Beth Marrone, CPA Chief School Business Official/Treasurer Operations Peggy Smith, CPA -Senior Accountant/Assistant Treasurer Mary Ruth Durbin - Accounts Payable Accountant Debbie McCauley - General Accountant June 25, 2014 1 How to Read Your Financial Reports Principal’s Responsibility SchoolFunds Online (SFO) Financial Reports (School Funds) WV Education Information System (WVEIS) School Allocation Reports (County Funds) June 25, 2014 2 Principal’s Responsibility The Principal is responsible for ALL Finances at his/her school Includes: Compliance with Policies & Procedures Accurate Accounting Records Reports Submitted Timely Internal Controls June 25, 2014 3 Principal’s Responsibility Reports/Due Dates: 10th of every month – WVEIS School Allocation Summary Report review date 15th of every month – Monthly Financial Reports for Schools and Faculty Senates 20th of every month – Discrepancy/negative balance explanations July 15th – ANNUAL Financial Report for all Support Organizations September 15th – Faculty Senate Roster November 15th – Furniture purchase from prior year overtime allocation (cost center 23) January 15th– Verification of 1099 Vendor Listing June 3oth – Fixed asset listing confirmation/corrections Audit Corrective Action Plans – 30 days after receipt of audit June 25, 2014 4 Principal’s Responsibility Reference Manuals for policies and procedures: Accounting Procedures Manual for the Public Schools in the State of West Virginia http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=23903&Format=PDF Jefferson County Board of Education Standard Operating Procedures http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/domain/47 Jefferson County Board of Education Policy Manual http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/cms/lib02/WV01001913/Centricity/Domain/1562/Polic y%20Manual%2010152013.pdf Jefferson County Board of Education Purchasing Policies and Procedures Manual http://boe.jeff.k12.wv.us/Page/1594 Each school and support organization must have a hard copy of these manuals on hand to ensure proper accounting and internal controls within your school. June 25, 2014 5 SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Bank statement envelope must be signed by the Principal before opening Bank statements must be reviewed, initialed and dated by the Principal Look for irregularities or unusual items: Checks made out to cash Checks made out to unauthorized individuals Improper Signatures Bank Deposits not made timely Checks should NEVER be made out to cash. Who are the checks payable to? Do you recognize the vendor? Does anything look suspicious? Look for irregularities in signatures – Is a check signed with your name, but it’s not your writing? Are there 2 signatures? Look at dates of deposits – is there a gap between deposit dates? June 25, 2014 6 SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Reports to Review For Monthly Financial Reconciliation Bank Reconciliation Journal Entry Register Bank Statement Open Purchase Order Deposits In Transit Report Receipts and Disbursements Detail Fundraiser Profit and Loss Statement (run after completion of event) Outstanding Checks Receipt Register Check Register June 25, 2014 7 SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Reports to Submit to Finance Bank Reconciliation Journal Entry Register Bank Statement Open Purchase Order Deposits In Transit Report Receipts and Disbursements Detail Outstanding Checks *Finance should receive these reports by the 15th of the month. The following slides will discuss what you should review prior to sign off and submission. June 25, 2014 8 EXAMPLE Bank Reconciliation – Bank Statement Each school should have a written process on “How to Handle Return Checks”. Verify that the Statement Ending Balance EQUALS the Bank Statement Ending Balance June 25, 2014 9 EXAMPLE Bank Reconciliation – Deposits-In-Transits Look for Deposits in Transit (DIT) that are older than two or three days. Check MAY’s bank statement to verify DIT hit the bank. Verify that Deposits-in-Transit EQUAL the Deposits-in-Transit Listing June 25, 2014 10 EXAMPLE Bank Reconciliation – voided receipt This voided receipt is unusual and should have explanation –Why was this April receipt voided in May? A possible explanation is that the receipt was entered in SFO as an incorrect amount and not discovered until April reconciliation . The adjustment was then recorded in May. Make sure deposit tickets from bank are matched up DAILY to deposits in SFO. This would eliminate this problem. June 25, 2014 11 EXAMPLE Bank Reconciliation – Outstanding Checks Look for checks older than 30 days. Research to determine if they need voided or reissued. Must submit explanation to Finance if older than 60 days. Verify that Outstanding Checks EQUAL the Outstanding Checks Listing June 25, 2014 12 EXAMPLE Bank Reconciliation – Receipts and Disbursements Detail Ending Balance $11,413.96 + Encumbrances $3,150 = Cash Balance $14,563.96 Verify that Reconciled Bank Balance EQUALS the Receipts and Disbursements June 25, Detail Ending Balance PLUS Encumbrances (POs) 2014 13 EXAMPLE SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Receipts and Disbursements Detail Report Items to Review: Accounts BMB/BYB Month To Date Receipts Disbursements Transfers Encumbrances Ending Balance Year To Date Receipts Disbursements Transfers Encumbrances June 25, 2014 14 EXAMPLE SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Receipts and Disbursements Detail Report Verify that “End of Regular Accounts” EQUALS “End of Asset Accounts” Verify that Ending Balances June 25, 2014 are not negative 15 EXAMPLE SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Receipts and Disbursements Detail Reports Month To Date: BMB + Receipts - Disbursements +(-) Transfers $348.35 $470.40 $690.20 $0.00 – Encumbrances $0.00 = Ending Balance $128.55 Year To Date: BYB + Receipts - Disbursements +(-) Transfers $(232.60) $5,445.00 $5,083.85 $0.00 – Encumbrances $0.00 = Ending Balance $128.55 