Audit Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2008 Audit


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Summary: 

While the Attorney General's Office was conducting the 2008 Fiscal Year audit a compilation of items was being tracked. These items identified an owner, description and completion date. Each of these tasks were either considered a Deficiency that was Rectified or a Recommendation that was Implemented.

Start Date: 
January 5, 2009
Go Live: 
July 15, 2009
End Date: 
July 30, 2009
Current Milestone: 
07/15/09 - Retention Policy posted
Stage: 
Recently Released - Completed in last 3 months.
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Sponsor/Champion: 
Morgan Olsen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Project Manager: 
Sharan Johnson
Associate VP University Technology: 
John Rome
University Technology Director: 
Tina Thorstenson
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Source: 
Executive
Priority: 
High
Scope: 

The Auditors General office processed the FY2008 Financial Audit and have listed items of concern. Reviews, recommendations, implementation and delivery of these responses will be processed over the next Fiscal Year.

  • Establish requirements for retention/filing of Human Resource documents at the Department Level.
  • Establish Business Process Guides for Central Payroll.
  • Develop a method of identifying a current list of Advantage users.
  • Establish a method of identifying employees who have transferred from departments and reassign their roles/permission lists.
  • CRM Case #308386 - ASU_HR0022 Primary Job modifications
  • CRM Case #307150 - Additional pay changes
  • CRM Case #335765 - Restrict Min/Max salary for Job Codes
  • Security roles/permission lists based on Position.
  • Install lock-out features on ASU Systems.
  • Requirements for Test Plan documentation.
  • Involve Financial Services in processes.
  • Correct employees with invalid SSN (999-99-9999).
  • Ensure that PS passwords are not shared.
  • Enhance training to include retirements/benefits impacting all HR transactions. (Benefits)
  • Create Central Payroll guidelines for all processes and provide to HR/Payroll staff.
  • As modifications roll out of PS, the Business Analyst assigned to the functional team will create a Business Process Guide that includes navigation and how-tos.
  • Provide departments with comprehensive, updated Business Process Guides for AP, Time/Labor, and Manager Self Service (MSS), and training for each of these areas.
  • All Milestones and Schedule: 
    Owner/Business Analyst Description Stage/Completion Date
    Deborah Wright Policy Change - Establish clear and documented requirements for departments concerning retention/filing of authorizing documents for any PS transactions initiated in departments, including Additional Pay, Manager Self Service (promotions, terminations, transfers, chg in hours, etc.), and any other department-initiated transactions. Completed in production: 7/17/2009
    Myra Elias Establish a Business Process Guide for Central Payroll for processing wage payments of deceased employees to ensure correct W2 and 1099 reporting, communicate information about the procedure to BOMs. Completion Date: 6/30/2009
    Rudy Bellavia Establish a method to identify current Advantage Users. Completed in production - 6/26/2009
    Mark Koan

    Establish a method of identifying employees who have transferred from departments and reassign their roles/permission lists.

    • Project Plan - 6/10/09 - Complete
    • Spec Development - 6/12/09 - Complete
    • Development - 6/15-19 - Complete
    • Test Plan - 6/19/09 - Complete
    • Testing 6/22-26 - on Schedule to complete 6/26/09
    • Communication Plan - Complete
    Completed in Production - 6/30/2009
    Lissa Kelley ASU_HR0022 Primary Job modifications Completed - In Production
    Myra Elias

    A revised pay correction form is being developed to ensure that departments have an efficient method for sending corrections to HR/Payroll, since they will not have access to some earn codes that they previously could use in AP.

    • HRIS Request Form submitted
    • Scopt Defined
    • In Development
    • User Acceptance testing
    • Document Business Process Guide
    Completed In Production 3/31/2009
    Lissa Kelley Restrict Min/Max salary for Job Codes

  • HRIS Request Form submitted
  • Scope defined
  • Modified Audit Reports
  • Document Business Process Guide
  • Prevent system entry to MSS AdHoc Salary Adjustment and eHire application
  • Stage 1 Completied in Production 3/2009

    Stage 2 scheduled for completion 3rd Qtr 2009 - Move to FY 2009 Audit Recommendations 

    Myra Elias Security Roles/Permission Lists based on Position. Moved to HRIS Security Infrastructure
    Noel Linder Install lock-out features on ASU Systems. Moved to Add CAPTCHA Challenge to ASU Weblogin SSO
    Clara Adams

    Requirements for Test Plan documentation

    • Revise Business Technical Process Guide
    • Identify/setup filing system on shared directory
    • Document Testing Plan template
    Completed In Production 2/27/2009
    Myra Elias Involve FS in payroll planning so reporting needs can be established. Completed
     Myra Elias Correct employees with invalid SSN (999-99-9999). On-Going
     Myra Elias Ensure that PS passwords are not shared. On-Going
    Kristen Micetic Enhance training to include retirements/benefits impacting all HR transactions. (Benefits) On-Going
    Myra Elias Create Central Payroll guidelines for all processes and provide to HR/Payroll staff. On-Going
     Kristen Micetic, Lissa Kelley, and Myra Elias As modifications roll out of PS, the Business Analyst assigned to the functional team will create a Business Process Guide that includes navigation and how-tos. On-Going
    Lissa Kelley and Myra Elias Provide departments with comprehensive, updated Business Process Guides for AP, Time/Labor, and Manager Self Service (MSS), and training for each of these areas. On-Going
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