Issue - meetings

A report of the Head of Financial Planning and Support (Interim S151 Officer) was presented to provide Members of the Corporate Affairs and Audit Committee with an overview of the final report of an internal audit of Senior Management Reviews undertaken by Veritau.  The audit had been commissioned, following discussions with the Chair and Vice-Chair of Corporate Affairs and Audit Committee, in May 2022 by the then Director of Finance (S151 Officer).

It was agreed that the audit would look at any restructures that primarily affected members of senior management, since 2015/16. The purpose of the audit was to establish whether savings proposed as part of those restructures had been achieved, where applicable.

The audit had now been completed and a report prepared for comment by management.   A copy of the confidential audit report had been provided to all Members of the Committee.

The report highlighted a number of key findings and recommendations arising from the audit.   Appendix 1 to the submitted report contained a summary of the key findings and the actions proposed by management to address them.   There was a focus on ensuring that in the future there was increased transparency and reporting of Senior Management Reviews, the savings arising from them and achievement of any non-financial objectives identified.

AGREED that the findings of the internal audit report on previous Senior Management Reviews and the proposed management response for future reviews was received and noted.