The following online courses provide detailed information on how to use the B2P system. Each course takes approximately 10–30 minutes to complete (specific times noted below).
Complete B2P Basics before taking the following courses:
One of the most important parts of your role is to know the elements of an expense or revenue transaction. Financial Review and Control (FRC) helps you to understand this and the key elements of risk at MIT.
This online training will show the basics of FRC and how to recognize what constitutes effective review.
Completion Time: Approximately 30 to 45 minutes
Recommended Prerequisites
The following courses are not required but are recommended to get the most out of this course:
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
This course is intended for learners who verify Procurement Card transactions – also known as ProCard transactions – at MIT. This training course should take approximately 60 minutes to complete.
This course is designed for anyone who approves travel expense reports, to help ensure compliance with Institute and sponsor policies related to business travel on behalf of MIT.
Training provided by the Office of the Vice President for Finance
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Completion Time: Approximately 25 minutes.
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
This course provides an introduction to requesting payment via MIT's eRFP system. Payment requests are used for low-dollar supplier payments, honoraria, prizes/awards, visa fees, and human subject payments.
Completion time: approximately 30 minutes.
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
When consumers use payment cards, they assume that the information they share is secure. Data security standards were developed to help merchants maintain safeguards critical to the protection of payment card data.
After completing this course you should be able to:
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
This course provides an introduction to requesting reimbursement via MIT's eRFP system.
Completion time: approximately 30 minutes.
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
Topics include:
Completion Time: 20 minutes
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
One of the most common transactions completed at MIT is a Journal Voucher. Journal Vouchers exceeding 20 lines should be completed via the SAPgui upload function. This demo will show the basics of completing an upload accurately the first time.
Completion Time: approximately 15 to 30 minutes
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
Are you looking to hire an individual to perform services at MIT? This course explains when a person can be hired as an independent contractor, when he/she must be hired as a temporary or permanent employee, and why.
This course covers the basic knowledge and skills needed for financial management at MIT.
This course will walk you through the key activities that Departments, Laboratories, and Centers (DLCs) perform during the fiscal year-end close in preparation for publishing MIT's financial statements and the Treasurer's Report. It is provided to help ensure that MIT's audited financial statements are in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
This course is required for all individuals prior to receiving your MIT Travel Card.
It is designed for all travelers, and their delegates, to ensure compliance with Institute and federal policies related to business travel on behalf of MIT.
Training provided by the Office of the Vice President for Finance
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Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
This course is intended for all learners who use the Procurement card – also known as the ProCard – at MIT.
Completion Time: Approximately 15 to 30 minutes.
It is necessary to complete this training before receiving your MIT ProCard.
Available through the Atlas Learning Center.
When consumers use payment cards, they assume that the information they share is secure. Data security standards were developed to help merchants maintain safeguards critical to the protection of payment card data.
After completing this course you should be able to:
Subject matter experts will be available to answer your questions about the fiscal year-end closing process. Attendees are encouraged to review the Fiscal Year-End Closing course in the Atlas Learning Center before attending the Q&A session.
Attendees will be given the Zoom login information prior to the event.
This course is designed to provide the basic knowledge and skills needed to function effectively in a position with fiscal responsibilities. Using interactive group exercises and case studies, participants learn basic concepts of financial administration at MIT and practice using these concepts in realistic work situations.
This is a three-day course.
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This course is designed to provide the basic knowledge and skills needed to function effectively in a position with fiscal responsibilities. Using interactive group exercises and case studies, participants learn basic concepts of financial administration at MIT and practice using these concepts in realistic work situations.
This is a three-day course.
This course is designed to provide the basic knowledge and skills needed to function effectively in a position with fiscal responsibilities. Using interactive group exercises and case studies, participants learn basic concepts of financial administration at MIT and practice using these concepts in realistic work situations.
This is a three-day course.
This session has been canceled in consideration of MIT's current guidelines on campus gatherings.
Designed for MIT administrators and fiscal officers, this informational workshop will address MIT’s status as a sales tax-exempt organization and how to use the necessary forms to claim the sales-tax exemption when making purchases for MIT in Massachusetts and the 29 other states where MIT has a sales tax exemption. The workshop also provides information for DLCs that collect sales tax for goods or services, with instructions for collecting and reporting on these taxes.