Accounting Services
 

The SAO Financial Management Department staff collects and controls the data generated by monthly financial transactions; develops and produces reports to summarize and to detail these transactions for the authorizing officers of the relevant funds; creates accounting applications to serve new needs in financial reporting and analysis; reviews all transactions to verify their allowability and relation to SAO projects and to assure compliance with all appropriate regulations, agreements, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles; provides an interface with the Smithsonian Institution (SI) and with Harvard University; and responds to audit requests. Details of the following major accounting functions are available:

  • Salaries, Leave, and Benefits
  • Travel
  • Petty Cash
  • Transportation
  • Rent
  • Communications
  • Central Engineering
  • Requisitions and Purchase Orders
  • Office Supplies Transfers
  • Stipends
  • Accruals
  • Purchases from GSA and SIBAC
  • Vendor Invoices
  • ERP Vendor Database Maintenance


    •  Useful FMD Accounting Information:

  • OF&A Chartfield Descriptions
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  • ___Object Class Codes Last Refreshed 07/25/18 doc version. (95 Kb Excel file)
  • ___Program Code Definitions Manual Last Refreshed 07/13/17PDF version.(496 KB pdf)
  • ERP Chartfield Descriptions PDF version. (12 Kb pdf)
  • SAO Account Codes for Equipment doc version. (70 Kb Excel File)
  • Glossary of Accounting Terms (in progress)
  • FY 2004 - 2020 Federal/Trust split

    • Chartfield Legacy Page
    		 
     

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