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KEY CONTROLS:

1. Factory Staff each is issued a numbered clock card that helps to


calculate the productive hours resulting in payment made only for
hours worked also the sequential order followed will help them
keeping up record for every employee rather than missing it.
2. Automated system of gross and net salary is reviewed by
supervisor causing the risk of human error to be minimized.
3. To avoid discontinuing production HR department hires
temporary staff and their detailed amounts are reviewed
quarterly by production supervisor. Segregation of duties will help
reduce the risk of fake employees’ entries in payroll.
4. To keep staff motivated plus achieving the given targets bonus is
awarded to the team that is approved by production supervisor in
writing. The error of wrong entry is reduced as it’s awarded in
writing.
5. To avoid clashes Payroll supervisor rechecks the bank payments
with the payroll records and respective changes are made on
time. This will also help in reducing the risk of omitting employees
and fictitious entries.

Deficiencies Recommendations
 Employees have a numbered clock card that they swipe Clock cards must only be accessed by the respective o
before & after their work shifts. & There must be a supervisor to review the entries o
The certain entries are not supervised that may cause employees, overseeing their working hours by puttin
the other employees to fake entries of their friend
colleagues in there absence, resulting in incorrect hours
of work calculated that are to be paid increasing the
cost to the company.

 Employees get paid 30 min break also they don’t need Employees should use their clock cards to record the
to time out during that break there is a possibility that time as well. Furthermore, this entry should also be s
employees spend more than 30 min because as there is by production manager keeping correct record of hou
no supervision of their break time. which the employees are paid.

 Temporary staff is hired by production manager to fulfil HR should handle the hiring of temporary staff as we
the overtime requirement in factory.
In presence of HR, staff is hired by production manager
that’d lead to inappropriate hiring also process might
not be efficiently performed.

 Bonus given to employees is entered by a clerk however A responsible official must review and authorize the w
no supervision of it is done Clerk might make errors or by the clerk.
fraudulently enter excessive hours of their mates.
 Factory Staff is paid 80% through bank and remaining Proper record of staff getting cash payments with a c
hand cash. of their identity should be made. Authorization must
Cash payments are made without making identity a responsible and high ranked individual like finance
clearance.
There is a risk that payments might be paid incorrectly
and twice as no recordings are taking place.

 Bank payments are reviewed by payroll manager who Duty must be segregated, the one who oversees the
amends it too at times of need. must be separate from the one who amends it. Autho
There is lack of segregation of duties that’ll probably and review must take place.
lead to fraud and data being changed anytime with
one’s will without authorization.

Deficiencies Recommendations
 During the physical count of assets internal audit team
faced significant shortage of staff also the IA team
members are new shows that they are not much aware
of business

 To ease the workload of HR, Payroll department is


working on their behalf.
Segregation of duties will be violated if hiring of new
employees is done by payroll. There is a threat that
payroll manager may hire their friends as they know
about salary incremental of this year.
 Access to the inventories in warehouses via four digit
code is same over all the sites, also inventory count is
not performed causing the system to disrupt and inter
department fraudulent inventory movement is possible.

 Bank reconciliations are done by accounts clerk and also


adjustments are done by him. The relevant duty is not
segregated and might possibly cause errors or fraud.

 In order to maximize cash, Finance director approves


payable payments after 75 days that is not good for
business reputation. Supplier may not offer credit
period next time or may stop giving business supplies as
well.

 Duty must be segregated, the one who oversees the


must be separate from the one who amends it. Autho
and review must take place.

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