Element 09×Finance and Legal

Finance & Legal in Monitoring

Monitoring, Reporting and Learning

This element captures how financial and legal performance becomes visible — management accounts, financial KPIs, exception reporting and dispute tracking.

Standard 1

  • Periodic Review of Critical Access Rights for Financial SystemsTypical exampleCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionNot process safetyNot safety case critical

Process, procedure, work instruction 2

  • Indirect Tax Returns Filing and ReconciliationIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 02 Identification and compliance with legislation and industry standardsNot process safetyNot safety case critical
  • Hydrocarbon Sales Accounting ProcessIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 09 Process and operational status monitoring, and handoverNot process safetyNot safety case critical

Supporting documents 2

  • Investment Assurance Terms of Reference and Report TemplateTypical exampleCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionNot process safetyNot safety case critical
  • Payment Request FormIn 1 of 3 operator registersRegion · addsAlso in EI PSM · 08 Operating manuals and proceduresNot process safetyNot safety case critical

Guidance · outside the system 1

Informative, not a “shall”. These belong in the knowledge base, not the management system. How this works →

  • Controllers' AssessmentIn 1 of 3 operator registersCompany-wideAlso in EI PSM · 20 Audit, assurance, management review and interventionNot process safetyNot safety case critical
"Financial reporting is one of the most measured activities in any company — but the integrity-relevant indicators (override use, manual adjustments, ageing exceptions, dispute trend) are often the least visible."
  • →The targets the KPIs measure against — (Commitment and Accountability)E01 Commitment
  • →The independent assurance of the data — (Assurance, Review and Improvement)E10 Assurance
  • →The risk treatment of a finding — (Risk Assessment and Control)E05 Risk