At times you may need a trained outside professional to evaluate your company's operations to determine if the appropriate controls are in place to ensure proper handling of resources and to protect your business from employee theft or embezzlement.

I can assess your internal control procedures and policies to determine their efficiency and effectiveness. I can then make recommendations that help your company become stronger and more profitable by correcting any inefficient or ineffective operating procedure I find.

I Can Help You...

• Implement segregation of duties so that responsibilities and functions are divided among different people to reduce the risk of error or inappropriate actions. No one person should have control over all aspects of any financial transaction.
• Make certain transactions are authorized by an appropriate person and are consistent with policies.
• Ensure records are routinely reviewed and reconciled, by someone other than the preparer or transactor and to determine that transactions have been properly processed.
• Make certain that equipment, inventories, cash and other property are secured physically, counted periodically and compared with item descriptions.
• Provide employees with appropriate training and guidance to ensure they have knowledge necessary to carry out their job duties, are provided with an appropriate level of direction and supervision and are aware of the proper channels for reporting suspected improprieties.
• Document policies and procedures and make them accessible to employees. The documented procedures provide day-to-day guidance to your staff and continuation of duties in the event of prolonged employee absences or turnover.
• Review operations to ascertain whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals and whether the operations are being carried out as planned.

I look forward to the opportunity to help safeguard your business resources and provide steps to get you back in control of your company.