Skip to content

    Pages for:

  • Faculty
  • Staff
Cornell University
Cornell University
Division of Financial Services
Shared Services Center
  • About
    • Standards
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Events
    • News
  • Services
    • Accounts Receivable
    • Capital Asset Management
    • Chart of Accounts
    • Financial Management
      • Annual Operating Budget Support
      • Annual Certification Process
      • Financial Reporting
      • Financial Oversight and Analysis
    • Financial Systems Access
    • Payments
    • Payroll
    • Procurement
    • Procurement Card
    • Student Employment
    • Travel
    • United Way
    • Year-End Transactions
  • Forms
  • Project
    • Updates
  • Contact Us
  • forms
  • CU policies
  • training
  • KFS Support
  • e-SHOP

In this section

  • Standards
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Events
  • News

Standards

Contents

  • Annual Operating Budget Support
  • Capital Asset Management
  • Chart of Accounts
  • Financial Processing
  • Financial Reporting
  • Financial Systems Access
  • Payroll/Labor Distribution
  • Procurement Card
  • Purchasing/Accounts Payable
  • Student Hires

The SSC is customer-focused and committed to providing services to its customers within established turnaround and response standards. In addition to our financial services turnaround standards, SSC will strive to acknowledge all phone calls, emails or faxes within two business days; however, it is understood some issues will need immediate attention and resolution to prevent business disruption.

Turnaround time is defined as the receipt of request,  through either email, phone call, and/or campus mail, from our customer until it is approved by the SSC. Please note that some e-docs require approval outside of the SSC before they reach "Final" status and are posted to the general ledger, which does not include lag time.

Lag time, is defined as any time spent waiting for the customer or vendor to supply additional information and/or clarification.

Annual Operating Budget Support

Service Turnaround Time
Annual operating budget support By the university-published deadline

Top

Capital Asset Management

Service Turnaround Time
Capital asset physical count By the university-published deadline

Top

Chart of Accounts

Service Turnaround Time
New account requests, sub-account, sub-object, etc. Within 5 business days
KFS fiscal officer, primary/secondary delegation changes Within 5 business days, after the new account is set up or any changes to existing accounts are made

Top

Financial Processing

Service Turnaround Time
Advance Deposit (AD) e-doc Within one week of receiving the cash or check
Auxiliary Voucher (AV) e-doc Within the same month as the request
Budget Adjustment (BA) e-doc Within the same month as the request
Cash advance Within 5 business days, unless the trip is sooner
Disbursement Voucher (DV) e-doc Within 5 business days
Distribution of Income and Expense (DI) e-doc Within the same month as the request
General Ledger Transfer (GLT) e-doc Within the same month as the request
Internal Billing (IB) e-doc Within the same month as the request
I Want doc Within 5 business days
Pre-Encumbrance (PE) e-doc Within the same month as the request
Transfer of Funds (TF) e-doc Within the same month as the request
Travel reimbursements/system (including DV e-doc) Within 15 business days

Top

Financial Reporting (for Financial Management Service customers)

Service Turnaround Time
Monthly/quarterly reports By the 15th business day of the following month

Top

Financial Systems Access

Service Turnaround Time
Financial systems access requests Within 24 hours

Top

Payroll/Labor Distribution

Service Turnaround Time
Benefit Expense Transfer (BT) e-doc Within 5 business days
Workday time collection systems Payroll sign-off within payroll deadline, unless otherwise notified by department
  • Leave balance adjustments
Within the payroll cycle within which the request is made
  • On-cycle check requests
Before 4:00 p.m. on every-other Thursday, when payroll confirms pay
Salary Expense Transfer (ST) e-doc Within 5 business days

Top

Procurement Card

Service Turnaround Time
New and change requests Within 5 business days
Procurement card purchases Within 5 business days
Procurement card transaction release in KFS Prior to auto-approval with appropriate supporting documentation

Top

Purchasing/Accounts Payable

Service Turnaround Time
Payment Request (PREQ) e-doc Within 5 business days before the pay date
Requisition (REQS) e-doc (not including e-SHOP) Within 5 business days
e-SHOP REQS Within 24 hours

Top

Student Hires

Service Turnaround Time
Student employment actions Within 5 business days (or before the hire date)

Top

Division of Financial Services

377 Pine Tree Road, East Hill Plaza
Ithaca, NY 14850

Hours:  8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

CONTACT US


  • DFS Home
  • Website Feedback
  • Contact DFS
  • CUInfo
  • For DFS Staff
  • Executive Vice President and CFO
  • University Audit Office
  • Office of University Investments
  • Division of Budget and Planning
  • Risk Management and Insurance
  • Cornell University Policy Office
  • Alliance for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Cornell United Way
  • Campus Alerts
  • COVID-19 Etiquette for Faculty and Staff

©2025 Cornell University

Web Accessibility Assistance