• Governance
  • Governance Health Check & Support
  • Strategic / Business Planning
  • Value for Money
  • Performance Management
  • Change Management
• Audit
  • Internal Audit
  • External Audit of Public Bodies
  • Compliance
  • Outsourcing
    • Whistleblowing Service
    • Risk Management
    • IT Security and Monitoring
  • Grant Certification & Project Assurance
• IT
  • IT Governance
  • IT Infrastructure
  • Business Systems
  • IT Audit
• Sectors
  • Public Sector
  • Third Sector
    • Muslim Faith Sector
  • GP Consortiums
  • Education Sector
  • Industry

Audit

• Internal Audit
• External Audit of Public Bodies
• Compliance
• Outsourcing
• Whistleblowing Service
• Risk Management
• IT Security and Monitoring
• Grant Certification & Project Assurance

Re-defining and raising the standards of internal audit.

Helping organisations to maintain an effective framework of internal control in a cost effective manner during times of change.

A truly risk based approach that is outcome orientated and which considers the big picture.

Delivery of all aspects of an internal audit plan, including financial systems, governance and management arrangements and IT audits.

Audit approach entails latest best practice and our own audit assessment tool - RaCE

Knowledge sharing – our service is characterised by open and transparent sharing of knowledge with our clients.

An unblemished track record of delivering audit engagements on time and to a high quality.

What you can expect from HW

You can expect all of the attributes that characterise our external audit service (see above). In addition, our internal audit offering is very much based on the premise that an effective internal audit function should be the primary source of independent advice to senior management. This means that you will receive a service that:

• Is high profile and strategic in its look and feel


• Is delivered by an experienced team of professionals that is drawn from a range of disciplines (industry, local government, police and fire authorities, local government pension schemes, health sector)


• Engages members, not just officers, as and where appropriate during reviews


• Always has an eye on strategic issues and objectives regardless of how “routine” a review may be


• Utilises specialists at no additional cost to the organisation to enhance a review


• Challenges and probes in a way that ultimately helps foster mutual respect


• Is just as much focused on “over” controls and too many processes just as it is on control weaknesses and missing controls


• Is relatively unobtrusive as the audit approach hinges on detailed up front analysis, targeted testing which is not driven by prescribed and copious checklists and focused reporting on issues that really matter


• Takes a sensible and measured approach to the type, level and frequency of testing (in keeping with the principles of risk based auditing)


• Actively encourages the sharing of knowledge with our clients


• Allows our auditors to look beyond a given audit brief and consider wider performance improvement opportunities that the organization can benefit from


• Fully understands the requirements of external audit thereby allowing the two audit disciplines to work in tandem as opposed to duplicating.

Clients

Haines Watts’ internal audit client base is diverse and in many instances long standing reflecting both our extensive skills set to deliver work across all sectors and the excellent working relationship we have developed with our clients. Some of our current clients include:

• local authorities
• police authorities
• fire authorities
• local government pension schemes
• health trusts/PCTs
• probation boards