Internal Audit’s Terms Of Reference

Function

1.      Internal Audit is an independent review function established by management to review the internal control system as a service to the organization.

Independence

2.      Internal Audit is independent of the activities which it reviews to ensure it provides the unbiased judgements essential to its proper conduct and impartial advice to management.

Scope

3.Internal Audit has unrestricted access to all activities undertaken by the organization in order to review, appraise and report on:-

         ·   the adequacy and effectiveness of the systems of financial and managerial control and their operation in practice;

• the extent of compliance with, relevance of, and financial effect of, established policies, plans and procedures;
• the extent to which the assets and interests are accounted for and safeguarded from losses of all kinds arising from waste, extravagance, inefficient administration, poor value for money, fraud and other causes;

        ·    the suitability, reliability and integrity of financial and other management information and the means used to identify, measure, classify and report such information;

• the integrity of computer systems, including systems under development, to ensure that controls over computer processing and associated clerical procedures offer adequate protection against error, fraud and loss of all kinds;

• the suitability of the organization of the units internally audited for carrying out their functions;

• the follow up actions taken to remedy weaknesses identified by Internal Audit review.

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