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Financial Closeout Reminders OSR Post-award School of Medicine Team February 11, 2009
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2 Overview Closeout Under New Strategy (reminder) Closeout Timeline What OSR Research Accountants do Escalation process Hold Up Closeout Issues that Hold Up Closeout What the Departments can do to help closeout timely Wrap up
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4 Departmental Pre-Expiration Review Slot Departmental Post-Award Review Slot AWARD END DATE + 90+ 60+ 30 days– 30- 60 Advance Close Notif. On-Time Final Reports All project time extension requests should be submitted On-line Exp Statement Printed Exp Statement Continue review & I-Journals OSR Close Slot 14 days + ~75 Initial Review & I-Journals On-line Exp Statement Printed Exp Statements Last day for changes or to provide evidence of an agency-approved time extension On-line Exp Statements Last opportunity to check for errors (on-line expenditure statement date + 2 working days) Summary of Closeout Schedule (awards with reports due 90 days after end date) Set up Early Acct on Renewal Post Final Expenses Close Notif. Request No-Cost Extension Finalize review & I-Journals Email From OSR Acct 60 day After Notif. 75 day After Notices OSR/Unit Interaction Week 1 Week 4 Week 9 Week 7 Week10 Week 11
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5 What OSR Research Accountants do: Start closeout process after Award Closeout Notification sent out Run reports, review expenses to ensure compliance with sponsor & University policy and requirement Beginning of 4 th week, RAs contact departments, identify any possible closeout issues Beginning of 7 th week, RAs send reminders to departments, verify and help resolve specific closeout issues, such as overdraft, unallowable expenses, and other closeout issues Continue closeout process
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6 About OSR escalation process End of 7 th week, RA escalates to Accounting Manager if no response or action taken from the dept. Accounting Manager involves in helping resolve closeout issues by contacting the dept. End of 9 th week, if no response or action taken from the dept., Accounting Manager escalates to Associate Director End of 11 th week (75 days of the award end), If no response, Associate Director escalates to OSR Senior Director
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7 What Departments can do to help closeout timely: Keep accurate financial records – monthly and quarterly Expenditure certifications must be up to date Review monthly expenditure statement - identify and transfer out unallowable expenses timely Work with AP and ensure sub-award invoices get paid timely Contact OSR Contract Officer or RMG for additional fund or no time cost extension approval Submit early/extended PTA requests to OSR timely if expecting next year’s funding Respond to OSR RA regards to closeout awards timely to avoid escalations
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8 Common Issues that Hold Up Closeout Late cost transfers Unallowable charges Overdraft not cleared in a timely manner No PI effort reflected on the award Equipment charge below $5K threshold Late submission of final invoice from the sub- recipient Pending renewal award Lack of department responses
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9 How to Avoid these Common Issues? All of the above issues could be avoided if awards are monitored closely during the life of the project Timely review and transfer unallowable expenses during quarterly expenditure statement review Contact OSR Contract Officer or RMG for any pre-award issues in a timely manner, e.g. expecting additional funding or no cost time extensions
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10 Reminder No Cost Time Extensions (NCTE) Policy: Awards closed within 90 days of the project end date If PI expects for next year’s funding or NCTE: Please submit an early/extended PTA request form to OSR in a timely manner
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11 Helpful info. For details about the closeout notifications and process, go to: http://ora.stanford.edu/ora/osr/close_out/closeout_forms.asp http://ora.stanford.edu/ora/osr/close_out/closeout_forms.asp To get the early/extended PTA form: http://ora.stanford.edu/ora/osr/award_initiation_pta_setup/pta.asp#38 http://ora.stanford.edu/ora/osr/award_initiation_pta_setup/pta.asp#38 For Cost Policy Guide Memo 34.5: http://adminguide.stanford.edu/34_5.pdf For pre-award issues on contracts or subcontracts, please contact your assigned OSR contract officers For No Cost Time Extensions, please contact: Cathi Blackwood at 724-3038, e-mail: cathib@stanford.edu
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13 Let’s work together closely to make closeout process smoother for everyone!
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14 Questions: Francine Davis phone:5-8123 email: francine.davis@stanford.edu Yani Zhang phone:3-9227 e-mail:yani@stanford.edu Marian Wu phone:5-0082 marianwu@stanford.edu
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15 Thank you!
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