CHIEF GOVERNMENT CHEMIST

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Objective
To provide advisory services to the Accounting Officer for proper management of GCLA resources.

This Unit will perform the following activities:-

  • Review policies, plans, procedures, laws and regulations that could have a significant impact on operations to determine whether the Authority is in overall compliance;
  • Review systems established within the Authority to ensure compliance with those policies, plans, procedures, laws and regulations, which could have a significant impact on operations and reports and whether the Authority is in compliance;
  • Review and monitor framework of risk management to ensure that risks are appropriately identified and managed;
  • Review governance processes to ensure that interaction with various governance groups occurs as needed;
  •  Review reliability and integrity of financial and operating information and the means used to identify, measure, classify and report such information;
  •  Review means of safeguarding Authority's assets and as appropriate, verifying the existence of such assets;
  • Review and appraise the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which resources are employed within the GCLA;
  • Review Authority's operations and programs to ascertain whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals and whether the operations or programs are being carried out as planned; and
  • Advise the Chief Government Chemist and Board of Directors through its Audit Committee on all matters regarding propermanagement of resources, risk management, governance and controls.

The Unit will be led by a Chief Internal Auditor.

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