ctcLink Financial Supply Chain Management (FIN)

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FIN Learning Opportunities

FIN Deadlines

PeopleSoft Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM or FIN) is a suite of applications and modules that support an organization's financial processes. This includes core accounting functions like General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Asset Management, as well as related modules like Project Costing and Treasury Management.

The Finance pillar includes Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, Billing, Commitment Control, General Ledger, Grants/Customer Contracts, Project Costing, Purchasing, Travel & Expenses, and Treasury (Cash Management).

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ctcLink Training Overview

ctcLink Self-Paced Canvas Courses

All Canvas courses are self-paced. Each course includes a description and suggested list of who should enroll. 

Instructor-Led Training and Work Sessions

Each ctcLink Pillar team holds topic-specific learning opportunities and work sessions to share important updates and specific content. This is a forum for our ctcLink users to share discoveries, issues, quirks, best practices, questions, business process options and whatever else might come up.

ctcLink Accounting Team Presents

Every first and third Thursday, these recurring work sessions aim to provide accounting support and guidance regarding, but not limited to, the various reconciliation topics and processes. Each session covers a specific topic(s) and then moves to open Q&A.

Finance (FSCM) College Users Production Support Meetings

Meetings are held every Tuesday, from 2 to 3 p.m.

These sessions are open to ALL Finance (FSCM) end users. The ctcLink Finance Customer Support team provides updates on Service Tickets, PeopleSoft enhancements, and open forum time to ask questions or request future topics.

The ctcLink Finance Subject Matter Experts list received a calendar invitation to Upcoming Finance Users Production Support meetings.

Didn’t get the invitation? Reach out to Shon Dicks-Schlesinger, Associate Director of Finance Functional Support.

Monthly Student Finance/General Ledger SF/GL Open Forum

Every second Wednesday, 2 to 3 p.m., the SBCTC Business Operations Accounting team invites you to bring your questions (and solutions) to share during this open forum meeting space for all things Student Finance/General Ledger (SF/GL) related.

There is no formal agenda as we welcome all questions about everything from item types and second journal sets to waivers, queries, or internal cash reconciliation.

FIN Work Session: Grants/Projects Q&A Drop-In Sessions

Recurring every SECOND Monday of the month at 11 a.m. join the ctcLink Finance Customer Support team for a collaborative, interactive and troubleshooting drop-in session on everything Grants/Projects.

Travel and Expenses Q&A Drop-In

Recurring every LAST Monday of the month, 11 a.m. to noon, join us for a collaborative, interactive and troubleshooting drop-in support session on everything Travel and Expenses. This session is not recorded, unless otherwise noted.

  • 11 – 11:30 a.m., Training: Come learn or share something new.
  • 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Q&A: Please come with your questions or issues and be ready to share your screen.

FIN Work Session: Asset Management Q&A

Every second Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon, join the ctcLink Finance Customer Support team for a collaborative, interactive and troubleshooting drop-in session on all things Asset Management.

  • 11 – 11:30 a.m., Training: Come learn or share something new.
  • 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Q&A: Please come with your questions or issues and be ready to share your screen.

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ctcLink Customer Support sends updates, outage notices, changes to configuration, training and workshop opportunities, global and cross-pillar communications to colleges.

College subject matter experts (SMEs), PeopleSoft users/stakeholders can use the lists to ask  their college peers questions about how they do things in ctcLink, best practices, local training plans, and more.

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ctcLink CONNECT, the weekly ctcLink Learning Opportunities & Support Roundup, includes ctcLink learning opportunities, ctcLink support updates, and news for Washington state community and technical college ctcLink users.

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ctcLink FIN Subject Matter Expert (SME) eList

Subscribe to the ctcLinkSME_FIN list to receive the latest ctcLink FIN hot topics, training, and how-to tips fro the ctcLink FIN Support and Training teams.

To subscribe

  • Send an email to ctcLinkSME_FIN-subscribe@lists.ctc.edu
  • The Subject should be "Subscribe"
  • Once you receive a confirmation email, open it and click the link to confirm.
  • The list admin may need to approve you at this point, but once they do, you'll be subscribed

Budget, Accounting and Reporting Council (BAR) eList

Subscribe to the Budget, Accounting and Reporting Council (BAR)  list to receive news about accounting, travel, and FIN-related learning opportunities from the ctcLink Accounting team.

To subscribe

  • Send an email to bar-subscribe@lists.ctc.edu
  • The Subject should be "Subscribe"
  • Once you receive a confirmation email, open it and click the link to confirm.
  • The list admin may need to approve you at this point, but once they do, you'll be subscribed

Contact

Questions? Contact the FIN Support Team.