Huckstep & Associates, LLCSage Silver Development Partner

Sage Abra Development Partner Webcast

March 25, 2010

Who is Huckstep & Associates?

• Sage Business Partner – Sage products supported

• Abra HRMS and Abra SQL• Sage MIP Fund Accounting

• History with Sage– Since acquisition of MIP Fund Accounting in

2001– Brought on Sage Abra in 2003

Why Huckstep?

• Recognized the ability to combine two “Best of Breed” solutions– Utilize the best of each…

• To combine into a First Class solution for the NonProfit and Governmental client markets

• After many years serving the NonProfit and Governmental markets…… – We still believe the combination of Sage Abra

Human Resources • with Sage MIP Fund Accounting is…….

– THE “Best of Breed” product combination

Why Sage?

• The strength of the two Sage products when fully integrated.....

– Sage Abra is the leading Human Resource product today….• Comprehensive Benefit Management• Full compliance reporting/tracking capability• Powerful Reporting features• Easy Import/Export capabilities

And………

– Sage MIP is the leading Fund Accounting product…..• Full cross-fiscal year reporting capability• Full cost allocation capabilities to comply with

federal requirements related to allocation of time to federal grants and contracts

• User-defined chart of accounts driven by reporting requirements

Our Integration Products…..

• Abra HR to MIP Payroll Integration

– Features:• Utilizes the functional capabilities of Abra’s benefit

calculations for accrual of benefits from Abra HR at the time of payroll completion

• User defined choice with relation to utilization of org levels in Abra for distribution of wages AND benefits to grants/contracts…

– OR» Utilization of MIP distribution codes for

distribution of wages AND benefits to grants and contracts

Abra HR to MIP Payroll Integration (Continued)

• Features – Continued– Brings capability of a Fully Compliant Human

Resource product to your client NonProfit or Governmental Organization

– Brings capability of integration of any timesheet application into MIP Fund Accounting payroll

– Allows Single-Source initial entry to Abra HR, with electronic synchronization to MIP Payroll

– Emphasizes appropriate internal control processes and procedures with relation to HR and Payroll• With full audit trail of changes

Abra HR to MIP Payroll

Initial Step - Synchronization of Abra HR to MIP Payroll Demographics

- Product allows full mapping of MIP Payroll fields to the matching Abra

data fields for full synchronization capability

Abra HR to MIP Payroll

Bring in Benefits and Deductions – Calculation of Benefits and Deductions from Abra information

Abra HR to MIP Payroll

Add Time – Either via import if Timekeeping devices (either web or hardware) are utilized

- Or, via manual input if paper timesheets are used

Abra HR to MIP Payroll

Transfer - Timesheets to MIP Payroll

- Calculate payroll in MIP

Summary Result…..

• Simple Integration Process….– Utilizes Best of Robust Sage Abra Human

Resource capabilities• Combined With……

– And Enhancing…..

• Significant Payroll and Benefit allocation processes– OF

» Sage MIP Payroll

• Meets OMB Circular requirements related to the charging of wages and benefits to federal grants

What about Abra Payroll?

• Some NonProfit and Governmental organizations utilize the Abra Payroll alongside the Abra Human Resource product……– BUT use Sage MIP for their financial

accounting product…• Due to it’s strong fund accounting and cross fiscal

year reporting capabilities

Those Orgs need Integration as well!

• Writing a complex entry manually in MIP can be challenging even to the Best of Accountants! – The data exists in Abra Payroll– Our product utilizes Abra HR to bring the

benefits into MIP along with the payroll– Federal grants do Require that benefits

follow wages by way of charges to the grant where staff worked during the payroll period

Huckstep ABRA Payroll to MIP General Ledger

• Features– Product extracts payroll check data from Abra

Payroll– Benefits are calculated from data in Abra

Human Resource – Payroll accruals are processed at the time of

transfer, if desired– Transfer in detail or summary

• Transfer in detail facilitates the use of MIP bank reconciliation feature for payroll account

– View detail of transfer data on screen– Export detail of transfer data to Excel

Summary Result

• Simple Integration Process– Utilizes Best of Robust Sage MIP Fund

Accounting product reporting capabilities• Combined With……

– And Enhancing…..

• Significant capture of extensive job history, pay history, as well as extensive and robust compliance tracking and reporting

– BY» Sage Abra Human Resources

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Contact Information

Huckstep & Associates, LLC

3734 South Ave, Suite E

Springfield, MO 65807

www.huckstep.com

1-800-269-6466

Staff Contact Info – following page

Contact Information - Continued

• Contact Names:– Jeannie Huckstep, CPA

• jhuckstep@huckstep.com• Managing Member

– Julie Archer• jarcher@huckstep.com• Sales Coordinator

– Joon Groh• jgroh@huckstep.com• IT Consultant