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Maintenance and Usage of Chart of Accounts

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Inventory Management
- Inventory Management
Cash Banking and Investment
Financial Closure of Development Projects and Trust Funds
Financial Management and Implementation Modalities
Financial Operations Management
- Corporate Operations and Information Management
- Statutory Financial Reporting
Pipeline and Revenue Management
Expense Management
Resource Planning and Cost Recovery
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Adam Phillion

Effective Date

01/01/2012

Planned Review Date

09/01/2026

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2.0

Latest updates

January 09, 2023 - The policy and procedures have been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system. p tag used here for line break January 31, 2022 - The Maintenance and Usage of the Chart of Accounts policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab. p tag used here for line break

January 09, 2023 - The policy and procedures have been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system. p tag used here for line break

January 31, 2022 - The Maintenance and Usage of the Chart of Accounts policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab. p tag used here for line break

March 05, 2020 - The Maintenance and Usage of the Chart of Accounts policy is now available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab. p tag used here for line break

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Maintenance and Usage of the Chart of Accounts

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1	Step Chartfields Create chartfield in Quantum General Ledger.	Responsible Party OFM/BMS/CFRA	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes The only exception is the Project chartfield, which is created in the QuantumProjects and Portfolio Management (PPM).
2	Step Request a new chartfield or make changes to existing chartfields (if necessary). Complete and forward the appropriate QuantumChart of Accounts Maintenance forms with appropriate supporting documentation as indicated on the forms	Responsible Party OFM/BMS/FBA	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes Send the form to cfra.mdm@undp.org Quantum Account code creation forms
3	Step Funds Reviewed any change to the Fund.	Responsible Party OFM/BMS/FBA	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes Quantum fund code creation/modify form
4	Step Ensure that any chartfield trees affected by the change are updated immediately as soon as a change occurs in the Fund chartfield table	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
5	Step Assign at least one individual responsible for reviewing requests for chartfield changes	Responsible Party Business owner	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes The assigned individuals should also be responsible for maintaining and updating related chartfield trees.
8	Step Donor Code Create a Donor Code by setting up a new customer identification code in Quantum Accounts Receivable	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes Send the form to BMS OFM PDI bms.ofm.pdi@undp.org Quantum customer form
9	Step Record contributions from donors using account 51005 and enter the relevant operating unit , cost entre, fund ID and the donor code	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes If the fund code is cost-sharing or project level co-financing, the project ID, project business unit and a default activity should also be entered
10	Step Record expenses using the appropriate expenditure account in the 6xxxx or 7xxxx series.	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes The cost centre ID entered for expenses should be the detailed cost centre ID (not the budgetary cost centre).
11	Step Include chartfields in all expenses without any exception	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
12	Step Other asset or liability accounts in the 1xxxxx or 2xxxx series should include, as a minimum, the following chartfield values: account, operating unit, fund and cost centre	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
13	Step Forward the request form to Accounts Division and update the donor tree as soon as a new donor code is created	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes
14	Step Ensure that no duplicate values exist	Responsible Party	Template/Guideline	Explanatory Notes A review of the donor chartfield values should be regularly undertaken to “inactivate” the duplicated values.

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