Radford University operates under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Virginia Department of Accounts for the decentralized processing of its accounts payable. Under this MOU, the accounts payable unit must perform full preaudit functions to ensure compliance with state and agency policies and procedures before certifying payments, maintain fully documented payment files and adhere to the Virginia Prompt Payment Act.

Items processed by the RU Accounts Payable Unit include: vendor payments, travel reimbursements, revenue refunds, student emergency loans and monthly small purchase charge card distributions. The AP unit also tracks payments for services reportable to the Internal Revenue Service and issues 1099-MISC forms.

AP staff are available to provide training concerning travel policies and travel reimbursement processing.