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Controller's Office

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    • The Controller's Office is responsible for the university's financial statements, general ledger, cost accounting, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, contracts and grants accounting, tax compliance, travel program, procurement card programs, PeopleSoft financial system, campus cash-handling, and various special analyses.

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  • Financial Operations
    • We provide a wide-range of financial services including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash handling and banking, and campus procurement cards. We also assist with travel and entertainment expenditures.

      • Overview
      • Accounts Payable
      • Accounts Receivable
      • Cash Handling and Banking Services
      • Travel
      • Entertainment
      • Procurement Card Program
      • Reimbursement System
  • Accounting and Controls
      • Overview
      • Financial Reporting
      • Plant Accounting
      • Reconciliation
      • Internal Controls
      • Expenditure adjustments
      • Managing an Audit
      • Unrelated Business Income Taxes (UBIT)
  • Payroll
    • We work with the Regions and UCPath to ensure employees are accurately paid in a timely manner. We also actively promote and monitor compliance with Payroll policy.

      • Overview
      • Paycheck and Pay Dates
      • Biweekly Pay
      • Glacier Tax Compliance System
      • Income Tax
      • Payroll Forms
      • Monthly Working Hours Calendar
  • CGA
    • Contracts and Grants Accounting

      We provide financial and accounting services for sponsored awards and strive to efficiently maintain compliance with campus policies and procedures, federal regulations, and the terms and conditions established by our sponsoring agencies.

      • Overview
      • Award Setup
      • Managing Award Finances
      • Award Closeout
      • Deficit Clearing Process
      • Effort Reporting
      • CGA Training
  • Business Systems
    • BFS Business Systems provides support for the following PeopleSoft modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Accounts Receivable, Billing, eBill, Budget with custom Position Resource Tracking system, Commitment Control, Grants, Contracts and Project Costing.

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      • Log in to BFS
      • Getting started with BFS
      • BFS Training
      • BFS Ten Year Road Map
      • BFS Support
      • Other campus business systems
      • BFS Upgrade 2020 - Change Summary
  • Training
    • Campanile

      We provide training and learning resources to help make our financial systems easier to use.

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Central Payroll

Employees working outside of California Due to COVID 19

Paycheck and Pay Dates
GLACIER/Foreign Tax Compliance
Income Tax
Payroll Forms
Biweekly Pay
Monthly Working Hours Calendar

Central Payroll
2195 Hearst Ave #120, Berkeley, CA 94720-1104
Phone (510) 642-1336
Fax (510) 643-9339
Email: payhelp@berkeley.edu

Payroll Office Staff Directory

QUICK LINKS
  • Viewing your earnings statement
  • UC Path (UCOP website)
  • Instant Pay Card
  • CalTime
  • Pay and classification (UCB HR website)
  • Faculty/Staff Emergency Loan Program

Our Responsibilities

As of March 2019, Payroll processing has transitioned to the UCPath Shared Service Center. As a result, local Berkeley Central Payroll responsibilities have changed. 

Pay Processing and Analysis

Taxes and Controls

Timekeeping System Maintenance 

  • Check Reissues for March 2019 and Prior
  • Inter-campus Transfers Initiating Journals
  • Instant Pay Card 
  • Imputed Income
  • PPS Maintenance for Payroll Expense Transfers 
  • Payroll Records Requests (PPS)
  • Benefits Direct Retros
  • Legacy PPS troubleshooting analysis and adjustments
  • Overpayment netcalcs for March 2019 and Prior
  • Payroll Error report review 
  • Tax audit, payments, foreign tax
  • and tax form processing (for March 2019 and prior)
  • Payroll journal adjustments
  • Glacier Administration
  • FICA review 
  • CalTime System Administration
  • Mass One Time
  • payment and Hours Files
  • Error Reporting Analysis 

PAYROLL PROCEDURES

  • Gift card to employees tax reporting (goes to Accounts Payable site)
  • Honorarium Payment Policy - UCOP (PDF)
  • Interlocation transfers and appointments (PDF)
  • Lawrence Berkeley Lab honorarium to UCB faculty
  • PageCenter reporting tool
  • Stop payments and check reissuance
  • Student DCP-SAFE Harbor and medicare exemption eligibility

Address

Controller's Office
2195 Hearst Avenue, Room 130
Berkeley, CA 94720-1108

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