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Huckstep & Associates, LLC Sage Silver Development Partner. Sage Abra Development Partner Webcast March 25, 2010. Who is Huckstep & Associates ?. Sage Business Partner Sage products supported Abra HRMS and Abra SQL Sage MIP Fund Accounting History with Sage - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Huckstep & Associates, LLCSage Silver Development Partner
Sage Abra Development Partner Webcast
March 25, 2010
Who is Huckstep & Associates?
• Sage Business Partner – Sage products supported
• Abra HRMS and Abra SQL• Sage MIP Fund Accounting
• History with Sage– Since acquisition of MIP Fund Accounting in
2001– Brought on Sage Abra in 2003
Why Huckstep?
• Recognized the ability to combine two “Best of Breed” solutions– Utilize the best of each…
• To combine into a First Class solution for the NonProfit and Governmental client markets
• After many years serving the NonProfit and Governmental markets…… – We still believe the combination of Sage Abra
Human Resources • with Sage MIP Fund Accounting is…….
– THE “Best of Breed” product combination
Why Sage?
• The strength of the two Sage products when fully integrated.....
– Sage Abra is the leading Human Resource product today….• Comprehensive Benefit Management• Full compliance reporting/tracking capability• Powerful Reporting features• Easy Import/Export capabilities
And………
– Sage MIP is the leading Fund Accounting product…..• Full cross-fiscal year reporting capability• Full cost allocation capabilities to comply with
federal requirements related to allocation of time to federal grants and contracts
• User-defined chart of accounts driven by reporting requirements
Our Integration Products…..
• Abra HR to MIP Payroll Integration
– Features:• Utilizes the functional capabilities of Abra’s benefit
calculations for accrual of benefits from Abra HR at the time of payroll completion
• User defined choice with relation to utilization of org levels in Abra for distribution of wages AND benefits to grants/contracts…
– OR» Utilization of MIP distribution codes for
distribution of wages AND benefits to grants and contracts
Abra HR to MIP Payroll Integration (Continued)
• Features – Continued– Brings capability of a Fully Compliant Human
Resource product to your client NonProfit or Governmental Organization
– Brings capability of integration of any timesheet application into MIP Fund Accounting payroll
– Allows Single-Source initial entry to Abra HR, with electronic synchronization to MIP Payroll
– Emphasizes appropriate internal control processes and procedures with relation to HR and Payroll• With full audit trail of changes
Abra HR to MIP Payroll
Initial Step - Synchronization of Abra HR to MIP Payroll Demographics
- Product allows full mapping of MIP Payroll fields to the matching Abra
data fields for full synchronization capability
Abra HR to MIP Payroll
Bring in Benefits and Deductions – Calculation of Benefits and Deductions from Abra information
Abra HR to MIP Payroll
Add Time – Either via import if Timekeeping devices (either web or hardware) are utilized
- Or, via manual input if paper timesheets are used
Abra HR to MIP Payroll
Transfer - Timesheets to MIP Payroll
- Calculate payroll in MIP
Summary Result…..
• Simple Integration Process….– Utilizes Best of Robust Sage Abra Human
Resource capabilities• Combined With……
– And Enhancing…..
• Significant Payroll and Benefit allocation processes– OF
» Sage MIP Payroll
• Meets OMB Circular requirements related to the charging of wages and benefits to federal grants
What about Abra Payroll?
• Some NonProfit and Governmental organizations utilize the Abra Payroll alongside the Abra Human Resource product……– BUT use Sage MIP for their financial
accounting product…• Due to it’s strong fund accounting and cross fiscal
year reporting capabilities
Those Orgs need Integration as well!
• Writing a complex entry manually in MIP can be challenging even to the Best of Accountants! – The data exists in Abra Payroll– Our product utilizes Abra HR to bring the
benefits into MIP along with the payroll– Federal grants do Require that benefits
follow wages by way of charges to the grant where staff worked during the payroll period
Huckstep ABRA Payroll to MIP General Ledger
• Features– Product extracts payroll check data from Abra
Payroll– Benefits are calculated from data in Abra
Human Resource – Payroll accruals are processed at the time of
transfer, if desired– Transfer in detail or summary
• Transfer in detail facilitates the use of MIP bank reconciliation feature for payroll account
– View detail of transfer data on screen– Export detail of transfer data to Excel
Summary Result
• Simple Integration Process– Utilizes Best of Robust Sage MIP Fund
Accounting product reporting capabilities• Combined With……
– And Enhancing…..
• Significant capture of extensive job history, pay history, as well as extensive and robust compliance tracking and reporting
– BY» Sage Abra Human Resources
•
Contact Information
Huckstep & Associates, LLC
3734 South Ave, Suite E
Springfield, MO 65807
www.huckstep.com
1-800-269-6466
Staff Contact Info – following page
Contact Information - Continued
• Contact Names:– Jeannie Huckstep, CPA
• [email protected]• Managing Member
– Julie Archer• [email protected]• Sales Coordinator
– Joon Groh• [email protected]• IT Consultant