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FINANCIAL POLICY AND TRAINING OFFICE

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

CFO

LBNL Financial ManagementGeneral Overview, Core Principles, Key

Concepts, and Best Lab Practices

Presented by

Doug Goodman, OCFO Field Operations Manager

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Table of Contents

Topic Page #• Course Objectives 3• Office of Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) – Key Information 4• Resource Stewardship & “The 10 Financial Commandments” 7• Budgeting, Funding, and Cost Concepts and Processes 9• Funds Control Concepts and Best Practices 31• Accounting Concepts and Processes 47• Procurement & Property Management Concepts and Processes 63• Financial Information Systems Concepts 68• Travel and Conference Services – Key Information 70

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Training Objectives

• Provide an overview of Berkeley Lab financial management

• Provide financial management core principles and key concepts, and why they are important

• Become familiar with and embrace funds control best practices at the Berkeley Lab

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OCFO Organization

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The OCFO’s senior leadership team is comprised of:

• Jeffrey Fernandez, Chief Financial Officer, ext – 5547, [email protected]• Cynthia Jones, CFO Administrator, ext – 4242, [email protected]• Anil More´, Operations Manager, ext – 5254, [email protected]• Linda Wuy, Business Manager, ext – 7418, [email protected]• Minh Agon Huebner, Budget Officer, ext – 5293, [email protected]• Jeanne Kissel, Controller, ext – 5957, [email protected]• Derrol Hammer, Procurement & Property Mgr, ext – 6019, [email protected]• Jeff Weiner, Sponsored Projects Officer, ext – 7143, [email protected]• Chuck Axthelm, Business Systems Analysis Mgr, ext- 4461, [email protected]• Doug Goodman, Field Operations Manager, ext – 7632, [email protected]

The CFO’s website is: http://www.lbl.gov/Workplace/CFO

OCFO - Lead Organizational Contacts

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• The Lab’s website for its financial policies and procedures manual can be found at: http://www.lbl.gov/Workplace/CFO/fpt/policies/index.html

• The site is designed to provide an authoritative guide and information source that will serve as the basis for financial accountability, compliance, sound business practices, and effective financial decisions at the Lab

• Lab’s Financial Policies and Procedures manager is Michele Mock and she can be contacted at ext – 2415 or [email protected]

• This manual can also be accessed through the Lab’s Regulations and Procedure Manual (RPM), the Lab’s official manual for its administrative and operational policies and procedures. The RPM’s website is: http//www.lbl.gov/Workplace/RPM/

OCFO – Financial Policies and Procedures

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Financial Management Starts with Stewardship

Webster’s on Stewardship:

“It’s the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care”

The concept of stewardship is at the very heart of how we view financial management at the Laboratory - it’s everyone responsibility!

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Core financial management principles that ethically guide actions and behavior --- they are located on the OCFO website

1. Don’t spend dollars you don’t have -- Funding must be in UC Contract 31, not just in the Approved Funding Program (AFP) or contract award

2. Spend funding only on the purpose for which it is intended3. Don’t mix funding sources for projects without documented

rationale4. Do not charge research costs to an indirect budget (except for

LDRD); e.g., overhead, organization burden, recharges5. Have a causal-beneficial relationship between the cost

elements of an indirect budget and its corresponding distribution base.

The Lab’s 10 Financial Commandments

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6. Maintain consistency in cost distribution over time

7. Use Full Cost Recovery – No subsidies

8. Record all costs of a project in the accounting period for which services were performed or goods delivered (includes accruing for all appropriate costs in the correct period of performance to that project)

9. Transfer costs only if necessary, appropriate, fully documented and justified (as outlined in the LBNL Resource Adjustment Policy)

10. Comply with DOE funding categories and related thresholds (colors of money)• $50K for Capital Equipment, $5M for General Plant Project (GPP), and

$2M for Major Item of Equipment (MIE)

The Lab’s 10 Financial Commandments (Cont’d)

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Critical Elements of a Budget

• Identifies Project Manager/PI and funding source

• Description of work scope and deliverables

• Resource requirements and cost details

• Time dimension• Period of performance• Phases of work/resource level fluctuations

• Budget assumptions documented

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Direct vs. Indirect Costs

INDIRECT COSTSSpecif ic Distant

G&A

LDRD

DIRECT VS. INDIRECT COSTS

Effort

DIRECT COSTS

Contract Fee

Cause Benefit

Service Centers

Org Burden

Materials, Services and Procurements

• Direct costs are specifically identifiable with a particular project

• Indirect costs those that are not defined as a Direct cost

• Under similar circumstances, the same type of costs can not be treated as a direct cost in one area and as an indirect cost in another area

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What is an Indirect Budget?

