Roles and responsibilities

Roles Responsbilites

Public sector accountants

CIPFA’s members work, often at the most senior levels, in public service bodies, in the national audit agencies and major accountancy firms. Their areas of expertise are the following:

 leadership and strategic management

 strategic and operational financial management

 financial and performance reporting

 governance, ethics and values

 audit and accountability

 partnerships and stakeholder relationships

 change, risk and project management

 procurement and contract management.

You can see from the above, all the bodies are fighting for the same ground — to be perceived as the forward-looking business adviser rather than the traditional, grey-suited accountant. Again, you need to look at this as a process and see how you can ensure this process has the best chance of providing you with timely, indicative and relevant information.