- Confident staff teams. organisational policies - All policies and procedures - Consistency of practice. and procedures. available to staff on VSS shared drive and intranet. - Internal audit assurance. 22 Meet Department - Quarterly reporting to - Transparency over - Within 6 working days of each Quarterly Quarterly Requirements in line with Accountability Meeting. governance quarter end. March 2019 Good Governance - Quarterly ALB arrangements. - Annual review of MSFM. Checklist and MSFM at Performance Reports. - Assurance over VSS TEO Accountability activities and use of Meetings. public funds. 23 Ensure a robust risk - Monthly Strategic Risk - Assurance over VSS - Included within month end Monthly Ongoing to management process is Register. management of risk management papers. March 2019 in place and followed. - Monthly Operational - Appropriate mitigating - Minimise impact of risk. Risk Logs. strategies applied to - Quarterly Assurance identified risks. Statements. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS 24 Ensure robust financial - Regular review of -Unqualified accounts for -Report to those charged with Annual December processes and Financial Policies and 2017/18 governance from NIAO 2018 procedures are being Procedures. developed and followed. - Internal Audit assurance. March 2019
- Confident staff teams. - Consistency of practice. organisational policies and procedures. - All policies and procedures available to staff on VSS shared drive and intranet. - Internal audit assurance. 22 Meet Department Requirements in line with Good Governance Checklist and MSFM at TEO Accountability Meetings. - Quarterly reporting to Accountability Meeting. - Quarterly ALB Performance Reports. - Transparency over governance arrangements. - Assurance over VSS activities and use of public funds. - Within 6 working days of each quarter end. - Annual review of MSFM. Quarterly Quarterly March 2019 23 Ensure a robust risk management process is in place and followed. - Monthly Strategic Risk Register. - Monthly Operational Risk Logs. - Quarterly Assurance Statements. - Assurance over VSS management of risk - Appropriate mitigating strategies applied to identified risks. - Included within month end management papers. - Minimise impact of risk. Monthly Ongoing to March 2019 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS 24 Ensure robust financial processes and procedures are being developed and followed. - Regular review of Financial Policies and Procedures. -Unqualified accounts for 2017/18 -Report to those charged with governance from NIAO - Internal Audit assurance. Annual December 2018 March 2019
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