Category Archives: Finance and Business Services

Shauna Rios, Director Finance Support & Innovation, accepts an expanded role within Finance & Business Services

On July 1st, Shauna will assume expanded responsibilities with oversight of Distribution & Asset Services in addition to her current role. Distribution & Asset Services is directly managed by Sonja Bowsky who has introduced several new technologies and process improvements. The new reporting arrangement will enable Shauna and Sonja to further collaborate on the unit’s continuous improvement plans.

Shauna has been at SJSU for 14 years and was one of the founding members of the Finance Support unit when it formed in 2013. Shauna’s current portfolio includes oversight of the Finance Support team, as well as finance business systems oversight. Alignment of the Finance Support and Distribution & Asset Services teams puts several support services into one unit and allows opportunities for continued process design.

Shauna Rios holds a BA in Liberal Studies from CSU Stanislaus and is a certified Prosci Change Practitioner and Trainer.

May Accounting Period Close

For employees who track or manage department budgets, please note that the month of May 2021 is now closed in CFS.

This means that the General Ledger (GL) system will not accept any more entries with a May journal date. May transactions can still be entered into the GL system, but the journal date must be 6/1/21 or later. The current period open is June 2021.