Welcome to the Management Advisory and Compliance Services Department at Towson University. We hope this site will be helpful to you. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Management Advisory and Compliance Services recognizes the need to provide assistance to campus departments to solve problems or identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. Our office is always available to discuss special project requests with management to meet their specific needs. Click on the above Downloads link for self-assessment questionnaires designed to help university departments with internal control.

Our work is based upon the relative risk of an activity or a process and its potential exposure to the university. Exposure can be in areas such as fraud, loss, errors, inefficiency, non-compliance with laws, regulations and ineffective operations. Once we identify an area of risk, our approach will vary. We use different tools for different issues, all of which are focused on reducing risk and improving efficiency and effectiveness of campus operations. Two examples of our services include:

• Compliance reviews- determine compliance with laws and regulations, and verify that control procedures are performing as expected
• Process reviews- comprehensive analyses and appraisals of all phases of academic or business activities in order to provide management-appropriate recommendations concerning the activities and processes reviewed