DFA Conversations

DFA Conversations is a series of ongoing, monthly gatherings designed to encourage and facilitate information exchange between DFA and its campus partners. Each session of DFA Conversations usually consists of a presentation by a DFA staff member, followed by time for questions and dialogue among all attendees.

These forums serve two purposes: (1) to help members of the university community better understand how DFA supports the university’s mission, and (2) to inform DFA’s teams of the business needs of their customers.

Upcoming Dates

• TBD

Presentations Given

Travel, Concur, and Shared Services Center Implementation Updates, April 7, 2022

• Presentation (PDF, 387 KB)
• Video (57 min.)

DFA Updates: Audit and working with DFA in the new remote environment, Nov. 8, 2021

• Presentation (PDF, 487 KB)
• Video (25 min.) The audit portion of the video presentation has been removed.

University Payroll Office: Payroll Overview, Updates to the Overpayment Process, The New Pay Card, The Payroll Certification Program Rollout, April 15, 2021

• Presentation (PDF, 1 MB)
• Video (51 min.)

DFA Updates: Financial Services Functional Review, Financial Statements and Audit, Procurement Updates, SFS Operations Updates, Nov. 2, 2020

• Presentation (PDF 251 KB)
• Video (1 hr. 11 min.)

Concur: Past, Pressent and Future and Leasing Standards, Feb. 24, 2020

• Leasing Standards presentation (PDF, 95KB)
• Concur presentation (PDF, 881 KB)
• Video (1 hr. 3 min.)

Internal Controls, Nov. 13, 2019

• Presentation: Internal Controls (PDF, 346 KB)
• Video (1 hr. 20 min.)

Concur Travel Demonstration, Aug. 14, 2019

• Video (2 hrs. 5 min.)

Financial Research Administration, May 9, 2019

• Presentation: Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost “base year” and how it affects the entire university (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Video (1 hr.)

Introducing Concur, Feb. 28, 2019

• Presentation: Concur (PDF, 2.37 MB)
• Video (1 hr. 28 min.)

Office of the University Controller, Oct. 10, 2018

• Presentation: Internal Controls and Fraud Risks (PDF, 1.54 MB)
• Video (57 min.)

Office of the Treasurer, Sept. 6, 2018

• Presentation: Office of the Treasurer (PDF, 630 KB)
• Video (37 min.)

Open Microphone, DFA Leadership Team, June 28, 2018

• Video (59 min.)

Cornell's Annual Audit Process, May 30, 2018

• Presentation: The Audit Process (PDF, 578 KB)
• Video: The Audit Process (50 min.)

Navigate: Global Operations, April 19, 2018

• Presentation: Global Operations at Cornell (PDF, 1 MB)

Sponsored Financial Services: Sub-Recipient Monitoring, March 22, 2018

• Presentation: Sub-Recipient Monitoring (PDF, 327 KB)
• Video: Sub-recipient Monitoring (43 min.)

Payroll: Payroll and Time Tracking, Feb. 21, 2018

• Presentation: Payroll and Time Tracking (PDF, 131 KB)
• Video: Payroll and Time Tracking (47 min.)

University Policy Office: The University Policy Process, Jan. 17, 2018

• Presentation: The University Policy Office (PDF, 245 KB)
• Video: University Policy Office (54 min.)

Cash Management: PCI Data Security Standards, Dec. 8, 2017

• Presentation: PCI Data Security Standards (PDF, 1 MB)
• Video: PCI Data Security Standards (59 min.)

University Controller: Internal Controls, Nov. 20, 2017

• Presentation: Internal Control Program (PDF, 469 KB)
• Video: Internal Control Program (44 min.)

Sponsored Financial Services: Research Administration Forum, Oct. 18, 2017

• Presentation: Research Administration Forum Presentation (PDF, 631 KB)
• Video: Research Administration Forum (1 hr. 38 min.)

Cornell Procurement Services: Procure to Pay, Sept. 19, 2017 

• Video: Procure to Pay (1 hr. 26 min.)