Banner Finance and HR Initiatives Project launched

The Financial Services division at Western Washington University has launched a Banner Finance and HR Initiatives Project aimed at increasing the functionality of the Banner system at WWU.

Banner Finance and HR Initiatives is a three-phase project. Phase 1 objectives consist of simplifying the chart of accounts by eliminating the 14xxx funds (tuition dollars) and combining them with fund 10200 (state appropriated dollars). This combination results in both the payroll and operating functions of a department being recorded in one fund rather than multiple funds. This change will allow full utilization of the Banner Budget Development features.

By using more of the functionality of Banner Budget Development, University Planning and Budgeting will be able to automate spreadsheet budgeting to download salary and operating budget information, apply required changes, and automatically upload the changes into Banner.

More information on this project, including a list of frequently asked questions and answers, is available at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fs/GeneralAcctg/BannerInitiative/index.shtml. Information on the Web site will be updated as the project progresses.