• An Indirect Budget is a means of allocating costs which benefit multiple projects, examples include: • HR centers• Janitorial services• Payroll

• Types of indirect budget at LBNL• Overheads

• Institutional (e.g., G&A, LDRD, IGPP, etc) • Divisional (e.g., Org. Burdens)

• Recharges/Service centers (e.g., Procurement charge, Telecom, Fleet, CSO, etc)

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Elements of an Indirect Rate Calculation

An Indirect budget rate calculation consists of the three steps:• Identifying the cost pool (budget)

• Identifying the allocation base

• Calculating the rate

Example:

Fleet budget (GSA vehicle lease, fuel costs, fleet management, etc.) = $1,343,000

Base: number of miles driven = 695,555 mi

FY07 Fleet recharge rate = $1.93/mi

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LBNL Allocation Hierarchy

Distributed Budget Allocations

Lab Directed Research & Development (LDRD) and Institutional General Plant

Projects (IGPP)

PayrollBurden

Total Cost

(Includes procurements and travel, excludes PACE)

Note: Does not include Tech. Transfer and Non-Proliferation Burdens

Value Added Base (excludes

procurements and Travel)

FAC - WFO non-DOE

Total CostTotal Cost

(excludes FAC)

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Distibution Base

Actual Salary (Delivered

Labor)

Salary & Fringe Benefits

Safeguards & Security Charge - WFO non-DOE

General & Administrative (G&A)

Organizational Burden

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Reporting Purposes: Direct Costs

• Costs that are specifically identifiable with a particular project.• Labor (salaries & benefits)• Materials, Subcontracts,

Procured Services,& Travel• Service center charges (e.g.,

CSO, Shop, Electricity, Telecom, Procurement and Travel burdens)

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Effort Measures

• Headcount

• Effort Hours

• Work Months (WM)

• Full Time Equivalents (FTE)

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Cost of Labor - Overview

• The total cost of labor of an LBNL employee to an activity depends on

• Compensation rate• Employee classification/Payroll burden rate• Time reported in LETS

• Charged to a work project• Charged to a leave project/account

• Organization code• Project ID (proxy for source/use of funds)

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Cost of Labor Is More Than Salary

• Indirect allocations are added to an employee’s salary

• Check the LBNL Rate Handbook on the CFO web site for current rates• Rates can change during a year

• Most rate changes are retroactive to beginning of fiscal year

• Rate Handbook can be found at the following website: http//www.lbl.gov/Workplace/CFO/assets/doc/bgt/internal/rate_handbook.xls

• Rate Handbook also contains various labor price-outs based on type of funding (e.g., DOE, WFO) used

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Why the Federal Budget is Important to Lab

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provides ~80% of LBNL’s annual funding

• DOE is funded through the Federal Government’s Annual Appropriations process

The Flow of $$$...Congress DOE LBNL

• Decisions made during the process determine how much funding DOE receives – the more the better!

• How the money DOE receives is to be spent is also determined in the process (earmarks, limitations, etc.)

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Passage of an Appropriations Bill… in Pictures

subcommitteesubcommittee

subcommitteesubcommittee hearingshearings

hearingshearings

Conference CommitteeConference Committee

FULLFULL

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In a perfect world – enactment on Oct 1

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Federal Budget Cycle

The Federal budget is passed into law each year by Congress and is signed by the President - until UC Contract 31 is modified, you do not have funds to spend!

