Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy


Statement on the role of the Head of Internal Audit in public service organisations

This generic statement follows our Statement on the role of the Chief Financial Officer. We issued a draft Statement for consultation in May 2010 and received a wide range of responses. The final Statement is available to download here.

Mike More, Chief Executive at Westminster City Council and Chair of the Steering Group said: ' I was very pleased to chair the Steering Group overseeing the Statement. A strong Head of Internal Audit is needed more than ever and we need to support them to make sure that they are able to give us the objective assurances that we need. All organisations should look at how their Head of Internal Audit arrangements compare with the Statement and make improvements where needed'.

Please contact keeley.lund@cipfa.org.uk tel 020 7543 5609 if you have any queries on the Statement.