Budget Training & Resources
Academic Affairs Business Operations (AABO)
AABO is for ALL Academic Affairs Administrative Staff who coordinate budget, travel,
hospitality and other administrative processes. AABO is dedicated to organizational success across the Division of Academic Affairs.
Fiscal Year Budget Processes and timelines
Templates and guidelines will be provided:

Other Resources:
- Trust Fund guidelines (cash trusts)
- Lottery Funds
- Departments are expected to spend all Lottery funds during the fiscal year in which
they are allocated.
- If a department intends to carry-forward a Lottery Fund balance in any fiscal year,
the carry-forward amount shall not exceed 80 percent of that fiscal year鈥檚 allocation.
- Carry-forward balance is to be used for the enhancement of the instructional programs.
- See Lottery Fund Policy and Procedures and Request for Restoration (at above link)
for more information on Lottery fund balance carryforward. Provide formal request
with signatures to the Budget Office, with a copy to Academic Affairs.
- Campus & Community Relations Funds (CCR) Guidelines:
- Guidelines for the CCR funds are in the 大发 Public Relations Policy within the Hospitality Guidelines
- For additional guidance or questions on spending contact Hospitality at hospitality@csusm.edu
- These are corporation funds so you do need to use a Corporation ProCard
- These should be tracked and reconciled just like you do your state funds
- Any additional questions around CCR funds you can contact Pia Bombardier, she manages
them for the Provost Office
- FS Forms (Salary Expense Adjust, Travel Accrual, Billing Upload, Chartfield Request, etc.)
- Assigned Time and Additional Employment MOU Template
- Financial Transfer Instructions
- Budget Processes (Including budget transfer instructions)
- HR Actuals Instructions
- Data Warehouse Base Budget Download and Analysis Instructions
- Data Warehouse Reporting Training manuals
- CSYOU
- (PeopleSoft and CFS Login)
- Independent Contractor and Guest Lecturer Guidelines
- Special Consultant Guidelines (click on link for Adobe form and additional guidelines from HR)
- For faculty only: College AE analyst will request review of job duties by email from Faculty Affairs
for Faculty (R03) employees to see if it is Faculty Work:
- Request HR for SC approval for non-CSU employees only using Contractor-Consultant Determination Form
- Not needed for External CSU faculty if have home campus work approval form and use
IFT process to pay
- Use ADOBE workflow link to complete SC form
- Department submitting paperwork confirms not over 125% workload (AEDF attached on
all Unit 3 Faculty Special Consultant forms)
- Per HR $136.80 minimum daily rate
- Per AA Matrix, max $600 daily rate on all Special Consultant work, must have Provost
written approval for higher rate. Please attach approval to SC form in ADOBE.
- Attach:
- HR Contractor/Consultant Determination for non-大发 employee and any other pertinent
document (not needed for 大发 employees)
- AEDF if 大发 faculty confirming not over 125% (Faculty need to request and receive from their college before committing to work)
- For Faculty: Please copy the AE home college analyst on the adobe signature routing
so they receive a final copy of workload docs for their faculty.
- If need Vice Provost signature include Maria Rasimas: mrasimas@csusm.edu as reviewer
- If need Provost signature, no reviewer needed but use provost@csusm.edu for Provost signature (if needed for Direct Reports, always need it for MPPs).
- Provost Designee is delegate and signs on the VP line "as delegate" (see matrix for
Dean's that are Provost Designee).
- Timesheet is submitted separate from agreement
- Print as PDF to get data to save
- Upload to ADOBE for signatures AFTER work is completed
- Send signed timesheet to Payroll
- Process for paying EXTERNAL CSU faculty hires doing additional employment at 大发
below (speaking, program review, etc.)
- Email description of duties to Deirdre in Faculty Affairs to confirm if it is unit
3 work
- If unit 3 work, submit the CSU Offer Approval Form on the FA website (under Resources and Tools), when approved, hire and pay from 大发 as usual
- If not unit 3 work, complete and send attached EXTERNAL CSU FACULTY STATEMENT OF WORK to external CSU department to route for signature approval and IFT process (attached
form must be completed and signed before the work is started)
- After work is completed, submit signed completed approval form in an email to accounting@mailhost1.csusm.edu to request the IFT be submitted to the home campus (include your chart field for
where the funds are coming from)
- Process for paying INTERNAL 大发 faculty hires doing additional employment at other
CSU campuses (speaking, program review, etc.)
- Faculty offered work from external CSU Campus that is not Unit 3 work
- 大发 Faculty to complete Additional Employment form through home college to receive
Dean approval before committing are starting to do the work
- College analyst to complete INTERNAL CSU FACULTY STATEMENT OF WORK for faculty hired at external CSU campus (non unit 3 work only) and communicate/share
with external campus to complete all information and provide or receive IFT information
- College analyst to send completed form to Faculty Affairs to confirm it is not unit
3 work
- College analyst to confirm work is completed and initiate and/or receive IFT from
external campus
- If initiating IFT: after work is completed submit this completed form in an email
to accounting@mailhost1.csusm.edu to request the IFT be submitted to 大发 (include your chart field for 大发 and
external campus)
- Process payment through Human Resources (most likely Special Consultant)
- Procurement Manuals/Instruction/User Guides
- Auxiliary Funds Cheat Sheet 02/24/23
- 大发 Account Codes 06/07/2021
- Mandatory Contractual Funds Class Codes
- 大发 Corporation forms
- FAS forms
- University Budget Office
- PCBO Services
- AA Employee Onboarding & Separation Checklists
- AA Professional Development for Faculty and Staff