City audit finds Oracle timekeeping reduces some payroll risks but exceptions limit effectiveness

The city—s internal audit team presented findings on the Oracle Time and Labor (OTL) module, saying the new system automates several payroll controls but that exceptions built into the implementation blunt its effectiveness.

The audit, presented by Dwayne Braithwaite of the audit team, reviewed the OTL deployment and whether it addressed previously identified risks such as misapplied work rules, unapproved extra time, incorrect compensatory-time handling and miscalculated overtime. "The OTL module's automated rules should mitigate several risks we identified in previous audits," Braithwaite said during the Finance Executive Committee meeting.

The audit found the city combined timekeeping and payroll into a single system, reducing data discrepancy risk, but…