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Internal controls policies and procedures
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Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2009
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xiv, 272 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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9780470287170

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Summary

Summary

Drawing on her many years as a consultant to numerous companies big and small, author Rose Hightower infuses Internal Controls Policies and Procedures with her wealth of experience and knowledge. Instead of reinventing the wheel, your company can use this useful how-to manual to quickly and effectively put a successful program of internal controls in place. Complete with flowcharts and checklists, this essential desktop reference is a best practices model for establishing and enhancing your organization's control framework.

These manuals are favorites for organizations and companies that need a foundation and grounding to ensure an internal control posture of integrity, credibility, method, process and process: or a reminder of its importance.

URLs were included when first published to encourage the dissemination and distribution of relevant chapters to those interested and in charge of the specific departments.

Although times have changed, the principles professed are sound and solid for today's accounting and business environment. Implementing these cornerstones will produce a principled manageable approach.

These manuals can be used by accounting individuals, finance departments, sole proprietor businesses, large corporations, accounting / auditing students and any others interested in specific topics or general disciplines.

The discipline for the oversight processes and procedures are important when introducing or implementing auditing practices whether in accounting or throughout the organization.

These manuals should be used together to provide the basics when setting up a department or specific process discipline, for learning about the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities within the specific focus areas.


Author Notes

ROSE HIGHTOWER, ACCOUNTANT, MS C , has been the owner of IDEAL Consulting Solutions International, LLC, for ten years, consulting in implementing internal controls and policy and procedure programs for large companies. Bringing over twenty years of experience from IBM and serving as finance manager, her program contains practical lessons and simple solutions for any size company. She is known as "The Policy Guru" and offers advice and counsel to clients from her Web site, idealpolicy.com.


Table of Contents

How to Use this Manual
Preface
Governance Journey
A01 Big G to little g governance journey
Appendix: Background for COSO, SOX, PCAOB
A02 Risk Assessment
A03 Oversight
A04 Documentation
Internal Control Program
B01 Internal Control Program
B02 Internal Control Process
B02a Internal Control Policy and Procedure
B02b Internal Control Program Charter
B02c Internal Control Plan
B03 Authorization and Approval Program
B03a Delegation of Authority
B03b Authorization
Delegation, SubDelegation of Authority
B03c Responsibility, Authority, Support, Counsel, and Inform (RASCI)
B04 Information Technology Program
B04a End-User Computing-Control of Spreadsheets Policy and Procedure
B05 Account Reconciliation Program
B05a Account Reconciliation
B06 Quarterly Subcertifi cation Program
B06a Quarterly Subcertifi cation
B06b Quarterly Subcertifi cation
Matrix
B06c Quarterly Financial Subcertifi cation Training For First-Time Subcertifiers
Control Activity Program Testing Guides
C01 Control Activity Program
C01a Control Activities Template
C01b Result of Control Activity Testing
C01c Internal Control
Planning, Testing, and Remediation Worksheet
C01d Reporting Scorecard
C02vAP Disbursements
C02a AR
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
C02b AR
Cash Applications
C02c AR
Collections
C02d AR
Credit Administration
C02e Cash and Marketable Securities
C02f Financial Planning and Analysis
C02g Fixed Assets, Long Lived Assets
C02h Intercompany Transactions
Cross Charges
C02i Raw Materials and Inventory
C02j Journal Entries
C02k Payroll
C02l Procurement
C02m Revenue Recognition
C02n Retail Sales Orders to Business Partners
C02o Income Tax
Appendix
Internal Control Planning, Testing and Remediation Worksheets
Acronyms
References
Index
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