Financial Controls

Protection against errors and fraud, without bureaucracy.

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What this involves

Practical controls that reduce risk, improve accuracy and help protect the business as it grows.

Controls in a growing business are usually informal, which works until the person holding them is on holiday. We put in approval routes, authorisation limits and review checks that suit the size of your team, documented so they survive someone leaving. Enough structure to catch errors, not so much that it slows you down.

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What’s included

  • Review of payment, purchasing and payroll approval routes
  • Segregation of duties assessed against the size of your team
  • Authorisation limits agreed and documented
  • Month end review checks that catch errors before you see them
  • Fraud and error exposure points identified and closed
  • Controls documented so they survive a change of staff

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Not sure which you need? The strategy call maps it in about twenty minutes.

Where does your finance function stand today?

A short conversation will tell you whether this is the right place to start, or whether something earlier in the sequence needs fixing first.

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