Audit of MCC's Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 Financial Statements

MCC update the "Grant Accrual Financial Management Division Desktop Procedures" to document and determine what MCC should do with validated costs identified that were not part of the accrued costs, and what was the root cause of the initial omission by MCA. Based on that outcome, MCC should revise MCA guidance as appropriate or provide additional training to prevent recurrence.

MCC Update the "Grant Accrual Financial Management Division Desktop Procedures" to require MCC to review the adequacy of the MCAs' procedure manual that addresses the MCA internal process with its project directors and engineers for capturing work completed but not yet billed or paid. MCC should provide recommendations for improvement where warranted.

MCC update the "Grant Accrual Financial Management Division Desktop Procedures" to address and document what additional steps should be taken to ensure the reliability of the grant accrual estimate and the validation process when the compact is entering into its final year and or closure period (i.e., 120 days after the compact end date).

MCC develop, document, and implement an internal procedure that requires the Department of Compact Operations to disclose unique financial aspects of the compact, or additional financial agreements impacting the compact, to the Financial Management Division for review to determine if the MCA needs additional guidance to properly accrue for those costs.

MCC update the "Retentions Data Call: Millennium Challenge Account Guidance" to provide additional requirements for MCAs to reconcile retention balances reported in the quarterly data calls with the relevant balances recorded in the MCAs' financial system, investigate any variances noted, and submit this reconciliation with the quarterly data call to MCC for review.

MCC coordinate with the Vice President of Department of Compact Operations the updating of the "Fiscal Accountability Plans" to require MCAs to develop an internal process with project directors and engineers on how to capture work completed but not yet billed or paid, and document in a desktop procedure manual.

MCC coordinate with the Vice President of Department of Compact Operations the updating of the "Fiscal Accountability Plans" to require MCAs to ensure that the Fiscal Agent is integrated within the grant accrual process to verify when grant accruals have been paid and should no longer be reported as an accrual in the data call.

MCC provide MCAs with additional training concerning the reporting of advance liquidations in the grant accrual process for in-house invoices and works completed but not invoiced as of quarter end.

MCC develop, implement, and document procedures for how MCC will assist the MCAs to enable them to meet the compact/threshold audit requirements.