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ACCT90030 Information Processes & Control

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ACCT90030 Overview

Information Processes & Control
— A source-grounded ACCT90030 guide to accounting information system, relevance, faithful representation and the complete published assessment structure.
  • Faculty of Business and Economics
  • Semester 2, 2026
  • graduate coursework
  • 12.5 points
  • an accounting information systems and controls subject

ACCT90030 Information Processes & Control covers business-process modelling, accounting data, databases, risk and internal control, ethics, transaction cycles, financial reporting systems, ERP and digital transformation. It is taught within Faculty of Business and Economics. It is graduate coursework. It carries 12.5 points.

  • Processes create accounting evidence Events, actors, documents and system records form the path from operations to reports.
  • Models expose assumptions Flowcharts and data models make boundaries, responsibilities and relationships inspectable.
  • Controls answer risks A control is evaluated against a specific objective, timing, performer, evidence and possible override.
  • Digital change redistributes risk Integration and automation remove some manual errors while concentrating access, configuration and interface dependencies.
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Assessment

How ACCT90030 is assessed

ComponentWeightFormat
Computerised ERP Practice Set10%Current subject guide and LMS control staged requirements
Group assignment (4–5 students): presentation and Q&A30%Current brief and LMS control milestones
Subject participation10%Across scheduled learning activities
End-of-semester examination (2 hours) · hurdle50%Examination period; must be passed

The current subject guide publishes a Computerised ERP Practice Set at 10%, a group assignment with presentation and questions at 30%, subject participation at 10%, and a two-hour end-of-semester examination at 50%. The examination must be passed.

Current dates · verify in LMS

Current ACCT90030 dates

DateItemControl
Semester 2 examination periodEnd-of-semester examination50%; exact timetable controlled by the University.

Current-offering dates captured in the course materials. Confirm changes and exact submission settings in the live LMS.

Contents · every chapter, one map

What ACCT90030 covers

Start with Accounting Information and Decision Quality; use Revenue Cycle Processes and Controls as the turning point; finish by bringing the course together in ERP Integration and Digital Transformation.

01

Accounting Information and Decision Quality

accounting information system · relevance · faithful representation · connect information qualities to user decisions and system processes
02

Business Processes and Documentation

business process · data-flow diagram · business-process diagram · define boundaries and document activity and data flow
03

Data, Databases and Entity Relationships

entity · primary key · cardinality · translate process rules into entities, keys and relationships
04

Risk, Control Objectives and Control Design

risk · control objective · segregation of duties · connect process risks to preventive, detective and corrective controls
05

Ethics, Data and Professional Responsibility

data ethics · professional judgement · whistleblowing · analyse accounting data use through duties, consequences and affected parties
06

Revenue Cycle Processes and Controls

revenue cycle · credit approval · three-way evidence chain · trace sales events into receivables, cash and revenue
07

Expenditure Cycle Processes and Controls

expenditure cycle · three-way match · vendor master · trace purchasing and payment while evaluating authorisation and completeness
08

Conversion Cycle and Production Controls

conversion cycle · bill of materials · work in process · connect production events, inventory movement and cost records
09

Financial Reporting Process and Controls

financial reporting process · journal-entry control · reconciliation · trace source systems through adjustments and financial statements
10

ERP Integration and Digital Transformation

enterprise resource planning · configuration control · digital transformation · evaluate integration, automation and transformation risks

It is positioned as an accounting information systems and controls subject.

Students connect process evidence and technology to financial-statement effects and defensible control recommendations.

The retrieved current-offering evidence does not publish a complete assessment weighting for ACCT90030. the published assessment components listed on this page

The operational assessment conditions matter here.

Current subject materials and the official timetable control any examination operation.

What makes ACCT90030 demanding is concrete: tracing a seemingly local process or access weakness far enough to show its accounting consequence, control evidence and residual risk

Pass the two-hour end-of-semester examination and satisfy the ordinary overall subject pass requirement.

For enrolment planning, Confirm current eligibility in the 2026 Handbook; the landed endpoint was blocked.

Start with Accounting Information and Decision Quality; use Revenue Cycle Processes and Controls as the turning point; finish by bringing the course together in ERP Integration and Digital Transformation.

Worked example · free

Evaluate a process control

Q [4 marks]. AskSia-authored practice. One employee can create a supplier, enter its invoice and release payment. Recommend and test a control response. The mark allocation shown here is a study aid created for this example, not a University assessment scheme.
  • 1Map incompatible activities.
  • 1State fraud and error risks.
  • 1Design preventive and detective controls.
  • 1Specify evidence and residual risk.
Separate supplier-master approval and payment release from invoice entry, restrict roles in the ERP, and review exception logs and supplier changes. Test access listings and a sample of changes; collusion and privileged override remain residual risks.
Sia tip — A control recommendation is incomplete without performer, timing and evidence.
Glossary

Key terms

Accounting information system
People, procedures, data, software and controls that capture and report economic events. This chapter uses the concept when students connect information qualities to user decisions and system processes.
Relevance
Capacity of information to influence a decision through predictive or confirmatory value. It helps explain the reasoning required to connect information qualities to user decisions and system processes.
Faithful representation
Completeness, neutrality and freedom from material error in representing an economic phenomenon. Its limit matters because timeliness or detail can conflict with cost and faithful representation.
Business process
Related activities transforming inputs into outputs for an organisational objective. This chapter uses the concept when students define boundaries and document activity and data flow.
Data-flow diagram
Model showing external entities, processes, data stores and data flows. It helps explain the reasoning required to define boundaries and document activity and data flow.
Business-process diagram
Visual sequence of activities, events, actors and decisions. Its limit matters because a diagram can be syntactically correct while omitting ownership or accounting effects.
Entity
Distinct business object about which data are stored. This chapter uses the concept when students translate process rules into entities, keys and relationships.
Primary key
Attribute or combination uniquely identifying each entity occurrence. It helps explain the reasoning required to translate process rules into entities, keys and relationships.
Cardinality
Constraint describing how many occurrences may participate in a relationship. Its limit matters because poor keys and unresolved many-to-many relations create duplication and update anomalies.
Risk
Possibility that an event prevents an objective or causes loss or misstatement. This chapter uses the concept when students connect process risks to preventive, detective and corrective controls.
Control objective
Desired condition that a control activity is intended to achieve. It helps explain the reasoning required to connect process risks to preventive, detective and corrective controls.
Segregation of duties
Allocation of incompatible authorisation, custody, recording and reconciliation tasks to different people. Its limit matters because more controls can add cost without addressing the causal risk.
Data ethics
Evaluation of rights, harms, fairness and responsibility in collecting and using data. This chapter uses the concept when students analyse accounting data use through duties, consequences and affected parties.
Professional judgement
Reasoned application of standards and evidence under contextual uncertainty. It helps explain the reasoning required to analyse accounting data use through duties, consequences and affected parties.
FAQ

ACCT90030 FAQ

Where is the hardest reasoning in Information Processes & Control?

Tracing a seemingly local process or access weakness far enough to show its accounting consequence, control evidence and residual risk. Business-process modelling, accounting data, databases, risk and internal control, ethics, transaction cycles, financial reporting systems, ERP and digital transformation.

How does assessment work in Information Processes & Control?

The published assessment components listed on this page. Current subject materials and the official timetable control any examination operation. Pass the two-hour end-of-semester examination and satisfy the ordinary overall subject pass requirement.

What form does the exam or final task take in Information Processes & Control?

Current subject materials and the official timetable control any examination operation. The published assessment components listed on this page. Pass the two-hour end-of-semester examination and satisfy the ordinary overall subject pass requirement.

Which pass conditions apply in Information Processes & Control?

Pass the two-hour end-of-semester examination and satisfy the ordinary overall subject pass requirement. The published assessment components listed on this page. Current subject materials and the official timetable control any examination operation.

Which teaching period does this Information Processes & Control resource cover?

It is aligned to Semester 2, 2026; confirm your enrolled class and timetable in the current institutional system. End-of-semester examination: Semester 2 examination period. Business-process modelling, accounting data, databases, risk and internal control, ethics, transaction cycles, financial reporting systems, ERP and digital transformation.

What should a student check before enrolling in Information Processes & Control?

Confirm current eligibility in the 2026 Handbook; the landed endpoint was blocked. This resource covers Semester 2, 2026. Business-process modelling, accounting data, databases, risk and internal control, ethics, transaction cycles, financial reporting systems, ERP and digital transformation.

Where should current dates for Information Processes & Control be confirmed?

End-of-semester examination: Semester 2 examination period. Confirm any change and the exact submission setting in the live LMS. The published assessment components listed on this page.

Who controls the official rules for Information Processes & Control?

The university does. This is an independent ACCT90030 study resource; current institutional instructions remain authoritative for assessment operation. Business-process modelling, accounting data, databases, risk and internal control, ethics, transaction cycles, financial reporting systems, ERP and digital transformation.

Study strategy

How to study for the exam

Retrieve the course map, practise the recurring method—map the business event and data flow, connect documents and database structure to accounting outputs, identify process risks, select control objectives and controls, and evaluate evidence and residual exposure—on changed scenarios, and verify every operational assessment detail in the live institutional system.

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