FY 2008 Prior Year (PY)

FY 2009 Current

Year (CY)

FY 2010 Budget

Year (BY)

Congressional Resolution

Congressional

Appropriation

DOE Allotment

Contract 31 Modification

OMB Apportionme

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LBNL Approved Funding Program

LBNL Budget Request

March

DOE Review &

Consolidation

September

OMB Recommendati

on

December

President’s Budget

JanuaryOctober

Chicago Operations/BSO

obligation

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Impact of a Continuing Resolution (CR)

• A CONTINUING RESOLUTION is legislation enacted by Congress to provide budget authority for federal agencies to continue operating if the fiscal year ends without a new appropriation in place --- no new program/project starts

• A CR or multiple CR increments are strong possibilities at the start of any Fiscal Year

• Instead of receiving annual funding “up-front”, under a CR, funding is received in increments based on the prior year or the lower of House or Senate mark funding level

• Under a CR we are still responsible for managing costs within funding control levels (9 digit B&R)

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Managing Through a CR

• Requires careful Divisional management and coordination with HQ Programs

• What happens if you do not have enough funding?• Divisions are expected to spend their carryover, then

stop work until additional funds arrive

• Work for Others projects should be minimally affected by a Continuing Resolution• New starts are OK with a signed contract• Work closely with Federal Agencies other than DOE that

may be affected – they would also be under a CR

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Direct (External) Funding Sources

• Dept of Energy (DOE) Headquarters/ Office of Science (SC) – our largest funding sponsor• By Field Work Proposal (FWP) through federal budget

development process

• Work For Others (WFO) DOE• Integrated contractors• Other DOE Operations Offices

• WFO Non-DOE• Federal agencies• Non-federal entities

• Other Sources • Cooperative Research and Development Agreements

(CRADAs)• Gifts• Licensing agreements (Royalties)• Contracting Supported Research (CSR)

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DOE Calls for Research Proposals

• DOE: Annual Field Budget Submission (FBS) - March timeframe• DOE Order 130.1 established DOE’s budget formulation process and overall framework for

each stage of the DOE budget process. Submission includes project level budget & FTE requests for:

• DOE (non-NNSA) programs – Office of Science (our largest sponsor), Fossil, EERE• Work for Others programs• Crosscut exhibits and schedules

• National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA): Planning, Programming, Budget, and Evaluation (PPBE) Process

• NNSA’s process that directs their budget formulation and execution processes. PPBE was established to address those needs within NNSA that are unique from DOE’s. Each major NNSA program has a separate call for data

• LBNL submissions include budget and FTEs for Non-Proliferation and National Security

• “Off Cycle Calls”: Various Programmatic solicitations for Proposals throughout the Fiscal Year (FY)

• Office of Science: “Funding Opportunities” via GRANTS.GOV

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DOE Work Authorization System

• DOE Work Authorization System provides the DOE/Lab framework for the disbursement of funds

• DOE Work Authorization System (WASs) statements include programmatic guidance memos

• DOE Order 412.1A = Work Authorization Process

• Chicago Operations Office will NOT fund without a WAS document in hand from the relevant DOE HQ Program Office (e.g. Office of Science, EERE)

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Budget and Reporting (B&R) Codes

B&R is an alpha-numeric code assigned by DOE to all funding sources (DOE accounts)

• Associated with all funding and costs

• Facilitates identification of funding/costs for specific research areas or projects on a DOE complex wide basis

• Referenced in a Work Authorization Statement (WAS)

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Work for Others

• Contract between LBNL or DOE and a Federal or Non-federal sponsor for contract R&D work to be performed by LBNL

• A unique Laboratory capability• Work must fit within mission of LBNL• Cannot compete with private sector• All costs are recovered from the sponsor• Requires DOE approval

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Authorities for SponsoredResearch at LBNL

• Only Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) has authority to submit proposals and accept awards on behalf of LBNL

• Delegation from UC through Lab Director

• Principal Investigator (PI) does not have authority to submit proposals or accept awards

• SPO website: www.lbl.gov/workplace/CFO/SPO

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• Before investing time and effort in a proposal, let SPO review the solicitation to determine LBNL’s eligibility

• Three basic types of solicitations• U.S. Govt. – Request for Proposals (RFP’s)• U.S. Govt. – Other Solicitations (BAA’s, RA’s)• Non-Federal Solicitations

Have SPO Review the Solicitation

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What is Funds Control?

A systematic approach to ensure that:

• Funds are expended solely for their authorized and/or appropriated purposes;

• Obligations and costs are incurred within applicable time limits (e.g., funds are available before being obligated); and

• Funds are obligated and expended within their authorized amounts.

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Why is Funds Control Important to the Lab?

• Promotes ethical behavior and public trust in the scientific mission

• Enables the Lab to operate in an open manner, with less intrusive external oversight pressure

• Avoids unallowable costs, which means more funds going to research

• Avoids negative audit exposure• Avoids negative press• Funds control violations of may result in UC have to

prematurely re-compete Contract 31 with DOE• Avoids the individual being personally liable if

performing responsibilities legally & appropriately

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Legal and Administrative Requirements

LBNL has various legal and administrative requirements to ensure that we do not spend funds in excess of our Total Obligational Authority (Carryover + Budget Authority):

1. Anti Deficiency Act of 1885

2. Appropriations Law

3. DOE Directives

4. DOE Contract 31, Appendix B

5. Good Business Practices

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Cost Allowability – Key Concepts

Reasonableness• Ordinary and necessary to conduct

Lab business

• Does not exceed what would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business

• Compliant with UC Contract 31, sound business practices, applicable laws and regulations

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Cost Allowability – Key Concepts

Allocability• Cost incurred specific to the cost

objective

• Benefits both the Project and other work, and cost can be distributed to them in a reasonable proportion to the benefits received

• Is necessary to overall operation of Lab business

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Allowability Isn’t Always Clear Cut

• There is no “complete list” in UC Contract 31

• There may be grey areas that require analysis and interpretation – ask for help when in doubt

• Lab resources for guidance and assistance• Financial Policy and Training Office• Office of Contract Assurance• Budget Office• Controller’s Office

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What is an Unallowable Cost?

• Item or type of cost specifically identified or determined to be unallowable under an applicable law, regulation, or UC Contract 31

• Unallowable costs can result in financial and/or criminal liabilities

• Examples include: alcohol, contributions, entertainment, gifts, interest, lobbying, souvenirs, and food in most instances

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How To Avoid Unallowable Costs

1. Reasonable – ordinary and necessary to conduct Lab business, does not exceed what would be incurred by a prudent person in the conduct of competitive business, and compliant with UC Contract 31?

2. Allocable – charged to the correct project or cost pool?

3. Within dollar limits of UC Contract 31?

4. Compliant with UC Contract 31 terms?

5. Consistent with good business practices?

Take the cost allowability test:

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What is an “Unauthorized Commitment?”

• Contractual agreement or commitment, written or oral, made by an individual who lacks sufficient authority to enter into them on behalf of the Lab

• Examples of unauthorized commitments include:

1. Authorizing a vendor/subcontractor to perform work without written, delegated authority

2. Authorizing work that exceeds the total allowable cost or extends beyond the current term of a subcontract

3. Requesting or accepting materials or services from a vendor when a purchase order has not been awarded

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• It’s a high Lab priority to report time and effort in a timely, accurate, and complete manner• Compliance with Federal Law, Fair Labor Standards Act• Accurate and timely reporting of Project costs• Ensures employees are paid correctly & accurate leave taken

• Employees report & certify their own time and effort

• Supervisors approve their employees’ time & effort

• Senior management is responsible for ensuring that time and effort reporting in their Division is properly managed

Time and Effort Reporting

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Signature Authority at LBNL Roles and Responsibilities

• The Lab Director has ultimate responsibility • Per Standing Order of the Regents 100.4 “UC Delegation of Authority”

• In order for an employee to obtain signature authority (e.g., for financial transactions), approval from one of the following must be on file in OCFO:• Laboratory Director

• Deputy Director

• Associate Laboratory Director

• Chief Financial Officer

• Division Director

• Department Head

• Business Manager (or designee)

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What Does Your Signature Ensure?

• Understanding of transaction and your approval

• Information, supporting documentation is complete and accurate

• Allowable, reasonable, and justified

• Allocable to project(s) being charged

• Adequate funds at hand to cover expense

• Awareness of your authority level ($ limit)

• ETHICS and ACCOUNTABILITY

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Funds Control - Best Practices

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Funds Control Success = The Team

Funds Control depends on a cohesive division team:

• Division Director

• Department Head

• Principal Investigator

• Project Manager

• Group Lead

• Business Manager

• Resource Manager

• Resource Analyst

• Field Operations Manager (provides advice & consultation services)

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Funds Control Best Practices

What are the Critical Success Factors?

