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UHY tells Northumberland County boards RDA setup and weak controls contributed to school financial problems; training and policy fixes underway
Summary
At a Nov. 6 joint meeting, UHY managing director Jack Reagan told Northumberland County supervisors and school board members that RDA configuration, decentralized invoice processing and sparse policies contributed to chronic school budget deficits; he recommended training, written procedures and periodic access reviews while staff implements corrective changes.
Jack Reagan, managing director at accounting firm UHY, told the Northumberland County Board of Supervisors and School Board at their Nov. 6 joint meeting that a combination of an antiquated RDA finance system, limited periodic reporting and weak internal controls contributed to the school division's financial problems.
Reagan summarized the firm's findings and corrective recommendations. "There were chronic budget deficits over the last several years," he said, and noted limited financial reports were provided to management and elected officials. Reagan said RDA was configured so school staff could not perform some basic accounting functions without RDA personnel support, and that the system required many manual flags that made routine processes "extraordinarily cumbersome." "If one gets missed, a transaction can get put into…
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