The LinkUW Finance Operations Team provides various financial services for academic, administrative, and auxiliary units. LinkUW performs purchase card (p-card) reconciliation, travel and expense services, purchasing services, and payments.
The services listed below with an asterisk* can be either self-serve by the employee or completed by LinkUW on the employee’s behalf.
| Buying and Receiving Goods and Services Support Provided | ||
| Groups of Services | Services | Services proactively provided or completed within the listed business days below |
| Purchasing | Initiate catalog requisitions* | 3 business days |
| Initiate non-catalog requisitions* | 3 business days | |
| Initiate blanket order requisition* | 3 business days | |
| Get three bids for simplified bids* | 5 business days | |
| Complete simplified bid form and attach to requisition* | 3 business days | |
| Review and submit catalog requisitions | 3 business days | |
| Review and submit non-catalog requisitions | 3 business days | |
| Initiate change orders (change request in Workday) | 3 business days | |
| Review and submit change orders | 3 business days | |
| Run reports to determine if blanket orders (continuing order reqs) need to continue | Proactive service | |
| Review and submit blanket order requisitions | 3 business days | |
| Request supplier in Shop UW+ | 3 business days | |
| Prepare and submit voucher upload request to Business Services | 3 business days | |
| P-card | Reconcile p-card transactions (collect documentation, business purpose)* | 3 business days |
| Make p-card purchases on behalf of unit | 3 business days | |
| Monitor p-card compliance | Proactive service | |
| Travel and Expense | Initiate expense reports (p-card and travel)* | 3 business days |
| Arrange & reconcile cash advances | 3 business days | |
| Payments | Complete and submit supplier invoice request form (PIR, direct payments, other payments) in WD | 3 business days |