Policies

Click to review the below policies related to financial statements:

FIN-ACC-1: Role of Fiscal Officer, Account Manager, and Account Supervisor

Click the above link to review the Indiana University policy on the role of a fiscal officer, account manager, and account supervisor. This policy will aid in clearly defining these roles in order to establish a process to ensure fiscal control, accountability, and integrity for university accounts.

FIN-ACC-10: Ranking of Fiscal Officer, Account Supervisor, Account Manager, and Delegation of Signature Authority

Click the above link to review the Indiana University policy on the ranking of the fiscal officer, account supervisor, account manager, and the delegation of signature authority. This policy is in place to establish responsibility for an account by ensuring that the persons authorized to transact business on an account are the only people actually authorizing financial transactions.

FIN-ACC-470: Internal Controls

Click the above link to review the Indiana University policy on internal controls. The objective of this policy is to establish best practices regarding internal controls at Indiana University. The university is required by Federal regulations, including Uniform Guidance and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), to maintain an effective internal control structure.

FIN-ACC-650: Financial Compliance: Authority and Accountability

Click the above link to review the Indiana University policy on fiscal compliance, authority, and accountability. This policy contains information about roles and responsibilities at Indiana University. In particular, this policy is focused on outlining the authority for the university’s external financial audits, fiscal internal controls, and related compliance. This policy outlines the delegation of financial policy, standards, transactions, systems, and reporting as it relates to external financial compliance for the university as a whole.

FIN-BUD-20: Review of Fiscal Activities

Click the above link to review the Indiana University policy on reviewing fiscal activities. Fiscal Managers will review, on a regular basis, the financial activities for which they are responsible to ensure that these activities are carried out properly and in a manner that is consistent with and contributes to the overall plans and goals of Indiana University. This policy will aid in establishing guidelines for this review and a timeline for when this review should occur at IU.

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