Finding Text
Criteria: 2 CFR 200.303(a) establishes that the auditee must establish and maintain effective internal control over the federal awards that provides assurance that the entity is managing the federal awards in compliance with federal statues, regulation and conditions of the federal awards
Condition and Context: Accounting tasks such as review and approval of expenditures applied to the grants play a key role in proving the accuracy of accounting data and information included in SEFA. During the audit, we noted various expenditures that did not have the proper approval by management prior to the charge being applied to the grant.
Questioned Costs: None noted
Effect: Costs could be charged to federal programs which are unallowed due to lack of review.
Cause: The Organization experienced turnover in multiple positions in finance during the year which caused the review not to be consistent. By the end of 2024, the Organization had a formal process in place to ensure all expenditures were properly reviewed, however, we noted invoices in the early part of the year were not properly reviewed.