Format
Chartered Accountants Ireland and the Institute of
Public Administration are hosting this in-person event on Tuesday 19
November 2024 from 10:00 am to 12.30 pm. The event takes place in
the Institute of Public Administration (IPA), 57-61 Lansdowne Rd,
Dublin 4. Registration from 9:30am .
Who should attend?
This event will provide a holistic, multi-stakeholder, perspective and should appeal to those working in the public sector, and/or providing professional advice and/or assurance services to this sector. Content will be especially, but not exclusively, relevant to: Members of State Boards and Audit, Risk and/or Finance Committees, Accounting Officers, Government Department Officials, Internal Auditors, Risk Managers, Public Sector Oversight Bodies, Statutory Auditors, External professional and legal service providers advising State Bodies on Internal Controls and Risk Management.
Course Overview
The event is designed to share insights, experience and approaches on assurance and approval by the board of the Statement on Internal Control (SIC). The event will also provide a regulatory oversight perspective and discuss expectations from an organisations Statement on Internal Control.
The scale, size and complexity of organisations subject to the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and other public sector requirements can vary, and as can their approach to internal control assessment and procedures supporting their Statement of Internal Control. This event will explore some of the approaches taken to get assurance on the SIC, what works well or not so well, and, applying a holistic perspective of internal control reviews across public and private sector, what practical tips might improve the quality of work done to support the Statement of Internal Control.
Key Learning outcomes
- Appraise various approaches to obtaining assurance to
support approval of the Statement of Internal Control
- Demonstrate and explain appropriateness of content
for the Statement of Internal Control.
- Apply a constructive and critical approach to
assessing reliability and completeness of data for the Statement of Internal
Control, and identify the relevant questions to ask about the process.
- Describe examples of good and bad outcomes regarding
compliance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and
other public sector requirements that are relevant to the compilation of the
Statement of Internal Controls.
- Design an effective policy and guidance for a public sector organisation on compiling and obtaining assurance on the Statement of Internal Control
Speaker Bio
Andy Harkness , Director of Audit, Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General
Terence O’Rourke FCA , Independent Non-Executive Director, Chair of ESB, RTE, Hugh Lane Gallery Trust and Irish Film Institute. Former Chair of Enterprise Ireland and Managing Partner of KPMG.
Dr Tom Ward , Senior Governance Specialist, Institute of Public Administration
Anne Sykes FCA , Audit and Assurance Technical Manager, Chartered Accountants Ireland
Níall Fitzgerald FCA , Head of Ethics and Governance, Chartered Accountants Ireland. Non-Executive Director and Advisory Committee Member.
Kevin O’Donovan FCA, Independent Non-Executive Director.
Additional Speakers will be announced soon
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930.
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