Audit of Annual Project Financial Statements
- Career Category: Expression of Interest
- Location: Phnom Penh
The Project Management Unit to Prepare a Master Plan to Develop and Transform Preah Sihanouk Province into a Model Multi-Purpose Special Economic Zone (SMSP)
Audit Objective
The audit of the project financial statements shall enable the auditor to express independent opinions on:
- Fair Presentation of the Financial Statements:1 whether the project financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, or give a true and fair view of the project’s financial position, its financial performance and cash flows in accordance with the accounting and reporting framework applicable for the project (as specified in the Notes to financial statements)
- Use of funds: whether the proceeds of the RGC funds of the project were used only for the purpose(s) of project.
Responsibilities of Management
- The Project Management shall prepare the projects’ financial statements before the commencement of the services of the Auditor.
- The Project’s financial statements should include the following:
- A statement of Source and Uses of Funds;
- Statement of Project Expenditures Accounts;
- Designated Account Reconciliation;
- Bank and cash reconciliation; and
- Any additional schedules, as necessary (e.g., bank book and cash book, advance register, and fixed asset list).
- Additionally, Project Management Unit will prepare and sign the following documents, which will be included in the audited financial statements:
- Statement of Compliance (Appendix 1).
Auditing Standards
The audit will be carried out in accordance with the Cambodian International Standards on Auditing (CISAs).1 These standards and this TOR require that the auditors comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether (i) the annual project financial statements are free from material misstatement and (ii) funds were used for the purpose intended.