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SWIFT Update April 10, 2025

Annual Budget and Accounting Instructions Posted

The Annual Budget and Accounting Instructions - Document 1 has been posted to the SWIFT Budget and Accounting Instructions page. You can find this document under Establishing Budget Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budgets and Closing Fiscal Year 2025.


Review Purchase Orders for PO Close

In preparation for the year-end close, agencies can start reviewing their purchase orders now. There are several ways to cancel or close purchase orders depending on how it was created and how it was used.

Consider attending a Cancel and Close Purchase Orders webinar. 

  • May 15 from at 9 to 10:30 am.
  • June 5 from  at 9 to 10:30 am.

Here are some Quick Reference Guides to help you.

You can also view a summary in the Cancel and Close Purchase Orders training video.


SWIFT Finance Specialist Team Lead Position

Minnesota Management and Budget is hiring a Financial Specialist Team Lead (Finance Specialist 2 or 3) position.

The position is responsible for providing advice and functional assistance to state agencies regarding the use of the SWIFT, consulting with agencies on improving financial management, accounting procedures and business processes, and assisting in the design of modifications to SWIFT to better fit agency business needs. This position works closely with the MN.IT MMB technical developers, batch operations staff, and security staff in resolving system related issues and participating in system upgrades. The position will serve as the team leader by coordinating tasks and providing guidance and expertise to the SWIFT Module Support Team for the Accounts Payable, Billing/Accounts Receivable, and Grants/Projects Modules, including helping to resolve the more complex system issues.

This posting will hire at the Finance Specialist 3 or Finance Specialist 2 level, depending on qualification of applicant.

Working for the State of Minnesota means a great work-life balance, affordable benefits, and many great opportunities for advancement in 100 State agencies.


SWIFT Help Desk Support Position

Minnesota Management and Budget is hiring one permanent position supporting State agency users of the State’s PeopleSoft accounting and procurement system (SWIFT). 

SWIFT Help Desk Support - Permanent Position.

The SWIFT Help Desk Unit is responsible for providing the initial level of support via phone or email to agencies on any questions on SWIFT, EPM Data Warehouse, or budget system applications. The help desk also responds to inquiries on the Human Capital Management systems: Self Service, SEMA4, and Learning Management (ELM). Responsibilities include staffing a central help desk, answering questions, logging problems, troubleshooting, and resolving issues. Successful candidates will have a strong interest in learning about large financial and procurement systems.

Working for the State of Minnesota means a great work-life balance, affordable benefits, and many great opportunities for advancement in 100 State agencies.

This position is a great entry-level position for people with a strong interest in learning about large financial and procurement systems.


SWIFT Module Training and EPM Data Warehouse Training

The SWIFT Training team offers training through a variety of methods at no cost to the employee. There are SWIFT training guides and training videos, EPM training guides, webinars, labs, eLearning, and individual sessions (by request through the SWIFT Help Desk).

Find current SWIFT training in Learning Management. Enter "SWIFT" in the Find Learning text entry box.

MODULE

WEBINARS/LABS/eLearning
Sessions run 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., unless otherwise noted

DATES

INTRO

Introduction to SWIFT Navigation webinar

5/7/25, 6/4/25

INTRO

Overview of SWIFT Reporting webinar

4/17/25, 5/15/25, 6/12/25, 7/17/25

BI

SWIFT Billing Part 1 webinar

6/25/25

BI

SWIFT Billing Part 2 webinar

6/26/25

EPM

Build My Dashboard for SWIFT Reports lab

6/12/25

EPM

Create a SWIFT All Expenditures Report in EPM lab

5/6/25

EPM

Create a SWIFT All Receipts Report in EPM lab

6/18/25

EPM

Introduction to the EPM Data Warehouse for SWIFT webinar

6/10/25

EPM

SWIFT EPM Create and Save a New Analysis lab

6/5/25

EPM

SWIFT EPM Formatting Your Report lab

5/22/25

EPM

SWIFT EPM Manager's Financial Report lab

4/16/25

EPM

Use SWIFT Standard Reports in EPM lab

4/16/25, 6/11/25

EPM

Understand the SWIFT Data in the EPM Data Warehouse webinar

4/15/25, 6/17/25

EPro

SWIFT Create a Catalog Punchout Requisition webinar

4/17/25

KK

SWIFT Budget Journal Administration webinar Part 1 webinar

5/7/25

KK

SWIFT Budget Journal Administration webinar Part 2 webinar

5/8/25

PO

SWIFT Cancel and Close Purchase Orders webinar

5/15/25, 6/5/25

PO

SWIFT Create Purchase Orders in SWIFT webinar

6/26/25

SS

SWIFT Strategic Sourcing eLearning

Anytime


SWIFT Help Desk

Contact the SWIFT Help Desk for any SWIFT-related questions or issues.

Email: SWIFTHelpDesk.MMB@state.mn.us

Phone: 651-201-8100, option 2

Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (closed holidays)

When contacting the SWIFT Help Desk, make sure to include details about your question or issue, including:

        • Your Business Unit
        • Description of the issue/question
        • SWIFT Module (Accounts Payable, Purchase Orders, etc.)
        • Transaction ID (Voucher ID, PO ID, etc.)
        • Error message print screen

Additional assistance can be found on the SWIFT Training Guides and Resources page.


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