Though most of UVAFinance likely knows Gary Young, Director of Fixed Assets Accounting in the Financial Reporting and Operations department, you might not know that he recently joined the FST project team.
In his typical role, he and his team handle the accounting and financial reporting for the Academic side of Fixed Assets, but also consolidates the Medical Center Fixed Assets financial data. For his work on the FST project, Young uses his knowledge of these responsibilities and the Oracle Fixed Assets Module, along with the valuable assistance of one of his key staff members, Lisa Layne, to provide screenshots, financial reports, and other helpful information to the group building UVA’s Workday tenant.
“I’m not as familiar with Workday,” he explains, “Trying to get used to the different terminology is challenging, but I know what things we need within Oracle. A big part of my job is working with different FST experts to ensure we do not lose any important functionality in Workday that we currently have in Oracle. There are also times when we have to figure out whether or not we need to do something differently than how we did it in the past.”
He says his experience with the project so far has been good. However, he is “looking forward to when we can all meet face-to-face again. Sometimes things can go a bit fast within Zoom, so it’ll be nice to be able to slow meetings down a bit to allow greater time to explore some of the important elements under discussion.”
When he’s not busy doing his best to make sure Workday Financials has everything UVA needs, Young likes to putter around in his garden or work on other home projects. He also enjoys the pursuit of writing about subjects such as parenting and religion. He and his distant family members also recently started to participate in frequent game nights over Zoom, while enjoying the creativity of his eight grandchildren as each shows off their latest Lego creation based on a central theme, like their favorite vacation or adventure.
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