• Communication• Effective, explicit, and continuous

• Financial Reporting• Timely, accurate, and complete

• Division review and monitoring

• Timely accruals of costs

• Proactive corrective action(s) taken

• Sufficient checks & balances and internal controls

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Funds Control Best Practices

What We Need to Communicate/Monitor

• Financial summaries & details throughout the entire budget development and execution processes

• Appropriate cost elements and the level of resources needed

• A project’s financial performance conforms with existing Funding/Spend Plan

• Identifying potential funds control problems and violations before they occur

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What is Accounting?

• Process of recording, classifying, reporting, and interpreting the financial data of an organization

• Demonstrates financial position of organization’s operations

• Must be objective, consistent, unbiased, and compliant with applicable regulations/laws

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What is GAAP?

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

• A common set of accounting principles, standards, and procedures for financial accounting, recording and reporting

• Lab is required to follow GAAP and it shapes our accounting policies and procedures

• GAAP is recognized by authoritative bodies, such as:• Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB)• Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB)• Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

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What is a Balance Sheet?

• Statement of financial position at a specific date

• Contains three major sections:• Assets, Liabilities, and Equity

• The accounting equation:

Assets = Liability + Equity

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What is an Income Statement?

• Report showing revenue, expenses, and net income for a period of time

• Operating results for the accounting period are reflected in equity / net position on the balance sheet

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What is a General Ledger?

• Group of accounts that are used to prepare financial statements for a business

• Usually grouped in the following order: • Assets 1000• Liabilities 2000• Equity 3000• Revenues 5000• Expenses 6000

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What the Heck is C-W-I-P?

• CWIP = Construction Work in Progress

• Holding account for property costs not yet ready to be placed in service

• Costs remain in CWIP until completion of activities, which then initiates the capitalization and depreciation process

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Allocation entry creates CWIP entry

Helena Cheng –General Accounting

Property Accounting removes costs from CWIP and capitalizes the asset

Division RAPACE Form to close-out the project

Divisions spend the money

Sonya Neely – Budget Office

Sent to Sonya Neely to open project

Tim Young – General Accounting

HC routes to Tim Young for review and approval

Helena Cheng –General Accounting

E-mail to Helena Cheng (HC)

Division RACreate PACE Form

CONTACTSPROCESS

PACE

PACE

PACE

PACE

PACE

PACE

CWIP Process

PACE = Plant & Capital Equipment

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What is Accrual Accounting?

• Revenues are recognized in the period in which the service was performed, whether or not cash is actually received by the performer

• Expenses are recognized and matched with the related revenues of the period, whether actually paid or not

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Major Steps in the Accounting Cycle

• Analyze transactions • Prepare journal entries

• Post to general ledger

• Compile financial statements

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DOE Financial Reporting Systems

MARS – Management Analysis and Reporting System (a legacy system that is being phased out by DOE over time)

STARS – Standard Accounting & Reporting System

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Accounting Structures LBNL vs. DOE

LBNL General Accounting must ensure accuracy

LBNL DOE

Balance Sheet Code

Fund Type

B&R (Budget & Reporting)

Standard General Ledger

Fund Code

Program

General Ledger Accounts

Fund Type

B&R (Budget & Reporting)

MARS STARS

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What does “Color of Money” Mean?

• Attribute of project funding that restricts its use to specific kinds of activities such as equipment purchases, capital construction, operating expenses

• Changing funding levels between Congressional “color of money” requires Congressional approval (reprogramming process)

• Changing funding levels among DOE’s “color of money” for Operating funds only requires DOE approval (HQ program manager changes funding levels in WAS guidance letter).

Congressional "color of money" DOE "color of money"Operating Operating

Capital Equipment (EQU) *General Plant Project (GPP)Accelerator Improvement Project (AIP)

Construction Line-Item Construction (39)

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Why is “Color of Money” Important?

