Comptroller's Office  Policies and Procedures Manual
Effective: 01/01/2000	Revised: 02/22/2012

CMP 205 01: Audit Liaison

To monitor university audits and program reviews

University policy

The Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration is responsible for monitoring all audits. The comptroller  has university-wide liaison responsibility for all work relative to the university’s annual general purpose financial statement examinations performed by the auditor general or auditor general-appointed external auditors, including the specialized work done for federal grants/contracts and financial aid.

The Assistant to the Vice-President for Finance and  Administration is the liaison for audits by the Arizona Board of Regents. For more information on the current fiscal year audit plan or results, contact Veronica Tellez-Tapia at 3-8286.

Northern Arizona University Internal Audit is responsible for conducting selected internal audits within NAU. 

Annual financial statement audits are performed by the Arizona Office of the Auditor General.  See NAU Financial Statements for auditor opinion. The Vice President for Finance and Administration notifies the President's Cabinet of each year's audit starting date and reviews the results upon completion.

Single Audits (OMB Circular A-133)

Single audits are performed by the Arizona Office of the Auditor General.  See the Arizona General Accounting Office Financial report web page for the latest Single Audit report which includes NAU programs.

For additional information on Internal Audits, please contact the NAU Internal Audit Department at (928) 523-6448 or (928) 523-6459.