Compliance Audits

Compliance Audits

LEGAL COMPLIANCE AUDITS

 

The objectives and purpose of a Legal Compliance Audit is to ascertain:

ü whether the organisation’s official, employees and where applicable its service providers are aware of the laws

       which apply to its activities, and to what degree

 

ü the risks of not complying with the laws

ü whether the laws are being complied with by the responsible officials and employees, as well as by the the

      clients service providers, where applicable

ü areas of partial or qualified non-compliance

ü areas of non-compliance

ü the degree of non-compliance or compliance

ü the possible, actual or potential consequences of the observed non-compliance and the impact of such

ü non-compliance on the organization’s environment, its officials and employees

ü the effectiveness of the organization’s Compliance Program and Controls

ü how the organization can go about improving its Compliance levels and Compliance Program.

 

A Legal Compliance Audit is conducted in a phased manner as detailed below.

 

 

  • OUTPUT 1 – PLANNING AND SCOPING

 

To determine the laws applicable to the organization, Lee’s Compliance will have to understand what the organization does, which will include obtaining an understanding of its strategies, objectives, operations, functions and how it is made up, from a unit or department perspective.

In order to gain this insight Lee’s Compliance will have to consult with some of the organization’s employees.

 

  • OUTPUT 2 – INTERVIEWS WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

 

Lee’s Compliance will prepare a legal compliance Audit Protocol setting out:

  • the purpose and objectives of the Audit
  • the laws which will be covered under the Audit
  • any agreed exclusions
  • the areas of the organization’s operations which will be covered under the Audit
  • the persons who need to be interviewed, and suggested schedule of meeting dates and times
  • the documents which must be made available for scrutiny and Audit purposes
  • the proposed times and dates when the Audit will take place;

 

This will be presented to the organization for approval and sign off.

 

  • OUTPUT 3 – CONDUCTING THE LEGAL AUDIT, INTERVIEWS AND INSPECTION OF OPERATIONS

 

Following the identification of all laws which are applicable to the organization, and in order to ascertain if the organization is complying with all the laws, Lee’s Compliance will plan and carry out across the organization’s environment a detailed legal compliance audit including the holding of interviews with employees and inspection of the organization’s operations.

Lee’s Compliance together with its support staff will conduct the Legal Compliance Audit during agreed dates and times at the client offices in accordance with the signed off Audit Protocol,  which Audit could take between 3 – 5 days.

  

  • OUTPUT 4 – AUDIT REPORT – RESULTS, ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Following the completion of the Audit, Lee’s Compliance will prepare a detailed Audit report and a corrective action program which will address:

  • all noted areas of partial or qualified non-compliance
  • all noted areas of non-compliance
  • the areas within the organization’s environment where the qualified and / or non-compliance levels have been noted or observed
  • the actual or potential consequences of such non-compliance and the impact of these consequences on the organization, its directors and employees
  • recommended corrective actions and close out time lines.