• The Lab’s financial statements must be accurate

• It’s a heavily audited activity by external entities

• Our funding must be used for its intended purpose

• To avoid violating the Anti-Deficiency Act and various federal appropriations laws

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Recent Capitalization Changes

Capital items/systems purchased or fabricated after October 1, 2005:

• $50K is new dollar threshold – full cost of the item/system, including all of its indirect costs

• Service life of item remains at 2 years or more

• $5K threshold for property accountability does not change

• Equipment purchased or fabricated before FY 2006 with a value of less than $50K and was previously considered capital equipment will not be written off

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Project Completion

• PI, Project Manager, Department Manager determines work scope is complete and financial close is requested

• Resource Analyst checks for outstanding financial transactions• Labor• Procurement/Travel• Recharge• Other including outstanding sponsor payments

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Fiscal Year End Close

• LBNL uses accrual based accounting

• Costs at fiscal year end represent all work, purchases, travel, etc. completed by September 30th of the current year

• Different funding sources may have different year end reporting requirements/different fiscal year ends, however, the Lab’s is Sept 30th and we must accrue all costs for financial reporting purposes

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Procurement’s Role at LBNL

• Support science – 40% of the Lab budget becomes a procurement

• Compliance• Public trust

• FAR/DEAR

• Prime Contract requirements

• Standard Practices (SPs)

• Good Business Practice• Efficient processes to reduce transaction costs

• Adequate controls that withstand audits

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Procurement Basics

Three Types of Procurements at LBNL:

• Purchase Order (Subcontracts, Blankets, IUTs, R&D, Construction, A&E, etc.)

• Procurement Card (PCard)

• eBuy

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Procurement Liaisons

Procurement Liaisons are available to assist Laboratory Divisions and staff with their procurement needs

• Assist Divisions with strategic planning of acquisition workload • Develop contract strategies for critical and high-value

procurements• Help resolve project-related issues • Answer questions on policies and procedures • Resolve questions and problems regarding procedures and

requirements related to subject matter

Please feel free to contact our Liaisons for assistance (http://procurement.lbl.gov/liaisons.htm)

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What do we mean by Property?

Personal Property at LBNL

is property of any kind…

EXCEPT Real estate (land, buildings & equipment permanently affixed to buildings)

Records

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Personal Property Classifications

Controlled Materials and equipment valued at ≥ $5,000

Sensitive Property that is highly portable, easily converted to personal

use, and is more susceptible to theft than other equipment No minimum acquisition value. It includes:

– Cameras (still, digital, video, TV, movie)– Personal Computers & peripherals

• Printers, Scanners, Projectors

– Recorders – Telephones (cellular, mobile) & 2-way Radios

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LBNL Financial Information Systems

• Transaction processing• PeopleSoft FMS is the Lab’s core financial system for GL, AP,

Procurement, eBuy, AR, funds control, etc…• Other sub-systems for time-keeping, service center recharges,

and property feed transactions to FMS

• Reports• Super-user real time reports/queries available in FMS• End user next day reports provided thru IRIS and the BLIS

Reporting System (BRS)• Goal: Replace IRIS with the newer BRS

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New Financial Info Systems Initiatives

• Travel & Expense system (TREX) replaced GELCO (late spring 2008)

• Budget Planning & Estimating System to replace Janus and Excel spreadsheets (late summer 2008)

• Additional eBuy vendors (on-going)

• New WFO proposal management system (est. 2009 -2010)

• Events Data Base (spring 2008)

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Travel

• The Lab’s travel agency for air and hotel bookings are done through Carlson Travel – agent assisted or online reservation system (Cliqbook)

• Policy & Compliance– Federal per diem limits per city– meals, lodging, mileage– Foreign travel approvals – DOE and State Department– Receipts required – lodging, airfare, rental car, registration fees, >$75 other– Submission of expense reports within 30 days of travel

• PeopleSoft Travel Expense System– Ease of use with all electronic reimbursement reporting– Reduce expense/reimbursement cycle time

• The Lab’s Travel Manager is Jaime Reyna, and he can be contacted at ext – 6012 or at [email protected]

Goal: Improve Customer Service and Travel Efficiency

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Conference Services

• Provides a complete array of professional conference planning offerings and expertise designed to save time, effort, and money

• From budgeting and site selection to catered foods and entertainment, this office assists with:

• Facilities and Service Planning• Conference Information• On-Line Registration Services• Financial Administration• Meeting Management

• The Lab’s Conference Services Planners are:• Jill Stark, and she can be contacted at ext – 5073 or [email protected]• Laurie O’Brien, and she be contacted at ext – 7046 or [email protected]

funds control for supervisors

Economy & Finance

chief financial

field operations

changing funding

fiscal year

good business

sound business

requires doe

conduct lab