Internal Controls And Sales Process Review For Bucks Phyz

Sales Process

Write a Business report on Bucks Phyz.

The information that has been provided in regards to Bucks Phyz is that it is a medium sized company that derives an yearly turnover of $2.5 million. The issue that has been presented in the question is that as a part of delegating the role of the accountant of Bucks Phyz , the sales process of the company has to be reviewed. The reviewing has to be carried out on the basis of the key information that has been derived from the interview of the staff and other related personnel. It has also been mentioned in the case study that the company has gone through a restructuring program that has particularly taken place within the sales team. This has been majorly due to the changes in the operating environment that took place within the company. The impact of the change, as mentioned in the case study has been such that the employees do not have a clear view about the new responsibilities. There also have been fraudulent events in the accounts department. This further states that the current condition of the company has been such that it cannot allow any further leakage in terms of revenue. Thus, the identification of the particular areas of concern and the implementation of the required internal controls have been discussed in this particular study. The policy of introduction of the corporate credit cards has also been analyzed (Heise, Strecker & Frank, 2014).

The sales process in Bucks Phyz that has been adopted by business pivots around the new pricing tool that has been introduced by the sales manager. This tool can effectively impact business in a positive way as it can effectively compute the prices of the offers that are sent out by the executives of the organization. The authorization policy however, has not been complied with. This is further reinstated by the Head of Sales, Barry who mentions in his interview that in spite of the availability of a standardized process that states the particular way in which the managers can send the offers to the customers, it is not strictly followed.  This is mainly because the standardized process has not been mapped yet (Chang, 2014)

The sales process that has been monitored and evaluated has helped in the identification of a number of weaknesses in the operational proceedings of the company. These weaknesses are as follows:

Internal control weakness

The introduction of the corporate credit cards might bring huge profits into business. However, the particular point that should be noted here is that the specified transactions that are proceeded with the help of the corporate credit cards should be strictly monitored and evaluated as to whether the purchased service or product was really needed by business or not. The facility of corporate credit cards exposes the business to high amounts of risk. But the particular advantages provided cover for the proposed risks. The corporate credit cards will free the business from the unnecessary workload of transferring the payments from the business to the supplier account. In fact, the reimbursement process will also be simplified by the incorporation of the corporate credit cards (Al-Matari, Mohammed& Al-Matari, 2017).

The management of Bucks Phyz should consider the formation of a particular group that will monitor the transactions that are incurred with the help of the corporate credit cards. To be more precise, this team will authorize the transactions before debiting real cash from the business account. The finance department personnel may be chosen for building the particular team.

The recommendation to the chief executive officer in regards to the issuance of the corporate credit cards is that the proposal apparently is brilliant and will benefit business. However, it is highly recommended that the corporate credit cards should only be issued to the key personnel of the management of the organization. For an instance, in case of the training course mentioned in the provided case study, the service should be purchased with the corporate credit card allotted to the human resource manager post the authorization by the finance team.

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