Marks India helps you to frame internal controls for auditing and compliance purposes. Understand the types of internal controls and the process to setup one.
Internal controls are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories
Reliability and integrity of Financial Products and operational information.
Effectiveness and efficiency of operations and programs.
Safeguarding of assets.
Compliance with laws, regulations, policies, procedures, and contracts.
Internal Audit assists the Company in maintaining effective controls by evaluating their effectiveness and efficiency and by promoting continuous improvement as part our internal auditing and consulting activity.
Segregation of Duties: Duties are segregated among different people to reduce the risk of error or inappropriate action. Normally, responsibilities for authorizing transactions (approval), recording transactions (accounting) and handling the related asset (custody) are divided.
Approvals, Authorizations, and Verifications: Management authorizes employees to perform certain activities and to execute certain transactions within limited parameters. In addition, management specifies those activities or transactions that need supervisory approval before they are performed or executed by employees. A supervisor's approval (manual or electronic) implies that he or she has verified and validated that the activity or transaction conforms to established policies and procedures.
Security of Assets (Preventive and Detective): Access to equipment, inventories, securities, cash and other assets is restricted; assets are periodically counted and compared to amounts shown on control records.
Detective Controls are designed to find errors or irregularities after they have occurred. Examples of detective controls are: