VIU Campus

Year-End Timelines

Financial Services

Submission Deadline:

Task Description

Year-End Guide Reference Details

 February 9, 2024

List of unspent funding recorded during 2023/24 fiscal year which should be deferred to 2024/25 fiscal year. 

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 February 9, 2024

List of work orders to be closed.

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 February 15, 2024

Cut-off for complete Purchase Order Requisition submission to Procurement for fiscal year 2023/24.

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 February 16, 2024

Response required from existing Blanket PO Requisitioners for BPOs for fiscal 2024/25.

Procurement will be connecting with all BPO Requisitioners in early February to determine if current BPOs are needed for fiscal 2024/25.

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 March 1, 2024

Accrual of amounts owing to VIU for supplies and services provided to third parties prior to March 31, 2024 where billings are not appropriate.

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 March 1, 2024

Sales Order creation in FIS for supplies and services provided to third parties prior to March 31, 2024 that require an invoice to be delivered to a customer.

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 March 4, 2024

The Payroll Department is responsible for processing all salary costs and corrections. To ensure that there is enough time to process corrections in this fiscal, the work order changes must be processed through the HRIS Appointment Change Form and requests for manual corrections must be communicated to payroll, by March 4, 2024. If you miss this date, the Finance Department will not process a journal entry correction or internal transfers to "fix work order balances". Missing the deadline is not sufficient cause to bypass the Payroll Department's responsibilities.

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 March 8, 2024

Deadline for submission of Travel, Expense Claims, and settlement of Travel Advances for the fiscal year 2023/24.

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 March 8, 2024

Balance Petty Cash fund – return confirmation to Accounts Payable along with cheque request for replenishment and recording of expenses must be RECEIVED by Accounts.Payable@viu.ca no later than 4 pm on March 8, 2024.

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 March 8, 2024

List of outstanding purchase orders to be closed as goods or services are no longer required or receipt of goods or services will not be completed prior to March 31, 2024.

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 March 8, 2024

Purchase Order Listing to be returned to Procurement for accruals of goods and services received before March 31, 2024 for which no invoice has been received.

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 March 15, 2024

Corrections of Sales Orders by the business area must be completed no later than 4pm March 15, 2024.

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March 15, 2024

Supplier invoices for purchases of goods and services received for fiscal year 2023/24.

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March 15, 2024

Submission of Purchase Order Amendments, with required approvals and documentation.

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 March 22, 2024

Journal entries for correction and reallocation of transactions.

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 March 26, 2024

Submission of complete reconciled Purchasing Card Statements.

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March 28, 2024

All revenue deposits must be received at the Cashier's Office and should indicate fiscal year.

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April 8, 2024 by NOON

Noon - Deadline for departments to complete reviews of March and submit major journal entry adjustments (non-salary) to finance. 

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