Internal Controls Policies and Procedures

Drawing on her many years as a consultant to numerous companies both big and small, author Rose Hightower infuses Internal Controls Policies and Procedures with her wealth of experience and knowledge. Instead of reinventing the wheel, your company can use this useful how-to manual to quickly and effectively put a successful programme of internal controls in place.

Complete with flowcharts and checklists, this essential desktop reference serves as a best practices model for establishing and enhancing your organisation's control framework. These manuals are favourites for organisations and companies needing a foundation and grounding to ensure an internal control posture of integrity, credibility, method, and process, or as a reminder of its importance.

URLs were included when first published to encourage the dissemination and distribution of relevant chapters to those interested and in charge of specific departments.

Although times have changed, the principles articulated remain sound and solid for today’s accounting and business environment. Implementing these cornerstones will produce a principled, manageable approach.

These manuals can be used by accounting individuals, finance departments, sole proprietor businesses, large corporations, accounting and auditing students, and any others interested in specific topics or general disciplines.

The discipline for the oversight processes and procedures is important when introducing or implementing auditing practices, whether in accounting or throughout the organisation. These manuals should be used together to provide the basics when setting up a department or specific process discipline, and for learning about the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities within specific focus areas.