Services · Diagnostic

Inventory Count and valuation reports

ICV

Conducts inventory count and valuation support, including count planning, stock verification, reconciliation, obsolete/damaged stock identification and reporting.

What changes

More reliable financial data, better reporting, stronger audit readiness and improved system-enabled finance operations.

What you get

Completed inventory count sheets, cut-off movement log and variance log for all locations in scope
Stock reconciliation and inventory valuation schedule with GL adjustment list
Inventory count and valuation report with proposed write-downs, write-offs and management action plan
Updated inventory register

What has to come first

Nothing is required before this service.

The count can run as a standalone diagnostic
NAHNeeds Assessment Report - National Head Quarters or NABNeeds Assessment Report - Branch/District Recommended

Needs assessment findings point to the stock categories and locations at highest risk
AMP02Inventory and Stock Management Policy and Procedure Recommended

An approved inventory and stock management policy gives the count a records structure and valuation basis to verify against

Who is involved

From the National Society's side. This is what the engagement asks of your people.

Your own staff work alongside the adviser throughout, so this is a commitment of their time as well as the Centre's. Ask in the request and you are given the day estimate per role before anything is signed.

Role	What they do
HNS Finance Director / Head of Finance	Valuation and accounting owner, approves adjustments
Logistics / Warehouse management	Inventory custodians
Programme and operations teams	Relief goods distribution and consumption
Branch logistics and warehouse staff	Decentralised stock locations
Procurement	Purchase documentation and supplier issues
Internal audit / compliance	Independent verification support
External auditors	Rely on count evidence and reconciliation

How it is measured

Indicator	Target	Evidence
Count coverage of in-scope inventory	At least 95% of stock lines or value verified	Count sheets and reconciliation (ICV003, ICV004)
Variances investigated and resolved or escalated	100% of variances above the agreed threshold	Variance log and reconciliation working papers
Report and adjustments approved by management within target time of count completion	4 weeks	Signed count and valuation report (ICV005)
Recurring count calendar adopted by the HNS	Annual full count plus cycle counts scheduled	Approved count calendar in the management action plan

Standards

COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
IFRS / GAAP accounting standards
Donor agreements and reporting requirements
HNS inventory and warehouse management policies and SOPs

Describe the problem, not the service

You do not need to know which of the 124 to ask for.

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