SOCPAC is a Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) charged with providing special operations support and oversight within the Pacific Command (PACOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR). Sehlke Consulting, LLC provides Subject Matter Expertise (SME) that provide technical advice, analyses, and assistance in carrying out responsibilities and activities required to support Financial Improvement & Audit Remediation (FIAR) objectives. We assist with implementing the FIAR Guidance to facilitate the establishment of controls and implement process improvements and recommendations for solutions in areas where audit readiness challenges exist.
Over the past three years, Sehlke has successfully responded to external audit requests, follow-up questionnaires, and Request for Information (RFI) issued by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) by providing the required Key Supporting Documentation (KSD) to support the audit samples. These USSOCOM and USPACOM audit samples are part of a simulated audit to prepare TSOCs for the Navy’s ongoing Full Financial Statement Audit. The SOCPAC FIAR team simultaneously supports audit requests from two separate Independent Public Accountants (IPA) – Grant Thornton, LLP for USSOCOM, and EY for USPACOM.
While supporting requests from USSOCOM and USPACOM, we perform internal segment reviews for SOCPAC’s accounting transactions that encompass Civilian Payroll, Transportation of People (TOP), Transportation of Things (TOT), Contract Vendor Pay, Government Purchase Card (GPC), Reimbursable Work Order (RWO), MILSTRIP, Funds Receipt and Distribution, and Asset Management. During these reviews, we provide business process narratives and flowcharts describing specific business processes, identified internal control risks and deficiencies within current practices, and Corrective Action Plans (CAP) to formalize remediation and training to applicable personnel and methods. Since SOCPAC migrated from STARS-FL to SABRS-N, these internal segment reviews have proven to be an essential part of supplementing the Comptroller staff, resulting in significantly reduced Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics and improved audibility across the universe of transactions.
