Frequently Asked Questions

A term used across CU that refers to a unit or department's contact for payroll, hiring, time collection and other related human resource matters.

Both itemized and proof of purchase receipts are required as documentation to ensure purchases relate to official University business.

The tax-exempt certificate can be found here. For more information visit the Procurement Service Center webpage​.

It is an acronym for Procurement Service Center (PSC), it was created in July 1999, within System Administration to streamline the administrative tasks related to procurement and payables functions for the University's campuses (Boulder, Colorado Springs, and Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus). PSC staff performs three major functions: purchasing services, payable services, and training/documentation services. See the  for more information.

Visit the OUC website​ for the latest updates or subscribe to OUC news and Carl's m-Fin blog​. 

Employees will enter vacation and sick leave through My Leave. My Leave can be accessed through the employee portal. To view a step by step guide for setting up your My Leave preferences and submitting leave click here​.

m-Fin stands for management financial, it is a set of CU management financial reports created in CU’s Cognos software. For more information regarding m-Fin click here​.

It is important to review the records retention schedules to know how long to maintain records.