE Journal Entry (JE) Presented by the Controller’s Office and TLI Bryn Mawr College

3. FE Journal Entry (JE) This class is intended for a JE user of FE who wants to know how to perform the JE function. This class will cover creating, entering, validating, submitting a Journal Entry batch as well as learning tools available for Journal Entries.

4. FE Journal Entry (JE) - Agenda Overview of FE Journal Entry (JE) Use Journal Entry (JE) Batch Manual – Create, enter, validate, request posting, additional options Learning tools on Blackbaud Training Central Available links on Controller’s Office web page Questions??

5. FE Journal Entry (JE) - Overview A Journal Entry (JE) is a group of debit and credit transactions that are posted to the general ledger. All journal entries must net to zero so debits must equal credits.

6. FE Journal Entry (JE) - Overview Generally, journal entry batches are used to post the following types of transactions at BMC: – Conferences and Events/Summer Admin charges – Transfer to another department/project – Departmental cash receipts – Dining Services catering charges – Onecard charges/revenues and allocations – Payroll expenses (Typically, Human Resources prepares corrections as needed) – Post Office charges – Transportation rentals – Corrections of account/project ID for any types of transactions listed above. – Other various fiscal year end transactions (typically only done by Controller’s/Treasurer’s offices)

7. FE Journal Entry (JE) – Overview Click on Journal Entry (JE) To only show JEs you created click box. List of Journal Entry batches by Batch # from newest to oldest. To re-sort list click on any column name. Helpful Hints: To widen columns hover in between column then left click and drag (this is the same way you widen a column in Excel!)

8. FE Journal Entry (JE) – Use Journal Entry (JE) Batch Manual To create, enter, validate and request posting of journal entry batches follow the Journal Entry (JE) Batch Manual available on the Controller’s Office website at the following link: http://brynmawr.edu/controller/Journ alEntryBatchmanual1112.pdf http://brynmawr.edu/controller/Journ alEntryBatchmanual1112.pdf

9. FE Journal Entry (JE) – Learning Tools Blackbaud Training Central website – Self-paced online class Creating a New Batch in General Ledger Posting to General Ledger – Knowledgebase Ask a question and view answers. Use How to use Blackbaud (Financial Edge) Training Central guide located on Controller’s Office website at http://brynmawr.edu/controller/HowtouseBlac kbaudTrainingCentral912.pdf http://brynmawr.edu/controller/HowtouseBlac kbaudTrainingCentral912.pdf

10. FE Journal Entry (JE) – Controller’s Office webpage links Journal Entry (JE) documents are located under For Budget Monitors/General Accounting section-Entering journal entries.

11. FE Journal Entry (JE) – Controller’s Office webpage links Recommended links – Journal Entry (JE) Batch Manual: http://brynmawr.edu/controller/JournalEntryBatchmanu al1112.pdf http://brynmawr.edu/controller/JournalEntryBatchmanu al1112.pdf – Transfer Funds to another Dept/Project Procedure: http://brynmawr.edu/controller/Transferfundstoanotherd ept-projectprocedureupdated1212.pdf http://brynmawr.edu/controller/Transferfundstoanotherd ept-projectprocedureupdated1212.pdf

12. Questions ???