Controllers Office

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GENERAL ACCOUNTING

 

The General Accounting Department of the Controller's Office has as its primary responsibilities the daily operations of the University's accounting system (Financial Record System "FRS"), including:

  • Control the flow of transactions to the general ledger system (FRS) from subsystems and online journals including correction of system errors and various account control analyses.  
  • Creation and system maintenance of all University non-sponsored accounts, department numbers (see FORMS on the left side bar)
  • Coordination of the month/year end FRS closings (see quick link s to the left) and FRS reports distribution.
  • Security Access Control - FRS, Departmental Management Accounting System (DMAS) and Report Distribution System (RDS) (see FORMS on the left side bar)

 

Additional responsibilities include:

  • Serving as liaison between the Gift system and FRS, reconciling the two systems.
  • Placing of Stop Payments and issuing of replacement checks (see FORMS on the left side bar) 
  • Tax Reporting: Annual Federal 1099 reporting, State of Florida reporting including Sales tax, Communications Services tax, Parking Surcharge and Abandoned Property (see TAX ISSUES AND GUIDANCE on the left side bar).
  • Medical School Bank Reconciliations for primary accounts.