For 3.5 years, I worked for a Pentagon agency and could show precisely where the $800k I spent yearly for the unit went. I think 90 percent of organizations could do that.
I’ve gone through multiple dozens of audits and inspections in both the Army and in business. Passing is the minimum expectation. Failing an inspection due to even a minor finding was taken very badly. It sounds like your group had the same expectation.
I was my battalion’s S-4 Supply Officer. I was supremely prepared for that role: degree in Public Accounting, six months as Property Book Officer, and six months as Assistant S-4. I could tell you unequivocally where every dollar went and where every major asset was located.
I said that to my Group Commander after one of his staffers fed him incorrect information: my Spec 4 was intimidated by questions from a Second Lieutenant that were beyond his knowledge. It pissed me off quite frankly.
The next day, my CO called me into his office: “I just got off the plane with the Group Commander. He sends his apologies.”
I’m now 70, just handed a nearly impossible task: reconcile the bank accounts for a Condo association that have never been reconciled since inception in 2015.