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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.
Annual Healthcare Benefits Open Enrollment is October 28 – November 25, 2024.
During the Health Care Authority's (HCA) Public Employees Benefits Board's (PEBB) annual healthcare open enrollment, you must enroll in a vision plan, or you will be defaulted into the MetLife Vision. You can also enroll in or make changes to your PEBB benefits, including:
Watch for more information on PEBB open enrollment in your inbox and mailbox throughout the next few weeks.
Effective October 1, 2024.
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The Office of Financial Management (OFM) is making changes to the Travel and Expense Management System (TEMS) in preparation for the OneWA Workday Phase 1A implementation. This is being done so TEMS can continue to be used by agencies for managing travel reimbursement requests when Workday goes live.
The following system changes are being made to TEMS for the OneWA Workday Phase 1A implementation:
No changes are being made to TEMS that will impact existing Traveler users.
For more information and guidance, please reach out to the OFM TEMS Modernization Team with subject line: TEMS Modernization.
Our SAFS AP team will be facilitating the Annual Travel Workshop which will be conducted virtually over Teams.
This workshop will cover topics such as:
Please email travel.safs@des.wa.gov with any questions or if you have not received an invitation and would like one sent to you.
Please submit your agency Combined Fund Drive (CFD) deposit on a separate A45 from your normal deposits and indicate "Combined Fund Drive." Please include a 2024 Fundraiser Transfer Form with your deposit. CFD deposits will be posted to your agency (fund 525) and transferred by DES/SAFS to the Secretary of State’s Office (SOS) on or before the December 6, 2024 deadline. Your Fundraiser Transfer Form MUST match the total amount transferred to SOS.
For more information about what to do after your event, please visit the CFD website at give.wa.gov/cfd/fundraising-resources.
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.
DES is pleased to announce two new positions that will be very instrumental in supporting our small agency customers transition from AFRS to Workday: SAFS OneWa accounts payable manager and SAFS OneWa accounts receivable manager.
Team | Members | News / Message |
---|---|---|
Accounts Payable |
Diana Huynh |
Megan Finger has been promoted to another DES finance position. She will be missed. |
Budget |
Diann Lewallen |
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Payroll |
Molly Guinan |
Erica Williamson promoted to another DES Finance position. She will be missed but we're excited for her in her new journey. Rachel – Manger |
Accounts Receivable |
Betti Bartoldo |
Betti promoted to the SAFS OneWa AR Manager. Congrats Betti! |
Administrative Assistance |
Danelle Guerin |
Robin Fleskes accepted a promotion with another agency. |
Invoices Received from Agency | 1,284 | 53.25% | $10,437,079 |
Invoices Paid on Delegated Authority | 995 | 41.27% | $3,143,146 |
Travel Requests Paid through TEMS | 121 | 5.02% | $41,784 |
Payments Reissued (SOL, Lost Warrant) | 11 | 0.46% | $4,046 |
Total Payments Processed | 2,411 | 100% | $13,626,055 |
Turnaround days | 1.87 |
Invoices Received from Agency | 1,805 | 74.04% | $22,173,070 |
Invoices Paid on Delegated Authority | 421 | 17.27% | $1,230,823 |
Travel Requests Paid through TEMS | 201 | 8.24% | $63,829 |
Payments Reissued (SOL, Lost Warrant) | 11 | 0.45% | $14,005 |
Total Payments Processed | 2,438 | 100% | $23,481,727 |
Turnaround days | 2.03 |
Total Employees Paid | 1,611.5 |
Action Processed | 70 |
Supplemental Paments/Walk Throughs | 2.67 |
Overpayments | 6 |
Invoices Produced | 455 | $1,185,085 |
Revenue Recorded | 506 | $3,903,777 |
Expenditure Reductions Recorded | 125 | $929,243 |
Accounts Receivable FTEs Completing the Work | 1.49 |
New travel reimbursement rates for per diem and lodging went into effect October 1, 2024.
Check out these resources:
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.