PREPARING FOR THE NEW USE OF RESOURCES

Mary Hawkins

Strategic Director

Warwick District Council

THE BASICS – 1

• Applicable from 2008/09 – the current year• Assessed in 2009/10• For Districts ‘natural resources’ and ‘assets’

elements not assessed 1st year• Auditors guidance is on the their website (‘the

basics’ & ‘what more’)

THE BASICS – 2

• Auditors should concentrate on the key words of the KLOE

• We don’t know how much of their guidance will be open to discretion

• Some scoring principles still to be announced• It’s a lot harder

PLAN AND DELIVER FINANCES EFFECTIVELY TO DELIVER STRATEGIC

PRIORITIES AND SECURE SOUND FINANCIAL HEALTH?

• Integrated financial planning• Medium to long-term financial planning• Engaging with stakeholders• Managing spending• Financial governance & leadership

SOUND UNDERSTANDING OF COSTS & PERFORMANCE - AND ACHIEVE

EFFICIENCIES

• Understanding costs

• Decision making

• Making efficiencies

FINANCIAL REPORTING IS TIMELY, RELIABLE – MEETING NEEDS OF

INTERNAL USERS, STAKEHOLDERS & LOCAL PEOPLE

• Financial monitoring & forecasting• Fit-for-purpose financial reports to monitor

performance & decisions• Preparation of accounts• Publishing reports

COMMISSION & PROCURE QUALITY SERVICES & SUPPLIES, TAILORED TO

LOCAL NEEDS, TO DELIVERS SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES & VFM

• Clear vision of expected outcomes• Extensive involvement in Commissioning• Improvement through service redesign• Understanding the supply market• Evaluation of procurement options• Review service competitiveness & achieving

VFM & wider objectives

RELEVANT & RELIABLE DATA AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT

DECISION MAKING & MANAGE PERFORMANCE

• Produce relevant & reliable data & work with partners to secure data quality

• Provide information which supports decision making

• Ensure data security & compliance with statutory requirements

• Monitor performance against priorities

PROMOTE & DEMONSTRATE THE PRINCIPLES & VALUES OF GOOD

GOVERNANCE

• Principles of good governance

• Purpose & vision

• Ethical framework & culture

• Partnership governance

MANAGE RISKS & HAVE A SOUND SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROL

• Risk Management

• Counter fraud and corruption arrangements

• System of internal control

PLAN, ORGANISE & DEVELOP WORKFORCE EFFECTIVELT TO SUPPORT ACHIEVEMENT

OF STRATEGIC PRIORITES

• Productive & skilled workforce• Knows in medium term what staff it will need,

with what skills & has plans to achieve• Engages and supports staff in organisational

change• Has policies which support diversity & good

people management