Getting the best from internal controls
Internal controls are fundamentally a set of procedures and only have real impact with the right attitude and behaviours.
Internal Controls and Monitorships
Finding pathways to compliance
Internal Controls and Monitorships
Government-Mandated Monitorships - Internal Controls & Monitoring
Settlements with government enforcement and regulatory agencies can require an independent compliance monitor. Monitoring has also become an expected component of a functional compliance programme.
End-to-end compliance programme review
Control Risks compliance experts help with the evaluation and enhancement of your existing policies, procedures and practices to conform to governmental guidance related to the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act and similar laws in other jurisdictions. Our multi-disciplinary team of forensic accountants, investigators and former law enforcement officials delivers an integrated view of all elements of corporate compliance.
We have also served as court-appointed Independent Compliance Consultants to assess an existing compliance programme, make recommendations and verify implementation of such recommendations over the course of a multi-year settlement agreement.
Internal controls
We advise you on key internal controls and processes relevant to corruption, fraud, supply chain and procurement. Working to identify and remediate gaps, we create improved frameworks for controls environments.
All businesses sectors are different and we customise operational controls to your precise requirements. This includes assessment of company resources to achieve an operational compliance programme framework including staffing, systems and technology.
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You can’t self-report what you don’t know
Many companies simply aren’t aware of issues until it’s too late. There must be real rigour behind periodic review and monitoring.
International Business Attitudes to Compliance
Companies across the world are not backing up their rhetoric on compliance with the appropriate level of resources and prioritisation.
Our thinking
Analysis
Use resources in other departments to supplement compliance
As much as compliance officers dream of unlimited staff and funding, the reality is that compliance departments often face the challenge of managing complex global risks with inadequate resources.
Analysis
Beyond the org chart
The National People’s Congress on 17 March will approve a plan to reorganize government ministries, commissions and other agencies, and their roles and responsibilities. Important details such as a timetable and how various approval processes will change are not yet available, but there is already some basis...
Analysis
The outlook for M&A in Africa: risks and rewards
2017 was a slow year for M&A deals across Africa. Instability, lack of regulatory clarity and weak economic fundamentals in the continent’s biggest markets worked to limit investor confidence. Meanwhile, increasing concerns...
Analysis
Can China build its way back to the Middle?
For thousands of years, Chinese people have thought of themselves as the Middle Kingdom. Being in the “middle” has connotations of political, economic and cultural power, yet in recent centuries, Europe and more recently the United States were the centres of global power.
Analysis
First look at Australia’s proposed new anti-bribery law
The Australian government has tabled a series of new laws covering foreign bribery and other economic offenses. If these are passed into law, as we expect, they will make it much easier to prosecute companies for bribery offenses committed either at home or abroad.