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Welcome to Cardinal.

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Hi, Meet Astrid!

Astrid is an HR specialist at a state agency. She was part of the Change Network and is familiar with the transition to Cardinal HCM. She has participated in training courses. She needs to set up a new employee in Cardinal HCM for the first time and needs to find a job aid to assist her.

Core User:

Financial, human resource, benefits, and payroll professionals who are responsible for administration of business processes for their agencies.

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Hi, Meet Laverne!

Through Cardinal HCM, localities will have administrative access and capabilities to complete many benefit administration functions in the system independent of the Office of Health Benefits (OHB) The Local Choice (TLC) Program. Select locality employees will be able to utilize the self-service features to update personal data and make select benefit enrollment changes (e.g., life events).

Locality User:

Human resource and benefits professionals who are responsible for administration of business processes for their locality, and Employee Self-Service (ESS) users.

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ESS User Jennifer

Hi, Meet Jennifer!

Jennifer is an advisor who has just begun using Cardinal HCM to manage her timesheets. The agency has provided some information to Jennifer. Before entering her timesheet online, her agency has recommended she take a specific Web-Based Training (WBT) course about timesheet entry offered on the Cardinal website.

Employee Self-Service User:

State employees who are able to maintain personal information and benefit-related information.

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Who We Are

The Cardinal Program is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s statewide initiative to implement and leverage Oracle’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) management system. Named in honor of the state bird, the Cardinal system was designed to replace and improve an outdated accounting system. Hover over to find out more about who we are!
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From forms and FAQs to course presentations and video simulations, we have all the resources and learning materials available to meet your administrative needs.

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