Funding Entry and Salary Cost Transfers

Funding Entry & Salary Cost Transfer Training Series

(Formerly known as Commitment Accounting Training Series)

Learn how to manage position funding and salary cost transfers accurately in UCPath.
Commitment Accounting ensures employee pay is funded correctly and any changes are reflected accurately in the General Ledger (GL). 
This training series helps initiators and approvers understand the processes, best practices, and downstream impacts of Funding Entry and Salary Cost Transfers (SCTs).


Role Eligibility

Department and BRS transactors are eligible for the Funding Entry and Salary Cost Transfer UCPath transactor roles (initiators and approvers).


Position Lifecycle

Position Funding is one stage in the Position Lifecycle. Funding can be maintained throughout a position's lifecycle, whether it is vacant or filled. It is recommend to add and/or update position funding before an employee is hired into a position.

UCPath Position Lifecycle. Read image description for details.

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 gold circle labeled Vacant Position Management represents the start, covering creating, updating, and inactivating positions. An arrow leads to Hiring into a Position, shown in a lighter shade, 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.

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Training Series

There are two trainings in this series:

  1. Position Funding / Funding Entry
  2. Salary Cost Transfers

Funding Entry can be taken with or without Salary Cost Transfer training. However, Position Funding training is a required pre-req for the Salary Cost Transfer training. Explore these training's webpages for more information about the training requirements, SARA roles to request, and available training resources.

Position Funding / Funding Entry Training

Chair with a bag of money sitting in it to represent adding funding to a position.

Learn how to establish and update funding for filled and vacant positions.

Salary Cost Transfer Training

Two bags of money next to one another. A wad of money is flying from the first to the second bag, a metaphor for a Salary Cost Transfer.

Learn how to redistribute salary costs (and associated benefit costs) from an incorrect funding source to the correct funding source.