The UW's Commitment to Proper Cash Handling

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Quizzes

Glossary

Managing Your Department's Cash to Withstand Audit

Training and Development #1117

Course Description

This course is designed for individuals who will be responsible for one or more aspects of their department's handling of money. You will gain an increased knowledge of policies, rules, regulations, and procedures related to controls for handling cash receipts.

Departments must follow specific procedures to know how to safely handle cash and protect against possible loss. This includes depositing, recording, and balancing all forms of transactions.

In this class, you will learn about cash transmittals and deposits; the electronic fund transfer process; the petty cash revolving fund process; the UW's purchasing option: the ProCurement Card; the acceptance of credit cards by departments; the billing for receivables; and field advances.

Course Elements

• Online Cash Management web pages
• Online quizzes
• In-person session if registered to receive credit.

This is a self-paced course and can take from 2-5 hours to complete.

To Receive Credit for the Class

1. Register with Training and Development
2. Read about the UW's Commitment to Proper Cash Handling
3. Read each topic page
4. Complete & submit the quiz for each topic - you will need your UW NetId to take the quizzes
5. Submit any questions that you would like to have covered during the in-person session to Kyra Worrell (kyraw@u.washington.edu)
6. Attend an in-person session.

Included is a glossary of terms used throughout cash management which you should refer to as necessary.

We would appreciate feedback as to how this on-line class worked for you and if you have suggestions on how it could be improved for future classes.

Cash Management Coordinator