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Council audit flags accounts‑payable control weaknesses, duplicate payments and excessive user access
Summary
An accounts‑payable audit found generally accurate vendor payments but identified weaknesses in policies, excessive user access, duplicate payments of about $3.8 million later identified, and thousands of user accounts that should have been deactivated.
Bridal Parks of the Council Auditor’s Office presented an accounts‑payable audit to the Finance Committee on June 17 that concluded payments to vendors were “overall accurate in amount and properly supported,” but that significant control weaknesses and process deficiencies exist and require correction.
The audit examined invoices and payments from Oct. 1, 2023, through Jan. 31, 2024, and tested 200 randomly selected invoices (100 PO and 100 non‑PO). Parks said the scope excluded wire transfers and payments approved outside of the accounts‑payable module, which are planned for future review in…
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