Finance Job Openings

Looking for a new position within the finance area? The Job Openings page of the AVPF Blog has available positions within the finance departments and is updated with every edition of the blog.

Finance Job Openings

Looking for a new position within the finance area? The Job Openings page of the AVPF Blog has available positions within the finance departments and is updated with every edition of the blog.

New: UVA BBA and Revenue Report in Discoverer

As a result of the Orange Team’s efforts, the MRP team
pleased to announce the availability of a new report in Discoverer.  The
UVA BBA and Revenue Report provides additional information not in the Versus
report, including:

• Revenue not yet installed


• Amounts funded, but not budgeted


• Budget balance available

Additionally, a new view structure was utilized that allows
results to be returned in a couple of minutes, as opposed to 15 or more minutes
for the Versus report.  Read
more about the new report and its best practices.

New: UVA BBA and Revenue Report in Discoverer

As a result of the Orange Team’s efforts, the MRP team pleased to announce the availability of a new report in Discoverer.  The UVA BBA and Revenue Report provides additional information not in the Versus report, including:

• Revenue not yet installed
• Amounts funded, but not budgeted
• Budget balance available

Additionally, a new view structure was utilized that allows results to be returned in a couple of minutes, as opposed to 15 or more minutes for the Versus report.  Read more about the new report and its best practices.

From Melody's Desk

Well, summer is over and school is in session. We know this
from the students crowding the Student Financial Services’ counter last week,
the traffic on Emmet Street, the long lines at Chipotle, and football and
marching band practice occurring on Lambeth and Carr’s Hill Fields. :)

Congratulations to the folks in SFS who handled 4,800 phone
calls, 1,547 emails, and 742 walk-ins from students and parents over a span of
9 business days. Put the calculator away, I’ll do the math for you. That’s 533 calls, 183 emails, and 82 walk-ins per day. I appreciate the hard
work, patience, and professional approach from each SFS team member!

Speaking of UVa football, I snapped the below picture at
Lambeth Field, as I walked from my office at the newly renovated O’Neil Hall to
Carruther’s Hall (making sure to count my steps for the Hoo’s Well FallFitness Challenge).

Have you ever listened to a TED talk that you just wanted to
share? A friend shared a TED talk from Shawn Achor, positive psychology guru, with me:  http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.
This one combines the best characteristics of a TED talk:  funny, fast-paced, and an easy take-away. Two
excerpts:

“If we
can find a way of becoming positive in the present, then
our brains work even more successfully as
we're able to work harder, faster and more intelligently.”

“In
just a two-minute span of time done for 21 days in a row, we can
actually rewire your brain, allowing
your brain to actually work more optimistically and more successfully.”

Do you have a favorite TED talk? Send me an email or post a link in the comments
– I’d love to see it.

PS:  Don’t forget to
subscribe to the EVP/COO
Area newsletter to keep up on the news from other corners of the
University.

From Melody's Desk

Well, summer is over and school is in session. We know this from the students crowding the Student Financial Services’ counter last week, the traffic on Emmet Street, the long lines at Chipotle, and football and marching band practice occurring on Lambeth and Carr’s Hill Fields. :)

Congratulations to the folks in SFS who handled 4,800 phone calls, 1,547 emails, and 742 walk-ins from students and parents over a span of 9 business days. Put the calculator away, I’ll do the math for you. That’s 533 calls, 183 emails, and 82 walk-ins per day. I appreciate the hard work, patience, and professional approach from each SFS team member!

Speaking of UVa football, I snapped the below picture at Lambeth Field, as I walked from my office at the newly renovated O’Neil Hall to Carruther’s Hall (making sure to count my steps for the Hoo’s Well FallFitness Challenge).

Have you ever listened to a TED talk that you just wanted to share? A friend shared a TED talk from Shawn Achor, positive psychology guru, with me:  http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work. This one combines the best characteristics of a TED talk:  funny, fast-paced, and an easy take-away. Two excerpts:

“If we can find a way of becoming positive in the present, then our brains work even more successfully as we're able to work harder, faster and more intelligently.”

“In just a two-minute span of time done for 21 days in a row, we can actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to actually work more optimistically and more successfully.”

Do you have a favorite TED talk? Send me an email or post a link in the comments – I’d love to see it.

PS:  Don’t forget to subscribe to the EVP/COO Area newsletter to keep up on the news from other corners of the University.

Finance Team Gears Up for Day of Caring

The United Way Day of Caring on September 16 is a time to make
real improvements in our community and team-build at the same time. Forty-four
volunteers will be working at three different sites:

1) Walker Upper Elementary School: Walker Upper
Elementary School (5th and 6th Grade) participates each year in the annual
Mix-it-up-at-Lunch event where students are assigned to a new lunch seat with
the purpose of giving them the opportunity to get to know students outside of
their social circle.  Research shows that when students feel like they
know each other and can find things in common, they are less likely to bully
one another and more likely to help each other out.  Volunteers will help
with a "get-to-know-you-bingo" game that allows students to see what
they have in common with the new students that they are assigned to sit with.

2) Nathanael Greene Primary School: Volunteers will
help paint 100-charts on the blacktops at the school. They will create a
10x10 grid with 100 spaces.  Stencils will then be used to paint the
numbers, 1-100, in each box. They may even  create large 100-charts on
tarps to be used within classrooms.

3) Western Albemarle High School: Volunteers will
weed and mulch the grounds and do some painting.

A kickoff breakfast rally will be held at the Albemarle
Square Shopping Center beginning at 7:30am.  A fresh breakfast and lots of coffee will be
available. Thanks to everyone who is willing and able to participate!

Finance Team Gears Up for Day of Caring

The United Way Day of Caring on September 16 is a time to make real improvements in our community and team-build at the same time. Forty-four volunteers will be working at three different sites:

1) Walker Upper Elementary School: Walker Upper Elementary School (5th and 6th Grade) participates each year in the annual Mix-it-up-at-Lunch event where students are assigned to a new lunch seat with the purpose of giving them the opportunity to get to know students outside of their social circle.  Research shows that when students feel like they know each other and can find things in common, they are less likely to bully one another and more likely to help each other out.  Volunteers will help with a "get-to-know-you-bingo" game that allows students to see what they have in common with the new students that they are assigned to sit with.

2) Nathanael Greene Primary School: Volunteers will help paint 100-charts on the blacktops at the school. They will create a 10x10 grid with 100 spaces.  Stencils will then be used to paint the numbers, 1-100, in each box. They may even  create large 100-charts on tarps to be used within classrooms.

3) Western Albemarle High School: Volunteers will weed and mulch the grounds and do some painting.

A kickoff breakfast rally will be held at the Albemarle Square Shopping Center beginning at 7:30am.  A fresh breakfast and lots of coffee will be available. Thanks to everyone who is willing and able to participate!