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Agency Audits

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Each year the University is visited by a wide variety of auditors and financial monitoring teams to review the financial accounting and related issues of externally funded research.

These visits have two main objectives:

  • To ensure that agency rules are being followed and that funds are being used properly (i.e. according to the budget and eligible expenses)
  • To ensure that the financial transactions included in the agencies’ financial records based on our information are sound

What to do if you are selected for audit

Researchers with projects selected for audit should contact Michael Walesiak, Associate Director, Finance and Information Management, RSO, immediately. Researchers may also want to contact their Research Facilitation Office for more assistance, clarification and information of what is expected.

RSO Finance prepares the financial documentation for the visiting auditors. RSO will do this by working with other central departments, keeping the demands on the department to a minimum. However, the visiting auditor may still wish to interview researchers directly.

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