Project 22
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Project Name International Activities Audit |
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Client Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Audit Service Division |
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Duration January to March 2011 [3 months] |
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Project Description |
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The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was created within the federal Health Portfolio to deliver on the Government of Canada’s commitment to help protect the health and safety of all Canadians and to increase its focus on public health. The purpose of this audit was to review the governance framework of PHAC international activities, including international travels. |
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Scope and objective |
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Systems and practices related to international activities against relevant policies, protocols and mandates. Assess whether international activities are effective, efficient, and timely executed. Assess whether PHAC support services for international activities are effective and responsive |
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Dollar Value |
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information available withheld with client |
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Contribution of the proposed resource to the project |
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In collaboration with two other senior auditors: Collaborated to the following three elements of this mandate through out the conduct phase up to the debriefing session with senior management. Part 1- Interview session: Participated in a series of interviews with key employees involved with the international activities Developed and implemented interactive audit tools comprised of key elements that support that implementation of the audit plan as per the IIA Standards. A risk management framework, was used to support this consulting mandate which was aligned with the Corporate Risk Assessment Framework. These tools were used to consolidate and summarize key strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement that were identified from each interview session. Reports produced from these tools were used to support weekly progress reports for management of the Audit Service Division and perform the brainstorming session. Part 2- Reviewed stewardship practice: Assessed effectiveness of the internal control during the financial review was to assess the effectiveness of the internal controls when international activities were performed. Identify data management weakness and propose implementation of corrective action to improve the data integrity support by a rigourous data governance structure with clear role and responsibility. Developed a judgmental sample of 188 international travels to assess the degree of compliance to PWGSC’s procurement policies and the Financial Administration Act requirements. Part 3- Brainstorming Session – Identified key observations & recommendations: Participated to a series of brainstorming sessions. Identified key observations, developed and summarized key recommendations for senior management. 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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Report were available once the external audit committee had approved its release on the PHAC’s web site. |
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References: Christian Asselin Chief Audit Executive, Audit Services Division (613) 948-3249 |
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Technological platform leverage during this mandate |
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