{"id":2554,"date":"2017-06-30T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T19:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/?page_id=2554"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:09:01","slug":"controller-basics-manual","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/accounting-and-budget-control\/controller-basics-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"Controller Basics Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-2554\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-6 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>UW System Contacts<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/offices\/office-of-finance\/#departments\">System Office of Finance Staff Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/systemwide-business-office-directory\/\">Systemwide Business Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Controller Information<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/08_Daily-Weekly-Tasks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Daily\/Weekly Recommended Tasks<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type docx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/Monthly-Recommended-Tasks-11-23-22.docx\" target=\"_blank\">Monthly Recommended Tasks<span class=\"sr-only\"> docx<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/04_Funding-Sources.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Funding Sources<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/27_Glossary-of-Terms-and-Acronyms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type xlsx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/Monthly-Checklist-Template.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">Monthly Checklist<span class=\"sr-only\"> xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Accounting<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/accounting-and-budget-control\/\">Accounting &amp; Budget Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/accounting-and-budget-control\/chart-of-accounts\/\">Chart of Accounts Webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/Chart-of-Accounts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Chart of Accounts Overview<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/13_Accounts-Payable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Accounts Payable<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/14_Accounts-Receivable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Accounts Receivable<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/21_Construction-Accounting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Construction Accounting<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/07_General-Accounting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">General Accounting<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/Clearing-Accounts-08.17.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sample Clearing Account Procedure<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type xlsx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/FY2023-950006-Reconciliation.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">Sample Clearing Account Reconciliation Example: FY2023 950006<span class=\"sr-only\"> xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type xlsx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/June-2023-BRTIP-Recon.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">Sample Clearing Account Reconciliation Example: June 2023 BRTIP<span class=\"sr-only\"> xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type xlsx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/FY2023-061071-reconcilation.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\">Sample Clearing Account Reconciliation Example: FY2023 061071<span class=\"sr-only\"> xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Banking<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/banking-3\/\">UW System Banking Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/Banking.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Banking Overview<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Budget &amp; Planning<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/budget-planning\/\">Budget &amp; Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/24_Budget.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Operating Budget within Accounting System<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Capital Planning &amp; Budget<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/capital-planning\/\">Capital Planning &amp; Budget<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Financial Reporting<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/forms-and-publications\/annual-financial-reports\/\">Annual Financial Reports and Campus Statements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/Federal-Single-Audit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Single Audit<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/special-topics\/gasb-34-and-35-reporting-requirements-and-instructions\/\">Fiscal Year End Reporting Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-module-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2019\/10\/UWSA-map-1-231x300.png\" class=\"cfct-mod-image cfct-module-image-mod-image alignnone \" alt=\"UWSA institutions\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Payroll &amp; Personnel<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwservice.wisconsin.edu\/\">Payroll and Personnel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Procurement<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwss.wisconsin.edu\/procurement\/\">Procurement\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/special-topics\/purchasing-cards\/\">Purchasing Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Shared Financial System (SFS)<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/sfs\/sfs-9-2-training\/\">SFS Training and Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/SFS-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Shared Financial System (SFS) Overview<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/18_Reporting-Tools.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">On-line Reporting Tools (Query, nVision, WISDM)<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Statutes and Policies<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/36\">State Statutes for UW System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents\/policies\/\">Board of Regents Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/\">UW System Administrative Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/download\/controller_basics_manual\/03_Hierarchy-of-Policies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hierarchy Of Policies<span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Tax<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/special-topics\/tax-issues-2\/\">Tax Information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h5>Travel<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/\">Travel Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/policies\/\">Travel Policies and Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"parent":1279,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11104,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2554\/revisions\/11104"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/financial-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}