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Inaccurate Financial Statements - Prevention & Detection of Financial Crimes
The role of the Audit Committee & Internal Auditors
17 February 2015
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPER
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ACCOUNTING IS NOT A SCIENCE
IT IS AN ART
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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PROTECTION/PREVENTION
• PROPER SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROL AND PROCEDURES
• SAFEGUARDS
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PROTECTION/PREVENTION
BASIS OF A PROPER SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROL AND PROCEDURES:
•PROCEDURES TO ENSURE CAPTURE OF ALL TRANSACTIONS
•PROCEDURES TO ENSURE LIMITATION OF RISK
•PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT NO SINGLE PERSON CAN COMPLETE A TRANSACTION WITHOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF AT LEAST ONE MORE PERSON
•COMPETENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT
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SAFEGUARDS
• INTERNAL CONTROL AUDIT • AUDIT COMMITTEE
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COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF MAJOR CORPORATE FINANCIAL CRIMES
• INEFFECTIVE BOARDS
• POOR STRATEGIC DECISIONS
• OVEREXPANSION AND ILL-JUDGED ACQUISITIONS
• AUTOCRATIC / DOMINANT CEOS
• GREED, HUBRIS AND A DESIRE OF POWER
• FAILURE OF INTERNAL CONTROLS
• INADEQUATE REMUNERATION SYSTEMS
• POOR REGULATION
• LACK OF INVESTOR QUESTIONING
(Hamilton 2009 & Centro de estudos em Governança Corporativa 2010)
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Thank you
Marios T. Kyriacou
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