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AUDIT SUMMARIES FYE 11. Mary June King School Business Administrator. INTERNAL AUDIT. Intended to advise primarily on internal controls LCSD hired Ron Finch, secondary benefits of LT experience/advice 5-year plan: FYE10: Assessing Financial Condition State Aid and Grants
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AUDIT SUMMARIES FYE 11 Mary June King School Business Administrator
INTERNAL AUDIT • Intended to advise primarily on internal controls • LCSD hired Ron Finch, secondary benefits of LT experience/advice • 5-year plan: • FYE10: • Assessing Financial Condition • State Aid and Grants • Cash Receipts and Revenue • Cash Management and Investments • Payroll
Int. Audit, cont • FYE11: • Budget Development and Administration • Accounts Payable • Cash Disbursements • Travel and Conferences • Inventory Controls-Fixed Assets
Int. Audit, cont • FYE12: • Governance and Control Environment • Strategic Planning • Petty Cash • Purchasing • Extra classroom Activity Fund • FYE13 • Facilities Maintenance • Facilities Construction • Student Transportation • Food Service
Internal Audit FYE11 Summary • Budget Development and Administration • Issues related to policy-practice alignment • Most (practice-related) corrected • BOE needs to address: • Size of budget mailer and economies • Accounts Payable • All issues resolved with centralized receiving, new claims auditor, • Cash Disbursements • Deputy Treasurer needs to be other than Superintendent, need increased bonding for Treasurer dept. • Travel and Conferences • Question of policy clarity, BOE (President) approve Superintendent conf, post-conf sharing policy • Inventory Controls-Fixed Assets • Clarification of practices, bus disposal, more asset sampling
EXTERNAL AUDIT • Intended to prepare financial statements, analyze financial health • RFP in FYE08 led to CDLM for FYE08-FYE10 • RFP in FYE11 led to CDLM for FYE11-FYE13 • Regular analysis of all fund balance activity with some practice testing
Ext Audit, FYE11 Summary • Significant deficiencies, current and prior yr • Federal grant time allocation compliance • Special revenue fund receivables • Other Matters • SACCP deficit • Grant carry-overs • Asset software input
EXTRACLASSROOM AUDIT • Traditionally the weakest point in our financial statements and (especially) internal controls • Significant deficiencies : Other matters FYE09 = 1:7 (MS); 5:3 (HS) FYE10 = 1:4 (MS); 2:3 (HS) FYE11 = 1:1 (MS); 1:0 (HS) - Current issues continue to be timeliness of receipt of deposits; one other issue resolved in recent policy adoption.
SUMMARY • Continuous improvement over past three years in internal controls and financial health • Number of “prior year’s resolved” greater than current problems in each of last two years. • Claims audit summary: • In 9 audits, there have been 44 findings, an average of 4 per audit • FYE11 = 8 findings per audit average • FYE10 = 10.5 findings per audit average