The Performance of Financial Institutions & Internal Control System- A Case Study of Guaranty Trust Bank, Kigali Rwanda

The study was all about internal control systems and the performance of financial institutions of GT Bank, Kigali, Rwanda (2016- 2020).Methodology of the study based on explanatory research design; the population of this study was 105 of employees of GT Bank-Rwanda, which was used as sample size using universal sampling method to gather information from respondents. The study used descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings on the effect of control activities on financial performance of GT Bank Rwanda were presented on Table 4.9 indicates the value of R-square in this study is 87.3% means that the proportion of financial performance as dependent variable is explained by the independent variables (control activities) at 87.3%. This indicates that the model is very strong, as the independent variable very highly explain the dependent variable. The adjusted R-square is used to compensate for additional variable in the model. In this case, the adjusted R-square is 87.2%. Findings on the effect of risk assessment on financial performance of GTBank Rwanda were presented on Table 4.12 show the value of R-square in this study is 61.1% means that the proportion of financial performance (dependent variable) is explained by the independent variables (Risk assessment) at 61.1%. This indicated that the model was strong, as the independent variable highly explain the dependent variable. The adjusted R-square was used to compensate for additional variable in the model. In this case, the adjusted R-square is 60.8%. Findings on the effect of control environment on financial performance of banking institutions in Rwanda confirmed on table 4.15 present the value of R-square in this study was 51.1% means that the proportion of financial performance (dependent variable) is explained by the independent variables (Control environment) at 51.1%