BYB (Beginning Year Balance) should NEVER by negative. Make sure both BMB (Beginning Month Balance) and BYB (Beginning Year Balance) are printing on your report. June 25, 2014 16 SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Receipts and Disbursements Detail Report Make sure EXCLUDE BEGINNING YEAR BALANCE box is NOT checked. This will allow your Beginning Year Balance and Beginning Month Balance to print on your monthly reports. June 25, 2014 17 EXAMPLE SFO Financial Reports (School Funds) Receipts and Disbursements Detail Report – Open PO Report Verify that Year to date Encumbrances tie to Open PO Report – In this case it does not tie. The Receipts and Disbursement Detail is dated 4/30/11 and the Open PO Report is dated 5/17/11. Make sure you run the Open PO Report on the last day of the month – CAUTION – If you forget to run the report on last day of month –it will not match Receipts and Disbursements Detail Report, which should be noted on your report submitted to Finance. 18 Office account has a negative ending balance? Record interest in a separate account. Finance recommends all support organizations be under SFO. The Child Nutrition BMB = Month to Date Disbursements . 19 BYB is a negative? This transfer should have been done before the previous year end. Ending balance is a negative? This transfer should have been done prior to the submission of your monthly financial reports. 20 All fundraisers should be recorded in separate subaccounts. NEWS FLASH: Event codes must be used for fundraiser tracking. It replaces the current profit and loss statement required by SOP 4.6c. 21 Example of the Event Code feature June 25, 2014 22 Grants/Donations that have a negative BYB or a negative Ending Balance should be reviewed immediately and corrected/adjusted prior to submitting your reports to Finance. All grants/donations should be recorded in separate subaccounts. All grants must be expended as required in the grant documentation. 23 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) Cost Centers: 02 Extended Day 10 Instructional 11 Science/Health Textbooks 13 Overtime (current year) 14 Staff Development 15 Transportation 17 Local - grants/donations 18 State/Other - grants/donations 19 Other Organizations – County Reimbursement 20 Ticket Seller 23 Furniture/(prior fiscal year overtime savings) 27 Race Track Funds June 25, 2014 24 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) - Other Current year instructional allocation (cost center 10) is adjusted after final 2nd month enrollment numbers are finalized. Reports must be run at the school level monthly Finance will send a monthly email reminder to run and review the reports. Finance must be notified of any discrepancy/corrections by the 20th of the month (10 days after report review). Corrections/adjustments require notification to all administrators involved and must have supporting documentation. June 25, 2014 25 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) How to run your School Allocation Reports in WVEIS School Allocation Summary Report/Step 7 Extended Day Allocation Report Outstanding Encumbrance listing (PO’s) How to read the reports – Budget, YTD Expenses, Encumbrances and Balance What do I do if I there is an error on my school allocation reports? June 25, 2014 26 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) All administrators and financial secretaries have access to run their WVEIS school allocation reports. Finance will send an email reminder on the 10th of each month to run and review your WVEIS School Allocation Reports. June 25, 2014 27 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) WHS should be replaced with your school ‘s ID Enter Group: SCHOOL WHS to run School Allocation Summary Report AND Step 7 Extended Day Allocation Report. Report month should be the current month. Enter Report Identifier: SCH WHS BUD – to run just the School Allocation Summary Report. Enter Report Identifier: SCH WHS EXT – to run just the Extended Day Allocation Report. June 25, 2014 28 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) BRE NJE PJE RES SES CWS SJE WDI TAL DES BRP BLUE RIDGE NORTH JEFFERSON PAGE JACKSON RANSON SHEPHERDSTOWN C W SHIPLEY SOUTH JEFFERSON WRIGHT DENNY INTERMEDIATE TA LOWERY DRISWOOD BLUE RIDGE PRIMARY CMS HMS SMS WMS CHARLES TOWN MIDDLE HARPERS FERRY MIDDLE SHEPHERDSTOWN MIDDLE WILDWOOD MIDDLE JHS WHS JEFFERSON HIGH WASHINGTON HIGH Here is a listing of each schools ID numbers assigned in WVEIS for the School Allocation Reports. June 25, 2014 29 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) Press Enter. June 25, 2014 30 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) This screen will pop up once the report is generated. Press Enter. June 25, 2014 31 WVEIS Budget Reports (County Funds) Type MYREPORTS and press enter. June 25, 2014 32 WVEIS Budget Reports (County Funds) MYREPORTS will show you the reports that have printed. Enter 5 to display reports. June 25, 2014 33 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) Budget - YTD Expenses - PO’s = Balance 34 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) Step 7 Extended Day School Allocation Report June 25, 2014 35 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) If your BALANCE is negative, you must either issue a check to the County Office or provide finance with an explanation on how the negative will be addressed by the 20th of the month. June 25, 2014 36 WVEIS School Allocation Reports (County Funds) Enter 1 to run reports with detail. Finance recommends this detail option when you have multiple grants OR to research any areas of concern. June 25, 2014 37 WVEIS School Allocation Report (County Funds) - Detail Same report as previous slide but with the Detail Option: 1. See below – multiple state grants. 38 Sample grant award. Grants normally set up with a cost center 17 or 18 on your WVEIS Allocation Reports. Your can review your balance at any time by running the reports. June 25, 2014 39 Thank you! June 25, 2014 40