Division of Financial Services
Shared Services Center
To ensure timely processing for FY25 year-end closing, units must submit transactions to the Shared Services Center by the following deadlines.
We've created a resource to help you navigate the tariff changes.
Rail bookings for guests and Amtrack bookings for Cornell travelers are unavailable in Concur for an extended period.
The new interface features a refreshed, modern design consistent with the Expense and Request modules. It provides an updated booking experience, enhanced search capabilities, and consistency across mobile and desktop versions.
Starting May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers 18 and older must have a REAL ID to board domestic flights and enter some federal buildings.
On December 19, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the 2025 optional standard mileage rates.
Starting January 8, 2025, U.S. citizens, Canadians, and non-European travelers must get an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) to enter or travel through the United Kingdom.
A new expense type in Concur allows you to attach your conference or meeting agendas to your expense report, making it clearer where to attach your agenda and helping you comply with travel policy more easily.
We are excited to announce an exclusive personal travel perk from United Airlines for Cornell travelers.
Finance classes are available from December 2024 through June 2025 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.
If your travel is being charged to a contract and grant account (CG fund group code), you must accurately indicate on your Concur expense report that the travel is using sponsored funds.
We are excited to announce exclusive rewards and rates from Southwest Airlines and Marriott International for Cornell travelers.
SAP Concur is launching a refreshed home page experience with an intuitive design and user-friendly navigation.
Finance classes are available from September 2024 through December 2024 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.
A new field in the Concur Expense and Request modules allows you to enter your International Trip ID when traveling internationally.
We are excited to announce a more streamlined approach to engaging service providers, effective July 1, 2024.
On July 1, 2024, a newly revised University Policy 3.2, Travel Expenses, will go into effect with new rules impacting expense reporting.
On April 10, SAP Concur will activate its new Fiori with Horizon visual theme family to improve consistency across its products and provide a more inclusive, accessible experience for everyone.
If you currently get your reimbursements for travel or out-of-pocket expenses from Cornell by check, consider getting reimbursed faster by enrolling in direct deposit.
IRS mileage rate increases to 67 cents a mile, up 1.5 cents from 2023.
After the winter break, beginning Jan. 2, the Shared Services Center (SSC) will offer daily drop-in virtual office hour sessions to help you with services or questions.
U.S. Bank customer service representatives are available around the clock to assist you. Here are some tips for when and how to contact the bank and other actions you can take.
Procurement Services made several updates to the Buying Manual on October 30, 2023.
Procurement Services made several updates to the Buying Manual on September 15, 2023.
The following finance classes are available from September 2023 through December 2023 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.
As of April 2, 2023, several changes are available in the I Want doc that we hope will improve the user’s experience.
Procurement Services made several updates to the Buying Manual on February 15, 2023, including a new section on paying human research participants.
Beginning Wednesday, March 1, the Shared Services Center (SSC) will offer a third weekly drop-in virtual office hours session to help customers with services or questions.
The following finance classes are available from January 2023 through June 2023 and are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance policies.
Finance classes are available from September 2022 through December 2022 are open to anyone interested in learning more about Cornell's accounting and finance policies.
At the April 7 DFA Conversations event, updates were shared about some changes that have been implemented in Concur and the upcoming implementation of the new Concur user interface, scheduled for July 29, 2022.
Enrollment is now open for finance classes being held January 2022 through June 2022. Classes are open to any person interested in learning more about Cornell accounting/finance, payroll, and procurement policies.
Data available prior to the KFS implementation in July 2011 will continue to be accessible through other applications and WebFin2 will remain available.
University Policy 3.14, Business Expenses has been updated to help you identify the most prudent use of these funds as well as the approvals that are required prior to spending resources.
DFA has issued guidelines for handling airfare charges for changed, canceled, or unused tickets due to the COVID-19 health crisis.
Effective immediately, units no longer have to collect insurance certificates from purchase order vendors.
A new system is being implemented for notifying Cash Management of expected incoming wire and electronic transfers and for claiming unidentified receipts.
The University Policy Office announces the issuance of the new interim University Policy 3.2, Travel Expenses, which replaces the previous policies 3.2, Travel Expenses and 3.3, Travel Expenses for Concur Users.
KFSIDR 1040 is a hands-on class is designed for accounting staff who need to review and monitor both transactional and summary level data at the individual account level.
We have revised our approach to use only the KFS project code CORONAV-20 for all expenses related to the outbreak, except as noted below. Begin using this project code immediately.
While Cornell responds to the COVID-19 emergency, we are allowing critical business-related purchases to be delivered to off-campus addresses.
If you need to purchase products and services as a direct result of the coronavirus outbreak, please use the following project code: CORONAV-20.
