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Please send your feedback about the Department of Enterprise Services' (DES) Small Agency Financial Services (SAFS). Your feedback helps us improve and better meet your needs. Finance welcomes your feedback at any time.
Employer contribution rates increase effective September 1, 2024.
The 2025 supplemental operating and transportation budget requests should be limited to:
We have moved to Zendesk – a complete customer service solution.
Now when you email our Payroll team at DESPayroll@des.wa.gov, your inquiry is assigned a Support Request number. Emailed responses or clarifying questions will use the Support Request number. Once your Support Request has been resolved or payroll action processed, you will receive notification and a request to rate the support you received.
Zendesk enhances productivity and processes along with offering an innovative customer experience. We look forward to hearing from you on the new feature and our service delivery.
Did you know? Your DES financial support team consists of ALL of our SAFS team members. Even though you may work with specific SAFS members regularly, other SAFS members often step in to assist and provide continuity of services. We would like you to know about our whole SAFS team. Below is a list of each work group within SAFS, the members you may hear from, and recent news or a message from each team.
Team | Members | News / Message |
---|---|---|
Accounts Payable |
Megan Finger |
We are excited to share that:
Please help us congratulate Bryn and welcome Kyler! |
Budget |
Diann Lewallen |
|
Payroll |
Molly Guinan |
Phuong accepted a promotion with another agency. She will be missed. We hope to fill her position mid-September. Rachel – Manger |
Accounts Receivable |
Betti Bartoldo |
|
Administrative Assistance |
Danelle Guerin |
We are excited to share that Robin joined our the team in July. She comes with 10+ years of administrative support experience. Please help us welcome Robin! |
Invoices Received from Agency | 2,566 | 76.53% | $23,716,053 |
Invoices Paid on Delegated Authority | 554 | 16.52% | $1,533,453 |
Travel Requests Paid through TEMS | 227 | 6.77% | $87,534 |
Payments Reissued (SOL, Lost Warrant) | 6 | 0.18% | $5,978 |
Total Payments Processed | 3,353 | 100% | $25,343,018 |
Turnaround days | 2.66 |
Invoices Received from Agency | 2,237 | 90.53% | $38,847,311 |
Invoices Paid on Delegated Authority | 57 | 2.31% | $194,694 |
Travel Requests Paid through TEMS | 172 | 6.96% | $89,021 |
Payments Reissued (SOL, Lost Warrant) | 5 | 0.20% | $32,878 |
Total Payments Processed | 2,471 | 100% | $39,163,904 |
Turnaround days | 1.85 |
Total Employees Paid | 1,611 |
Appointment Changes | 12 |
New Hires / Rehires | 35 |
Transfer In / Transfer Outs | 4 |
Separations | 19 |
Supplemental Payments / Walk Throughs | 6 |
Overpayments | 4 |
Stay tuned for an upcoming SAAM travel rules refresher offered by the SAFS AP team later this fall.
As always, if you have any questions regarding travel: call SAFS AP at 360-407-8183 or email travel.safs@des.wa.gov.
If you would like to know what budget analyst, payroll analyst and HR business partner is assigned to your agency, see our Agency Assignments webpage.
If you would like to get contact information for DES SAFS and HR staff, see our Contacts webpage.
If you have suggestions or feedback about the Small Agency Services Bulletin, please send your comments to SmallAgencyBulletin@des.wa.gov.