Welcome to the Minnesota Internal Control and Accountability Unit!

• Coordinate the design, implementation, and maintenance of an effective system of internal controls and internal auditing for all executive agencies that must safeguard public funds and assets and ensure programs are administered in compliance with federal and state laws and rules.

• Require documentation of internal control procedures over financial management activities and provide for analysis of risks and periodic evaluation of control procedures to ensure that they are adequately designed, properly implemented, and functioning effectively. 

• Adopt internal control standards and policies that agencies must follow that may include separation of duties, safeguarding receipts, time entry, approval of travel, and other topics identified by the commissioner. 

• Coordinate training for accounting personnel and financial managers in state agencies on internal controls to ensure the financial integrity in the state’s financial transactions. 

• Administer a program for sharing internal auditors among executive agencies that do not have their own internal auditors and for assembling teams of internal auditors, as necessary. 

• Review audit reports from the Office of the Legislative Auditor and take appropriate steps to address internal control problems found in executive agencies.

• May require each executive agency spend a specified percentage of its operating budget on internal control systems.

• Report to the legislative audit commission and the governor in each odd-numbered year on the system of internal controls and internal auditing in executive agencies. 

• Facilitate the annual internal control certification process to enable the head of each executive agency to review the agency’s internal control systems and certify that these systems are in compliance with standards and policies by submitting the signed certification form to the commissioner of management and budget.

The Internal Control & Accountability (IC&A) Unit is staffed by a Director and several Internal Control Specialists. The IC&A Unit is committed to promoting effective and efficient state government through well designed approaches to the five components of an internal control structure. Each of the Internal Control Specialists offer a wide variety of audit, internal control, and financial service experience within state government and private sector.  The IC&A Unit is available to assist executive branch state agencies on internal control related matters, Office of Legislative Auditor (OLA) audit findings, and the Annual Internal Control Systems Certification.

Amy Jorgenson - prior to serving as the Director of Enterprise Internal Controls, Amy served in various roles in Minnesota state government at the Department of Revenue, the Department of Health, and the Office of Legislative Auditor. 

Jake Rossow - joined state government with the Department of Revenue in 2011 as an Individual Income Tax Auditor and joined the IC&A Unit in 2016. Prior to state government, Jake was a banker in the private sector.

Josh Botnen - began state service in 2011 as a tax auditor for the Department of Revenue's Corporate Franchise Tax Division. Josh held multiple positions at Revenue before coming to the IC&A Unit in March 2018.

Mohamed Ahmed - started his state service working for the State of Washington before moving on to the Community and Health Services Department with King County, WA. He Joined the IC&A team in August 2019, and he holds an MPA from Arkansas State University.