Finance Training course timetable
Tuesday 29 April
15:00 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
Wednesday 30 April
09:30 |
This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions. |
14:00 |
The Finance Division values the professionalism and commitment of its members and therefore encourages all staff to develop their skills and knowledge. This short session will outline for you the Division’s policy on training and development, as well as highlighting resources from across the University that you can utilise. |
Friday 2 May
11:00 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
11:30 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
Tuesday 6 May
13:30 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
15:00 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
Wednesday 7 May
09:15 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
09:30 |
This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions. |
11:45 |
As a recent new starter to the Finance Division, we would like to invite you to attend a welcome session in Greenwich House with Finance Leadership Team (FLT). These sessions are an opportunity for you to meet with other members of staff who have recently joined Finance, as well as hearing from Daniel and senior members of the team. Please book onto a session below that suits your office working pattern best. We encourage you to attend in your first three months in the Finance Division but if you are unable to attend either of these dates, more dates will follow later in the year. |
13:30 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
Thursday 8 May
09:15 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at the School of Clinical Medicine in the E-learning room on the ground floor - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Useful links can be found below to help with your travel and parking arrangements for the day. https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/visiting-our-hospitals/travel-and-parking/getting-here https://www.ncp.co.uk/find-a-car-park/car-parks/cambridge-addenbrookes-hospital/Parking Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
13:30 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
Friday 9 May
10:00 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
11:00 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
11:30 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
Tuesday 13 May
09:15 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
09:30 |
IN PERSON - Tableau Server - Viewer
![]() This is an in person classroom course held at Greenwich House - All delegates will need to bring a laptop (docking stations, monitors, external keyboard and mice will be available in the room) Please note - there is no parking available at Greenwich House. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. |
13:30 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
15:00 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
Wednesday 14 May
13:30 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
Thursday 15 May
09:15 |
Invoice automation - AP User
![]() This course covers the complete process of handling invoices from receipt to payment using the new invoice automation system. It is designed for individuals who manage day-to-day invoice processing and identify as 'AP Users'. Who Should Attend:
This is a classroom course to be held at Roger Needham Building in Ely Room 2 - All delegates will need to bring a laptop, power cable & ID badge to access reception. Please note - there is no parking available at Roger Needham. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road. Tea and coffee will be provided during this course. |
09:30 |
Virtual - Cognos Introduction
[Places]
Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts. Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below. What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above. Cannot make any dates? See the on-demand online version of the course. Completion of this course will count as Cognos attendance for the purpose of acceptance onto the above courses. You should ask your Key Contact to request Cognos access for you, prior to working through the on-demand material. |
This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals. It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading Webinar 1: For everyone Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest If none of the dates are suitable then there are two on-demand packages which can be completed instead. Chart of Accounts and Account Enquiry https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/4716069 |
Friday 16 May
09:30 |
Virtual - Cognos Introduction
[Places]
Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts. Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below. What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above. Cannot make any dates? See the on-demand online version of the course. Completion of this course will count as Cognos attendance for the purpose of acceptance onto the above courses. You should ask your Key Contact to request Cognos access for you, prior to working through the on-demand material. |
This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals. It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading Webinar 1: For everyone Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest If none of the dates are suitable then there are two on-demand packages which can be completed instead. Chart of Accounts and Account Enquiry https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/4716069 |
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11:00 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |
11:30 |
Tableau Drop In Sessions (via Teams)
![]() This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information and Strategic Insights Team, who can help you solve challenges. |