Item 21 - Award a Contract to CliftonLarsonAllen LLP for Professional Auditing Services

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• General risk analysis — This will contain our overall audit plan, including materiality calculations, fraud risk assessments, overall audit risk assessments, effects of our IS assessment, timing, staffing, client assistance, a listing of significant provisions of laws and regulations, and other key planning considerations. • Account risk analysis — This document will contain the audit plan for the financial statements, including risk assessment and the extent and nature of testing by assertion. • Prepared by client listing — This document will contain a listing of schedules and reports to be prepared by the City personnel with due dates for each item. • Assurance Information Exchange (AIE) — CLA uses a secure web -based application to request and obtain documents. This application allows clients to view detailed information, including due dates for all items CLA is requesting. Clients can attach electronic files and add commentary directly on the application. A key element in planning this audit engagement will be the heavy involvement of principals and managers. We will clearly communicate any issues in a timely manner and will be in constant contact as to what we are finding and where we expect it will lead. Using the information we have gathered and the risks identified, we will produce an audit program specifically tailored to the City that will detail the nature and types of tests to be performed. We view our programs as living documents, subject to change as conditions warrant. Phase 2: Systems evaluation We will gain an understanding of the internal control structure of the City for financial accounting and relevant operations. Next, we will identify control objectives for each type of control material to the financial statements, and then identify and gain an understanding of the relevant control policies and procedures that effectively achieve the control objectives. Finally, we will determine the nature, timing, and extent of our control testing and perform tests of controls. This phase of the audit will include testing of certain key internal controls: Electronic data, including general and application controls reviews and various user controls Financial reporting and compliance with laws and regulations We will test controls over certain key cycles, not only to gather evidence about the existence and effectiveness of internal control for purposes of assessing control risk, but also to gather evidence about the reasonableness of an account balance. Our use of multi -purpose tests allows us to provide a more efficient audit without sacrificing quality. Our assessment of internal controls will determine whether the City has established and maintained internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that the following objectives are met: Transactions are properly recorded, processed, and summarized to permit the preparation of reliable financial statements and to maintain accountability over assets Assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition Transactions are executed in accordance with laws and regulations that could have a direct and material effect on the financial statements We will finalize our audit programs during this phase. We will also provide an updated prepared by client listing based on our test results and anticipated substantive testing. City of Santa Ana RFP No. 24-009 Page 33 of 63