Percentage of total finance function FTEs allocated to the process "establish internal controls, policies, and procedures"

This measure calculates the percentage of total finance function full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) allocated to the process "establish internal controls policies and procedures," which entails forming the rules and regulations to ensure achievement in the areas of laws, regulations, and policies compliance; operations effectiveness; and financial reporting reliability. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate additional variables not covered elsewhere for the "establish internal controls policies and procedures" process.

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Measure Category:
Supplemental Information
Measure ID:
102006
Total Sample Size:
1,273 All Companies
Performers:
25th Median 75th
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Key Performance Indicator:
No

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Compute this Measure

Units for this measure are percent.

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(Number of FTEs who perform the process "establish internal controls, policies, and procedures" / Number of FTEs who perform the function "manage financial resources") * 100

Key Terms

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FTE - (full-time equivalent employee)

To calculate the number of full-time equivalents employed during the year for each respective process or activity, you must prorate the number of employees and the hours spent performing each process/activity. Assume that a full-time worker represents 40 hours per week. Provide the average number of full-time equivalents employed during the year for each respective process. Include full-time employees, part-time employees, and temporary workers hired during peak demand periods. Allocate only the portion of the employee's time that relates to or supports the activities identified for an applicable process. Prorate management and secretarial time by estimating the level of effort in support of each activity, by process.

For example, a part-time secretary in the finance department for XYZ, Inc. charges all of his time to finance department activities. He works 20 hours per week. The secretary splits his time evenly supporting employees working in the general accounting process and the financial reporting process. Thus, his time should be allocated by process. So, if he works throughout the year and supports these two processes, his time would be split evenly as:

20hrs/40hrs = .5FTE * 50% for general accounting = .25FTE for general accounting

20hrs/40hrs = .5FTE * 50% for financial reporting = .25FTE for financial reporting

Supplemental Information

Supplemental information is data that APQC determines is relevant to decision support for a specific process, but does not fit into the other measure categories such as cost effectiveness, cycle time, or staff productivity.

Measure Scope

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Cross Industry (7.3.1)

  • 9.8.1.1 - Establish board of directors and audit committee (10914)
  • 9.8.1.2 - Define and communicate code of ethics (10915)
  • 9.8.1.3 - Assign roles and responsibility for internal controls (10916)
  • 9.8.1.4 - Define business process objectives and risks (11250)
  • 9.8.1.5 - Define entity/unit risk tolerances (11251)