Project 17
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Project Name Global Partnership Program (GPP) administered by the Major Program Bureau (IGX) |
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Client Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Internal Audit Division (ZBD) | Chief Audit Executive Bureau |
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Duration January 2010 to February 2010 [2 months] |
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Project Description |
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GPP is implementing projects in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union to reduce the threat posed by weapons and materials of mass destruction to Canadians. The GPP has been allocated a budget of approximately $100 million each year for a ten-year period. The purpose of the audit is to determine the effectiveness of the management control framework by reviewing the governance structure, operational capacity and the budget, project and risk management including the compliance to the Treasury Board Transfer Payment Policy, the Financial Administration Act and the Terms and Conditions of its Program. Prepare a process control map of project cycle as per the GPP’s Project Management Framework indicating all internal controls in narrative and work flow format. Review Treasury Board submissions, perform data analysis, conduct a preliminary interview and participate in the risk assessment analysis. |
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Scope and objective |
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The goal of this mandate is to provide reasonable assurance that business processes are appropriate to deliver the GPP program. |
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Dollar Value |
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~ $ 1B over 5 years |
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Contribution of the proposed resource to the project |
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Provided and documented a facilitation session to key members of the Audit Executive Office to established and agreed on audit objectives. Developed a strategic plan at the planning stage. Participated to debriefing session following the conduct phase. Conducted a series of interview with GPP’s senior management and debriefed senior management on the result of the preliminary survey. Propose implementation of corrective action at the data governance and management level to adress the data integrity weaknesses. Developed and implemented interactive audit tools to sufficiently and adequately support key element of the audit plan as per the IIA Standards, which facilitated the application of the audit plan throughout the mandate. Developed audit criteria based on a risk management framework, which lead to the development of mitigation strategies to facilitate the delivery of the mandate. Provided a series of coaching session were performed with management to complement to some of the mitigation strategies. This mandate is supporting business process transformation and it requires expertise in assessment of organizational role and responsibility. |
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Deliverables |
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Result will be available once the external audit committee has been debriefing and report has been approved for publication release on DFAIT’s web site. |
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References: Yves Vaillancourt Chief Audit Executive (613) 943-4743
Annam Ganesan Audit Manager 819-956-8588 |
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Technological platform leverage during this mandate |
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