Key Controls
Key Controls
Key Controls
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