Entries Tagged ‘segregation of duties’:

Happy New Year from the Nonprofit GPS Bloggers!

We’d like to wish all of you a very happy new year!  We certainly enjoyed the holidays with our families and friends, but we’re also looking forward to getting into 2010.  We are especially excited about the start of a new Lunch N’ Learn series.
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Recent Payroll Fraud in the News - How to Keep it from Happening to You

Do you think you would notice if someone was padding their payroll within your organization? What if that person added a friend to the payroll that never worked there? I recently read an article in the Phoenix Business Journal about a woman who allegedly paid herself an extra million dollars over the course of 8 [...]

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Re-evaluate Segregation of Duties During Times of Transition

Has your organization had to do a layoff for furlough due to the current state of the economy? It’s not uncommon for many organizations to deal with unstable times through some type of workforce reduction. While reducing your workforce will save money in employee salaries and benefits, it’s essential that organizations assess their current state [...]

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Preventing Fraud - A Check Signer’s Responsibilities

Most businesses know that segregation of duties is an essential internal control within the accounting function. So, normally, the person with check signing authority is someone different from the person generating the checks within the accounting program. But this example of segregation of duties only works well if the check signer provides the necessary oversight [...]

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