The internal audit service provides independent and objective assurance on the operation and effectiveness of the school’s financial controls in accordance with the requirements of the academies financial handbook. It also provides advice on internal control, risk and governance issues as well as internal fraud investigation services.
Our internal audit service consists of either a health check financial control review or a full audit programme. The full audit programme includes all of the following:
Governance
- scheme of delegation
- governor meetings
- financial performance monitoring
- staff skills
- qualification
- returns to DfE
Financial control
- finance policy
- fraud risks
- control account reconciliation
Income
- post income
- storage and banking
- reconciliation
- returns to HMRC
- legacy income
- tainted charity donations
- trading income
Purchases and payments
- payments authorisation
- cheque payments
- debit
- charge cards
- bank direct payments
- grant payments/petty cash
Salaries and expenses
- procedures and controls
- expenses
Banking
Contracts and tendering
Asset management
- procedures, policies and controls
Investment management
- procedures, policies and controls
Risk management
- strategy
- registers
- business continuity
- insurance
Information management
- procedures
- polices and controls
The health check service consists of some but not all of the above content. See a direct comparison of the 2 levels of service.
For further information contact Nigel Stannard by email n.stannard@poole.gov.uk or phone 01202 633123 or Simon Milne by email s.milne@poole.gov.uk or phone 01202 633122.
Page last updated: 05 April 2019
