This training course covers every component of the
legislative requirements for NSW Councils relating to audit committees, internal
audit and risk management.
You will leave
the training with a complete practical guide on what you need to do and how to
go about it. Beyond the specifics, you will also understand the rationale and
expectations for ARICs.
The
training course has content relevant to:
·
Councillors, either as delegates on ARICs or in
relation to their overall governance role
·
Independent Members, current and
prospective
·
Council
executives
·
Council
officers in roles relating to internal audit, finance, governance, risk
management, compliance, corporate planning, quality, performance improvement,
corporate reporting
·
Council
officers providing support to ARICs
Presenter: Stephen Horne GAICD,
FGIA, CIA, CRMA, CGAP
Stephen has already trained over 150
Council staff and Councillors right across NSW on the new requirements and has
unparalleled practical experience with Council Audit Risk and Improvement
Committees (ARICs). Stephen is an independent member of 10 NSW Council ARICs and
is the Chair for 5 of these. He also serves on audit committees for a Victorian
Council and 4 NSW Government agencies.
Stephen was a previous CEO of the
NSWG Internal Audit Bureau and the NSW Assistant Auditor-General for performance
auditing (now being undertaken across NSW Councils).
He is a qualified Company Director,
Company Secretary and Internal Auditor. He was also a recent President of IIA
Australia, Australia’s delegate on the IIA Global Board, Chair of the IIA’s
Global Public Sector Guidance Committee and recently co-authored an Australian
2020 best practice publication on “Effective Internal Auditing in the Public
Sector.”