Corrective Action: The Village has hired a planning and finance tech in April 2024 who has allowed the Village to segregate duties for accounts payable which according to our risk assessmnet is one of our highest risks. The department head's responsibility to review and approve invoices has increased. The Village involves the manager, assistant manager, mayor and mayor pro tem in the accounts payable process. The manager of assistant manager reviews all payments. The Village requires dual signatures on payables, the mayor or mayor pro tem is the second signatory. The Village also implented a change in the responsibilities of staff to segregate duties of the payroll function. The human resources officer processes payroll. We continue to look opportunities to cross-train employees. The Village has automated our receipt process with Open.Gov. The assingned employee generates an invoice for all payments, once the invoice is noted as paid OpenGov generates a journal entry in Excel for the finance officer or designee to record the payment. As part of management oversight, the Council receives a check register, cash balances, and a financial report monthly. The Village continues to review possible segregation of duties, if personnel expertise allows. Bank reconciliations are up to date. Proposed Completion Date: The Village has increased personnel and cross-trained employees to implement segregation of duties. The Village believes with the additional personnel and the management review procedures, that we have a process in place to prevent any material misstatements of the financial statements. We implemented this in April 2024, so the additional segregation of duties was in place at year end.