Approve (or reject) an Annual Financial Statement
Funded Organisations have two options for submitting their Annual Financial Statements (AFS). An AFS includes an Annual Audited Financial Statement (AAFS) and an Annual Acquittal Statement (AAS).
- Option 1 - Submit both documents (an AAFS Annual Audited Financial Statement and an AAS Annual Acquittal Statement. It is one part of the Annual Financial Statements reporting.) together at the Service Outlet level. The documents may be combined into one file.
- Option 2 - Submit the AAS Annual Acquittal Statement. It is one part of the Annual Financial Statements reporting. at the Service Outlet level and add the AAFS Annual Audited Financial Statement at the organisation level.
After the Organisation Director certifies the AFS, the P2i Payment Allocation Officer receives an email notification and can assess the AFS submission and approve it or reject it. If an AFS submission is rejected, it is returned to the Budget & Finance Officer for correction and resubmission.
Refer to the steps, Rejecting an Annual Financial Statement, for details on how to send an AFS submission back to the Funded Organisation.
Warning No notification is sent to the P2i Payment Allocation Officer if an AAFS is added at the organisation level.
When the P2i Payment Allocation Officer receives notification the AFS has been submitted, checking must occur to determine whether the AFS submission contains both documents or contains only the AAS.
If the AFS submission contains only the AAS, the P2i Payment Allocation Officer must confirm the AAFS has been added at the organisation level before approving the AFS submission.
Perform the following steps from P2i Downstream Dashboard.
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Click the link in the notification email to access the AFS submission.
P2i Payment Allocation Officers can view AFS for contracts they have been assigned to. Refer to Update a contract's Assignment Details.
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Click Annual Financial Statement tile.
Note Annual Finance Statements for each Service Outlet appear in the Pending list with the Submitted Date and a Status of Submitted to Department.
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Click the Form Id number (i.e. FS0000XXX) next to the acquittal report that you want to approve.
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Review the Comments By Supplier and click the Annual Financial Statement report in the Attachments section.
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Click View Previous Forms to make the statements from previous reporting periods available.
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Click Approve.
Note The comments section should indicate the option that the organisation has taken with their submission.
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Enter any Comments.
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Click Approve.
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Click Go to Completed.
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The Status of the line item will display as Accepted By Department.
Note Click Reject to send it back to the Budget & Finance Officer for correction and resubmission. The Status of the report changes to Rejected By Department. Please provide rejection comments.
Refer to Reject an Annual Financial Statement.
Note The submission has been completed and is approved.
Note If the service outlet has submitted all required reports for the period, the P2i Contract Officer can recommend payment. Refer to Recommend payments.
Tip Click the link in the notification email to access the AFS Annual Financial Statement. Contains two parts for reporting requirement: Audited Annual Financial Statement, and Annual Acquittal Statement. submission.
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From P2i Downstream Dashboard, click Annual Financial Statement tile.
Note Annual Finance Statements for each Service Outlet appear in the Pending list with the Submitted Date and a Status of Submitted to Department.
Tip P2i Payment Allocation Officers can view Annual Financial Statements for contracts they have been assigned to. Refer to Update a contract's Assignment Details.
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Click the Form Id number (i.e. FS0000XXX) next to the acquittal report that you want to approve.
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Review the Comments By Supplier and click the Annual Financial Statement report in the Attachments section.
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Click View Previous Forms to make the statements from previous reporting periods available.
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From the P2i Main Dashboard, select Supplier Management > Supplier Directory.
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Search for and select the organisation that has submitted the Annual Financial Statement.
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Click the organisation name.
Click Forms and select Extended Profile.
Click the Annual Financial Statements (AFS) link.
Click the attached Annual Financial Statement to download.
Click Close.
Perform the following steps from P2i Downstream Dashboard.
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Click Annual Financial Statement tile.
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Click the Form Id number (i.e. FS0000XXX) next to the acquittal report that you want to approve.
Tip The P2i Payment Allocation Officer can view all Annual Financial Statements for contracts they have been assigned to. Refer to Update a contract's Assignment Details.
Click Approve if you have completed your assessment of both the Annual Audited Financial Statement and Annual Acquittal Statement.
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Enter any Comments and click Approve
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Click Go to Completed.
The Status of the line item is Accepted By Department.
Note If the service outlet has submitted all required reports for the period, the P2i Contract Officer can recommend payment. Refer to Recommend payments.
Note The submission has been completed and is approved.
When rejecting an annual financial statement, the Budget and Finance Officer receives a notification outlining the report has been rejected. It is also important that Payment Allocation Officers notify appropriate staff from the Funded Organisation where required.
To reject an annual financial statement:
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Click the Reject button.
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Enter any Comments and click Reject.
Tip There is limited space for rejection comments.
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Click Go To Completed.
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The Status of the report displays as Rejected by Department.