Finding 2020-002: Segregation of Duties
Federal Program: Research and Development Cluster (Education and Human Resources)
Assistance Listing Number and Title: 47.076 STEM Education
Name of Federal Agency, Pass Through Entity (when applicable), Award Number and Year: National Science Foundation: 1431...
Finding 2020-002: Segregation of Duties
Federal Program: Research and Development Cluster (Education and Human Resources)
Assistance Listing Number and Title: 47.076 STEM Education
Name of Federal Agency, Pass Through Entity (when applicable), Award Number and Year: National Science Foundation: 1431638 (9/1/2014 – 8/31/2022), 1524963 (11/1/2015 – 9/30/2021), 1500529 (9/1/2015 – 8/31/2022), 1624185 (9/16/2016 – 8/31/2022), 1640791 (9/15/2016 – 8/31/2022), 1720869 (5/15/2017 – 4/30/2022), 1726113 (8/1/2017 – 9/30/2023), 1645003 (3/15/2017 – 2/29/2020), 1821462 (7/1/2018 – 6/30/2024), 1812860 (9/1/2018 – 8/31/2020), 1940925 (1/15/2020 – 12/31/2023), 1907950 (7/1/2019 – 6/30/2024), 2015205 (4/1/2020 – 3/31/2022), 2021059 (10/1/2020 – 9/30/2024)
Federal Program: Research and Development Cluster (Mathematical and Physical Sciences)
Assistance Listing Number and Title: 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Name of Federal Agency, Pass Through Entity, Award Number and Year: National Science Foundation: 1821372 (10/1/2018 – 9/30/2024 pass through entity American Physical Society), 1834530 (9/1/2018 – 8/31/2025 pass through entity American Physical Society), 1938815 (8/1/2020 – 7/31/2024)
Federal Program: Research and Development Cluster (Science)
Assistance Listing Number and Title: 43.001 Science
Name of Federal Agency, Pass Through Entity: NNX16AR36A (8/24/2016 – 8/23/2021 pass through entity Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education)
Condition: The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for posting entries into the accounting system without a second level review, and obtaining all bank statements unopened while also having the ability to add or modify payees and unilaterally initiate and authorize electronic fund transfers such as automated clearing house payments. The CFO is also responsible for opening the mail which may contain payments by check, and can manually reduce receivable balances.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: AAPT has instituted the segregation of duties of submitting and approval of electronic payments.
The senior accountant has been authorized to submit the ACH/Wire transfer requests. The CFO has the authorization of approval of submitted electronic payments. The change was activated around March 15, 2024
The staff will be trained on generating journal entries previous prepared by the CFO and supervised and approve by the CFO – completed date May 15, 2024
The administrative assistant of the CEO will come to AAPT twice weekly to process incoming mail and create an initial recordation log of checks or cash received. The administrative assistant will not have access in any system to enter/modify/delete any information related to checks that are received.
Anticipated Completion Date: January 2025
Responsible Official: Michael Brosnan, CFO