Financial systems
Internal systems
The following is a list of internal systems associated with finance. These are managed and maintained within the University of Bristol. Access may be obtained using the access request form (Word, 37KB)
- fEC Research Project Costing - assists in providing research costings under Full Economic Costing for sustainability.
- fEC Teaching Costing - assists in providing teaching unit costings under Full Economic Costing for sustainability.
- ORCA -(Online Management of Research Contracts and Applications)- this tool records all grant applications and awards, allowing users to view the data and see any outstanding actions needed to set up an award.
- BOFINS - a reporting tool to provide financial information regarding active awarded external research projects.
- TAS - the Time Allocation Survey forms part of the Transparency Review which provides information on the costs of activities carried out by Universities.
- Salary Forecasting - provides 3 year projections of relevant salaries to be used in conjunction with the budgeting cycle.
- Monthly reports - Finance File Distribution and download of departmental finance files to provide a periodic transaction listing.
- Rates Table - provides information on global rates applied within the UoB systems to relevant calculations. These rates are managed and maintained within the Finance Office.
- Web Finance Reporting simplified Finance Reporting tool for departmental finance staff to query departmental transactions and account balances
External Systems
These external systems/ forms are associated with finance but are primarily managed and maintained by the relevant external body or comply with external requirements.
- JeS - Research Councils encompasses a wide range of Research Councils’ interactions with institutions. Finance Office required to confirm * registered users, department listing and submit proposals as Administrative Authority.
- EAA - Retired - MRC - now moving across to JeS.
- eGap - Royal Society - as above. Finance Office submits proposals as Administrative Authority.
- eGrants - Wellcome Trust - Finance Office required to allocate HoD and submit proposals as Administrative Authority.
- eRA - National Institutes of Health
- FP7 EC Timesheet (Excel, 35KB) - required to be completed for relevant FP7 EC projects by HoD.
- Generic Timesheet (Word 22KB)
Further information
Further information regarding financial systems is also available as follows: