• ABC’s of Completing the Annual ACH Rules Compliance Audit
  • ABC’s of Completing the Annual ACH Rules Compliance Audit

    • Speaker : Donna K Olheiser
    • Session Code : DROCT2722
    • Date : 27th October 2022
    • Time : This Event is Over and the Recorded Content is Available
    • Duration : 90 Mins

Overview:

 

The Nacha Operating Rules and Guidelines require that all participating depository financial institutions, third-party senders and third-party service providers that provide ACH services to the RDFI or ODFI, conduct an annual ACH audit by December 31 of each year (ACH Rules, Article 1).

 

There have been many Rules changes that affect your annual ACH Rules Compliance Audit in 2022, including the verification of registration and accuracy of info in the ACH Contact Registry PLUS the MOST recent rule amendment including Third-Party Senders (TPS); and Micro-Entries (both new in 2022!).

 

This session will cover “step-by-step” the audit process and requirements for each participant conducting an annual ACH audit, to help ensure their compliance with the Nacha Operating Rules.

 

By attending this webinar participants will learn to:

 

  • Identify the participants in the ACH network required to conduct an annual ACH Rules compliance Audit
  • Define what the General Audit Requirements are (now in Article 1)
  • Discussion on tools available in the Nacha Operating Guidelines for guidance when conducting the annual ACH Rules Compliance Audit, including the TPS audit.
  • Review the flexibility for each participant when following the Guidelines, which include the ODFI, RDFI, TPSP and TPS within the Rules Book
  • Describe “how-to” ensure Rules Compliance after determination of what ACH activities are being audited
  • Recommended areas to check (audit) in addition during the ACH Audit

 

Why should you attend?

 

The annual ACH Rules Compliance Audit requires a precise examination of all ACH processes that a participant is involved in, then completing the “compliance test” of those processes to ensure compliance with the Nacha Operating Rules.

 

There are NEW Unauthorized Returns processes (with an additional ODFI monitoring requirement), PLUS a NEW TPS Registration and “Risk Assessment”! These are all part of the verification during the annual ACH Rules Compliance Audit for compliance with the Nacha Operating Rules.

 

This session will identify who needs to conduct an annual ACH Audit.  In addition, outline the process for each participant that is required to conduct the annual Rules compliance Audit, plus offer tips and guidance for creating your own personalized ACH Audit (based on the ACH activities you utilize).

 

Who will benefit?

 

  • ACH Operations staff
  • Compliance Officers
  • Treasury professionals
  • Third-Party Payment Processors
  • Third-Party Senders
  • ACH Managers
  • Electronic Payments Professionals
  • ACH auditors (internal and external)


Donna K Olheiser, AAP, is the vice president of Education Services and founder of Dynamic Mastership, LLC. She is an enthusiastic and energetic Certified Master Trainer with over 14 years’ experience. She has designed and facilitated over 150 training sessions each year with her expertise being the rules for companies and financial institutions when processing electronic (specifically ACH) payments, then scheduling the events to facilitate/deliver the material through a variety of venues (webinars, teleseminars, in-person workshops, including regional and national conferences). Ms. Olheiser is also an experienced project manager managing education programs for organizations processing electronic payments and developing personalized training programs for financial institutions.


She has over 23 years of experience in the financial services industry which includes 9 years’ experience as the education service director at a Regional Payments Association (RPA), where she managed and facilitated the entire education program for nearly 800 financial institution members. Prior to that, Ms. Olheiser spent 14 years in various departments with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and also holds the Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) designation (achieved in 2004).

 

Her extensive knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for transferring payment processing knowledge using the adult learning theory is remarkable and has helped many payment professionals perform daily operational tasks including exception processing while remaining compliant with the NACHA Operating Rules. She uses scenarios and examples to bring the learning home, easy to comprehend and apply to real-life day-to-day ACH processing. Ms. Olheiser’s ability to engage the learner through the entire training event helps the adult learner apply what they’ve learned during and after each training session.


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