The Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) and Benefits Costs Transfer (BCT) modules in UCPath are vital for correcting and reallocating payroll expenses. By ensuring payroll costs align with funding sources, the SCT and BCT processes support accurate financial reporting, compliance, and budget management across UC Berkeley.
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FAQs
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The UCPath Center posts and updates the GL Processing Calendars for each quarter on their Location Sharepoint Site. These calendars include when to get local Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) approvals in, Salary Cost Transfer batch processing dates, and imports to the Reporting Instance (RI)
Don’t have access to the Sharepoint Site? Email our team at UCBUCPath@berkeley.edu and we will submit a ticket on your behalf.
Salary Cost Transfer Batch → Reporting Instance (RI) → manual import to Berkeley Financial System (BFS) → CalAnswers
The manual import may take up to one week if there are issues with the journals.
Funding Entry transaction approvals are due by 7pm the day before the Pay Confirm deadline. Please review the Payroll Processing Calendar for Pay Confirm dates.
Salary and Benefits costs can be reallocated any time during the Position Lifecycle. Make sure you check the Funding Entry for the position whenever you are submitting a cost transfer - you may need to adjust the Funding Entry profile to prevent future Cost Transfers!
The image is a circular flowchart illustrating the Position Lifecycle in UCPath. It consists of four interconnected circles, with a central circle labeled Position Funding that connects all stages.
At the top, a circle labeled Vacant Position Management represents the start, covering creating, updating, and inactivating positions. An arrow leads to Hiring into a Position, representing hiring, rehiring, and concurrent hires. Another arrow moves to Filled Position Management, where employee position and job data updates, such as promotions and reclassifications, occur. The final stage, Separating from a Position, involves transfers, terminations, and retirements, leading back to Vacant Position Management to determine if the position remains active.
