Product Conversion Checklist

Product Name:

 

Conversion Date:

 

 

System preparation

Review accounting rule set and do changes if necessary

 

Review conversion accounting rule set and do changes if necessary

 

Review the following items under the Global Data menu and do changes if necessary:

 

Application Parameters

 

Distribution Structure

 

Scheme Group Type

 

Required Registrations

 

Review the following items under the Infrastructure menu and do changes if necessary:

 

Global Type

 

Authorisation Rules

 

Global Parameters

 

Territory Parameters

 

Legislative Body

 

Administrator Structure

 

Bank Structure

 

Asset Manager

 

Clear database of any training data / test data for initial take-on

 

 

Data preparation

Prepare product data (use the product launch coding sheets)

 

Prepare member data (use the member take-on coding sheets)

 

Member and membership details

 

Member take-on values (per income type and per portfolio)

 

Member pensionable service dates

 

Member liabilities

 

Member notes

 

Ensure that all data you wish to bring over has been considered

 

Obtain a trial balance from the last audited financial statements

 

Compile a list of all manual accounting entries since the trial balance

 

Compile a list of all unit prices / bonus rates since the trial balance

 

Compile a list of all benefit payment details since the trial balance

 

Obtain all data for each monthly cycle since the trial balance

 

 

Load product and member data

Launch products with only the calculations for ECS, RCS, SCM and SCT (if take-on values are to be loaded, effective date to be one month before first monthly cycle)

 

Set up payroll mask to take on member and membership details

 

Load member and membership details (with salaries, but without any contributions).  Cycle month to be one month prior to the take-on date.

 

Set up calculations (effective date to be the first contribution cycle month)

 

Load the pensionable service dates (for members whose dates are prior to the date of joining the product)

 

Load IMIAT data (Interim Member Investment & Amount Take-on)

 

Load member investment splits

 

Load member liabilities

 

Load member notes

 

Load the account closing / opening balances as per the trial balance

 

Capture all manual accounting entries from opening balance to date

 

Run the monthly income cycle

 

Perform the following:

 

1. Capture unit prices / bonus rates

 

2. Run unitization and balance the investments

 

3. Distribution of expenses, if required

 

4. Capture all benefit payments since the trial balance.  Where system calculated values differ from actual amounts paid, include a benefit payment adjustment.

 

Execute the next contribution cycle and repeat steps 1 to 4

 

 

Finalize

Check all product and member data (run benefit statements)

 

Check all accounts

 

Set up batch schedule

 

Set up security access for users