Issue - meetings
Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan for 2021-2022
Meeting: 29/07/2021 - Audit Committee (Item 5)
5 Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan for 2021-2022 PDF 319 KB
Additional documents:
- Appendix. 1 for Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan for 2021-2022, item 5 PDF 285 KB
- Appendix. 2 for Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan for 2021-2022, item 5 PDF 374 KB
- Appendix. 3 for Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan for 2021-2022, item 5 PDF 197 KB
- Webcast for Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan for 2021-2022
Minutes:
Mr Paul Rock, Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Risk presented the updated Internal Audit Strategy for 2020 to 2023 and the annual Internal Audit and Anti-Fraud Plan for 2021/22. He said the strategy and the internal audit plan were in keeping with best practise and set out the aims of the Internal Audit Team. He said the team would be focussing on supporting management in mapping its sources and offering assurance against the corporate risks.
Mr Rock said he wanted a more systematic approach in sharing best practice and as such he would be looking to improve areas such as contract management. He said fraud prevention would be integrated in the work of the team, following the restructure of the team. Mr Rock said an officer from the investigation service had moved to the Internal Audit team solely to focus on prevention activity.
In relation to the Internal Audit Plan, as in previous years, management had been widely consulted. A review of the Corporate Risk Register as well as Directorate Risk Registers had been undertaken. Due to the size of the plan, this had been split into two – priority one and two. BDO had been appointed to assist with the auditing. Mr Rock said the plan would remain under review to consider the changes to risks throughout the year and asked members to review and agree the Strategy and Plan.
In response to questions and comments from members the following was noted:
- In response to what was being done to fill the vacancies within the team, Mr Rock said he’d be looking at the redeployment list to see if anyone with the right skills could move into the team. Mr Rock said failing that he’d have to follow the normal recruitment process to fill the roles. He said he’s intention would be to advertise in August. He said some of the roles were of a junior level and as such he was working with the Children’s Directorate and the Corporate Parenting Board to see if the role could be filled by the Council’s Looked After Children on an apprenticeship basis.
The Audit Committee RESOLVED to:
- Agree the updated Internal Audit Strategy for 2020 to 2023
- Agree the Internal Audit and Anti-Fraud plan for 2021/22; and
- Note the current level of internal audit resource and the plans to increase resources and subsequently the internal audit plan.