Finance systems

Finance is responsible for the administration of all finance related systems, including Financial Discoverer Reporting, iExpenses, PECOS, Online Payments and Oracle Financials.  Further information, including links to access request forms, is available to staff from the GCU Finance Sharepoint site.

Members of staff can log in directly, using the links below.  However, please note that Financial Discoverer, iExpenses and Oracle Financials can only be accessed on campus or by connecting via a Virtual Private Network (VPN).  PECOS is a web-based system and can be accessed via the Internet.

• Financial Discoverer
• iExpenses
• PECOS

Oracle ERP Upgrade – March 2025

As part of the University’s continuing efforts to enhance our cyber security capabilities, the Finance and HR Oracle systems are being upgraded to move Glasgow Caledonian to a fully supported version of the Oracle software. Although the impact on the wider University is limited, this is a significant upgrade that will also see these systems move to be managed under single sign-on.

The current reporting tool, Financial Discoverer, will be replaced by a new tool called Blitz Reports. Blitz offers benefits including significantly quicker run times for reports. The overall output of reports will remain fairly similar but there will be some changes in terms of access and the report format.

To ensure users can continue to run reports following the introduction of Blitz, we will be creating some training materials which we will add to this page when available in the upcoming weeks. Please check back for further updates coming soon.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please contact financesystems@gcu.ac.uk