Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities – Assistance Listing No. 14.181
Criteria or Specific Requirement: According to the client's internal control over payroll disbursements, hourly employees must maintain timesheets which are approved and signed by the property manager.
Condition: Upon performing testing over payroll disbursements, we noted that there was no approval of the timesheet for the payroll disbursements tested.
Questioned costs: None
Context: The timesheet for 5 out of 5 payroll disbursements tested was not properly approved by the property manager.
Cause: Turnover of property manager at the property management company and weaknesses in internal controls over payroll disbursements.
Effect: There is no evidence of proper approval of payroll disbursement.
Repeat Finding: Yes
Recommendation: We recommend that management strengthen controls over review of payroll.
Views of Responsible Officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.
Action taken in response to finding: Although other controls assist to safeguard and mitigate compensation errors, the property manager will ensure that all time sheets are properly approved prior to payment, and if necessary the VP of Operations or the President of the managing agent will provide further assurance of internal controls through reviews.
Name of the contact person responsible for corrective action: Angela Westwood, CFO
Planned completion date for corrective action plan: May 30, 2025.