Internal and external quality evaluation of internal audit in public sector in Ukraine

1. Internal and external quality evaluationof internal audit in public sector in Ukraine Maxim Timokhin, Head of CHU, Public Financial Inspection, Ukraine

2. Contents of the methodology manual • Internal quality evaluation • External quality evaluation • Annexes: - Criteria for internal and external quality evaluation of internal audit - Risk-based CHU planning model relating to external quality evaluation of internal audit; - CHU employee’s roadmap to conduct external quality evaluation.

3. What is common between the internal and external quality evaluation? • Implemented at two main levels: Level I – continuous monitoring; Level II – regular quality evaluations. • The same criteria are applied

4. Head of IA unit supervises the assignment Leader of the audit group supervises the assignment Head of the IA unit delegates powers Head of the IA unit is ALWAYS responsible for internal audit activities and internal quality evaluations Internal quality evaluation – continuous monitoring • _________________________________________________________________ • Ways of monitoring and support to IA activities : • Coordination/ approval of each following step in an assignment; • Mandatory written conclusions; • Controlling risks in an assignment; • Regular consultations.

5. The process of internal quality evaluation determines : • Blank form; • List of questions; • Organization and procedure; • Evaluation system; • Procedure for disputable matters; • Implementation of results.

6. Basic criteria for internal and external quality evaluations: • Organizational and legal framework, particularly: • Links between managers; • Status, structure and staffing of IA unit, its independence; • HR policy, particularly: • Evaluation of internal environment for observance of requirements of the IA Code of Ethics; • Degree of maturity of the unit, stability of HR policy, degree of staffing; • Internal rules and procedures, particularly : • Program for maintenance and improvement of IA quality; • Regulations of the current activities of the unit; • Planning system and status of execution of plans, particularly: • Making and approval of plans, introducing changes; • Status of execution of plans; А А1 А2 В В1 В2 С С1 С2 D D1 D2

7. E E1 E2 F F1 F2 F3 G G1 G2 H H1 • organizational and functional aspects for conduct of internal audits, particularly: • adherence to requirements of laws and procedures relating to organization of internal audits; • efficiency of audit activities and quality of documentation of evidence; • effectiveness of conducted internal audits and implementation of results of audit research, particularly: • review of effectiveness of conducted internal audits, including reliability of reports; • Implementation of findings; • Following / monitoring of implementation of audit recommendations; • Interaction between Ukraine’s Public Financial Inspection and the CHU, particularly: • Improvement of shortages revealed by the CHU in the Ukraine’s Public Financial Inspection during the previous evaluation and implementation of recommendations; • Interaction between the Ukraine’s Public Financial Inspection and the CHU related to implementation of IA function; • Objectiveness of IA internal quality evaluations: • benchmarking the results of external evaluation with results of previous internal evaluations conducted during the studied period.

8. Criteria for internal and external evaluations of IA quality А. Review of organizational and legal framework for IA unit

9. Findings of the review of legal and organizational framework for IA unit (А1 + А2) Evidence

10. Implementation of findings of the study of organizational and legal framework for activities of the IA unit

11. Review of objectiveness in IA internal quality evaluations: findings (Н1) • IA function is weak and invalid. No IA internal quality evaluations are conducted/ or, when conducted, they are of very poor quality and incomplete, so their results cannot be benchmarked; • IA function is at the initial stage of development. IA internal quality evaluation is conducted, yet in majority cases an IA specialist is not yet fully capable to evaluate the quality of IA function objectively and correctly; • IA function is active and developing, there seems to be a drive towards improving its quality. Internal quality evaluations, overall, are realistic and objective, and some deviations are identified only in a few aspects of activity; • IA function is effective and efficient. IA internal quality evaluations show very good understanding of all aspects of IA and their objective evaluations, there are practically no deviations from the external evaluation. At the same time, conclusions on results of internal evaluations and recommendations behind the IA Quality Improvement Program require some additional work and some adjustments; • IA function is so well developed that it does not need any external evaluation. Head of the IA unit is able to give his/her own objective IA internal evaluation, prepare findings and recommendations in order to ensure and improve quality of the IA unit activities.

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