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ACCOUNTING POLICY & PROCEDURES WORKSHOP
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• Understand importance of internal controls and mitigation of risks
• Understand company accounting policies and procedures
• Understand effects of breaches and discuss how to avoid them
Workshop aims
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• Internal controls overview• Accounting policies and procedures• Credit notes analysis• Summary workflow analysis• Problems encountered
Workshop overview
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INTERNAL CONTROLS OVERVIEW
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1. Existence (Validity)2. Occurrence (Cutoff)3. Completeness (i.e., no omissions) 4. Valuation5. Rights & Obligations6. Presentation & Disclosure
(Classification):7. Reasonableness
Internal controls objectives
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• Segregation of duties• Authorization of transactions • Retention of records• Supervision or monitoring of operations• Physical safeguards • Analysis of results, periodic and regular
operational reviews and other KPI’s• IT Security
Internal controls activities
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Completeness
Existence Valuation and allocation
All invoices have been dispatched and
recorded in the financial statements
Accounts receivable amounts represent enforceable claims for the sale of goods or the performance of services existing at the balance sheet date
Accounts receivable have been recorded at their proper amount and reflect all services provided
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Rights and obligations
Presentation and disclosure*
Accounts receivable represent amounts owed to the company at the balance sheet date, and the is subject to substantially all the risks and is entitled to substantially all the rewards arising therefrom
Accounts receivable have been properly classified, described and disclosed in the financial statements
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ACCOUNTING POLICY AND PROCEDURE
SA Brief Overview
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• Must be in numerical sequence• All fields must be entered• Any break in sequence shall only be for
cancelled invoices and documented on the daily batch return
• Invoices incorrectly raised – cancel and issue new one unless batch has been sent to HQ
• What about incorrect invoices already sent to HQ?
Invoicing
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• Supervisor who knowledgeable about tariff charges certifies invoices as correct before dispatch
MTME – SCNT -SCNV -HAND -GEAR -TORS - LVES -
Invoicing
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• Batches must be sent on daily basis to HQ• LTK and LEV can send theirs weekly• Batch headers must be filled completely and
entered
Why batch?• Ensures completeness and accuracy• Provides a reference and summary of the
invoices batched
ANY LOSS OF INVOICE BOOKS MUST BE REPORTED
Batches
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• No credit is to be given to any customer unless prior approval has been made through Finance HQ
• Application for credit facility scrutinized at Finance HQ
• Any variation to accounts can only be approved through GMF in writing
• Credit limits will be reviewed by Accountant with consultation with GMF
Credit administration
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• Accountant/GMF shall approve all actions/credit transactions before ARP actions
• Credit terms shall not exceed 30 days from date of monthly statement
Credit administration
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Receipts
• Cash only received at designated receipt locations
• Foreign currency payments not allowed• Bank drafts not considered unless
approved by GMF• Cheques accepted from approved
customers only. • Cheques to be marked ‘not negotiable’
and made to ‘Fiji Ports Corporation Limited’
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• Returned cheque are imposed charges• Notification letter is sent within 7 days
asking payer to pay within 7 days• No response within 10 days, second
letter is sent• Legal action (cost-benefit) if still no
response• Charges: <$300 – $25
>$300 - $40
Returned cheques
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• Daily banking to be done unless cash is less than: $1,000 – Suva HQ
$500 – Revenue office$100 – Others
• Banking batch should be sent to HQ daily/weekly
• Supervisor must check all banking summary
Banking
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• Summary of invoices and revenue report by the 2nd working day after month end
Reporting
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CREDIT NOTES ANALYSIS
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FPCL - $ $96,666.56 – 2010- $ $184,061.58 – 2009
PTL - $155,601 - 2010- $63,859.60 - 2009
• Credit notes shows wrong revenue was reported in a previous month
• Credit notes shows breakdown in internal controls
• Credit notes are a reflection of inefficiencies
Credit Notes approved
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Summary workflowSource Document verified
Invoice Raised
Checked andApproved
Dispatch
RESPONSIBILITY Clerks clerksSupervisor orapproved person
Supervisor or approvedperson
General cargo
TORS
SCNT
SCNV
GEAR
HAND
SIFS
LVES
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Problems encounteredInInvoices
• Late batches
•Wrong order charged to company
•One order number two invoices are raised.
•invoices raised late
• Wrong information on batch summary
• Invoice raised to customer not our debtor
•Wrong charges
• Invoices charged to wrong order or does not conform to work done
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Problems encountered
Receipting and Banking• Receipting entered in the wrong codes.• Late banking• Batch summary not correct• Cancelled receipts not in batch• Duplicate invoicing
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Cost of mistakes
• Waste of time• Cost in dollars• Stress (regular communication from
HQ)• Cash flow is affected• Debtor account is messy and makes us
look like we are not doing work• Performance is affected
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• Discounts, incentives and alternative arrangements are not always communicated accurately between HQ, operations and finance, resulting in errors and customer disputes.
• Manual invoicing system result in lost revenue and/or additional costs.
• Failure to reconcile properly work done to invoice results in unbilled work
•Resolving incomplete or inaccurate information will result in items not progressing to the next stage, however errors or omissions left unresolved result in billing or collections difficulties.
Common Causes of Revenue Leaks
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• Incomplete or inaccurate manifests result in delay-related costs.
• Unclear or inaccurate terms result in disputes between parties
• Late invoicing may become uncollectible over time.
• Disputes time is extended and collectibility becomes difficult when customer disputes cannot be resolved quickly due to the lack of accessible logistics data, and historical account information.
Common Causes of Revenue Leaks
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Questions and Discussions……