Controller’s Office

The Controller’s Office serves to support the academic mission of the university by accurately recording and reporting financial transactions and safeguarding university assets. The office is responsible for financial and compliance reporting and providing financial information to members of the community in support of the needs of the university. Our staff strives to provide service in a professional, effective and respectful manner to faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni, and external relations of the university.

Contact

Location:

Boynton Hall

Phone:

508-831-5754

Enterprise Transformation

Beginning September 30th, WPI will be implementing soft financial closes each quarter of the fiscal year. This will allow the Institute to utilize Workday functionality and improve financial projections.

All invoices, expense reports and payroll adjustments should be submitted prior to the 15th day following the close of a quarter. Transactions after the 15th will not be posted to a closed quarter but will be automatically applied to the first day in the open quarter. This will enable managers to monitor and forecast budgets that will not change once the quarter has closed. Overtime, this will provide revenue and spending patterns for trend analysis and future projections.

The following schedule will apply to FY20:

QUARTER	ACTIVITY FOR :	LAST DATE TO POST/APPROVE:
Q1	July, August, September 2019	October 15, 2019
Q2	October, November, December 2019	January 15, 2020
Q3	January, February, March 2020	April 15, 2020
Q4	April, May, June 2020	See forthcoming Year-End Close memo