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The two courses of action that I will consider here are:
- The first course of action that I will consider is to immediately contact your manager and inform him of the situation at hand. There is a high probability that the assistant manager might embezzle some cash by not entering sales on a real time basis. You can apprise your manager of the situation at hand and discuss some of the internal control measures that can be put in place or that can be augmented from the current levels so as to ensure that the assistant manager is not able to embezzle and misappropriate any cash.
- The second course of action that I will consider is to straightaway reject the assistant manager’s proposal and instead insist on entering sales on a real time basis. This will ensure that the process is being done as per the operational framework and that there is no deviation that will lead to undue financial and operational risk for the business.