Financial management governance includes practices that ensure strong financial management of public resources, reinforce the principles of probity and prudence, and contribute to better decision making.
This audit provides assurance to the President of Shared Services Canada (SSC) and the Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee that SSC's financial management governance framework for the stewardship, management and oversight of public resources was effectively designed and working as intended.
The scope of this audit included the activities undertaken by the Finance group (Director General, Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO)). The audit focused on the requirements of the Treasury Board (TB) Financial Management Policy Framework, specifically: the Policy on Financial Management Governance; the Policy on Internal Control; the Policy on the Stewardship of Financial Management Systems; and the Policy on Financial Resource Management, Information and Reporting.