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1. Features - Financials

2. Financials (1) – Related to Projects
Dynamic DSM contains a flexible Financial module – as a sub-entity to each Project. These
Financial records will roll up to the following records:
• Site of the Project
• Parent Company of the Project
• Trade Ally of the Project
There are multiple Financial Types and Disbursement Types

3. Financials (2) – Screen & Fields
Dynamic DSM contains a flexible set of Financial Stages as well as Financial data and Payee
info.

4. Financials (3) – Payee
Dynamic DSM provides the ability to select and relate the Payee. This takes a snapshot of
current Payee data and copies it to the Financial record. To select a payee, hit the button
“Who Gets Paid”.
• Users have 3 options to select for “Who Gets Paid”:
Customer, Trade Ally, and [Customizable]
• If you select Trade Ally or Customer, you will need to hit the selector button in order to
choose the specific record
• Once selected, the Payee Information fields on the Financial will be auto-populated from
this selected record
• Payee Information is used for the Check Request file that gets sent to the financial
institution (i.e. Citibank)

5. Financials (4) – Calculated Incentive
The Calculated Incentive Amount field is not editable. It is determined by a formula that
factors in the “moving target” of NTG (net-to-gross) values. If a Financial is calculated on the
basis of the previous year’s NTG, and the NTG has an increase this year, then an adjustment
payment may be required to cover the difference.
The user must manually enter the Actual Incentive Amount in order for a payment to occur.
The Calculated Amount Data tab contains more detailed information such as Program Year
and NTG rate.

6. Financials (5) – Financial Stages
Financials are built on a flexible set of Stages with the following fields:
• Stage Name
• Target Start Date
• Actual Start Date
• Target End Date
• Duration
• Actual End Date

7. Financials (6) – Check Request File
The Check Request File can be generated from the system. Currently, the user goes through
the following steps:
• Each Financial must have a specific set of criteria fulfilled
• Users can then view the Check Request view in Dynamic DSM and export this to Excel
• Users then apply the Dynamic DSM macro to produce the desired report
• The format of the report is TXT Fixed Width
• The user uploads the file to Citibank

8. Financials (7) – Project Completion
In Dynamic DSM, Projects are completed from the associated Financial records.
• Although a Project can contain numerous Financials, only a pre-designated Financial
provides the ability to complete a Project
• The Milestone Track determines which Financial completes a Project
• Only specified users have the permission to complete Projects
• Completing a Project results in a number of Fields being automatically locked to preserve
data integrity

9. Financials (8) – Detailed Payment Tracking
Because all the fields are properly placed, users are able to create detailed Payment Tracking
Reports as needed:
• Invoices
• Payments
• By Disbursement Type

10. Financials (9) – Editable Grid
The editable Subgrid for Financials can be managed exclusively via Keyboard Clicks (rather
than requiring additional Mouse Clicks throughout). The goal of this feature is to increase
the speed (and reduce the time) for data entry. Features include:
• Grouping of Header fields by Category (e.g. 1. Check Requested)
• Immediate update of screen data based on calculations
• Automatic resorting of Fields based on Stage
• Numerous time-saving Keyboard shortcuts