Kentucky State University Business Policies and Procedures Manual

  • Compare earnings credits and fees with industry data and other banking providers
  • Meet with bank and investment representatives for account reviews annually.
  • Recommend new banking contracts as appropriate.

Cash Forecasting

Responsible position(s):

  • Senior Accountant

Required documents and access:

  • Banner
  • Month-end cash balance report
  • Projections of cash receipts from tuition, appropriations, scheduled disbursements, payroll, bond obligations, etc.

Frequency and timing:

  • Weekly – short term cash projections
  • Monthly – long-term projections for at least 1 fiscal year

Steps:

  • Update monthly actuals with balance details for all cash accounts
  • Cash balance report that goes to CPE for month-end – use this report to update the ending balances for the month
Balances - 8/31/2023
Bank Accounts
Bank 60 Fifth Third General Depository3,709,813.98Fifth Third Sweep Acct
Outstanding Checks(601,068.88)Bank 56 -ARP Report
(15,181.46)Bank 55 ARP Report
Bank 09 State Account4,736,482.51State Account 2550-ALL
Bank 20 State Appropriations-State Allotment Acct 2540S
Total Funds Available7,830,046.15
State Capital Project 2550-CP-APD*
Bank 29 State Capital Project Account4,010,168.21
Bank 52 Perkins Account81,281.56Perkins Account
Total Bank Accounts11,921,495.92
  • Review General account activity in Banner and categorize transactions based on source, i.e. transactions from the Cashier account (Bank 58) are inflows from student payments
  • Pull report for Bank 60 out of FGRGLTA. Other Bank account reports may be necessary in future steps.
  • Once in the FGRGLTA screen, the report can be accessed by completing the following:

Printer = DATABASE

Parameter Values = (see below for example, Bank 60 is account code 110060)