The right internal controls are critical to every business and are designed to prevent and detect errors or fraudulent activities, safeguard assets, ensure financial information is accurate and reliable, and assist in the achievement of business objectives. Failure of a preventative or detective control or a poorly designed control can lead to major business risks.
Corporate failure in recent times has led to the need for the detection of unethical behaviors. The need for investigative services within the business entities needs to be dealt with. The employees of the company will not have the skills required to investigate the management and therefore, the need for accounting “watchdogs” has become a big issue.
We provide services to business entities so that they can achieve the business goals by considering the following objectives:
Operations objectives
Effectiveness and efficiency of the operations which may result in the achievement of financial performance goals and safeguard loss of assets.
Reporting objectives
Implementation of right external and internal financial and non-financial reporting including the elimination of issues of transparency, reliability, and timeliness of reporting as set forth by the regulators.
Compliance objectives
Adherence to laws and regulations to which the entity is subject.
What we Do
To gain assurance on the strength of internal controls, we review the following components that can have a pervasive effect on a business. They are:
Our program considers several key areas, among them are:
Structural assessment
We assess the structure of the internal controls system of business entities by way of our structured methodologies and highlight areas for improvement through interviews and review of documentation. In this regard, we document, as needed, the existing system of internal controls. Following our assessment, we assist business entities to implement our recommendations. Further, we offer business entities the to design and implement a new internal control system from the scratch.
Internal control design and review
We assist business entities in analyzing, documenting, designing, and reviewing internal controls for all of the operations. It is important for organizations to analyze their business needs and select internal controls that will limit the potential for fraud. This can be particularly beneficial in the event of new system implementation, a re-organization or re-structuring, or the need to review internal control design to develop efficiencies for cost-cutting or staff reduction needs.
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