Many Governance, Risk and Compliance Managers are now including Work Health and Safety (WHS) audits as a part of their overall audit strategy. But does the audit program provide adequate coverage of critical WHS issues across the organisation? Understanding WHS regulatory requirements, internal systems and WHS risks are fundamental to designing a comprehensive audit program. This is […]

Over the years, the Centium team has assisted many organisations to design, build, implement and maintain effective corporate governance structures. These help coordinate the business rules, relationships, policies, systems and processes used to manage performance, reduce risks, control operations and ensure compliance, all towards achievement of organisational goals and objectives. Situation We were appointed by […]

Usually, corporate investigations are the consequence of some sort of wrongdoing that results in the organisation having to recovery from an undesirable loss or impact such as fraud, reputational damage or regulatory non-compliance. However, sometimes there can be a positive outcome. The following account describes a recent investigation that Centium was asked to undertake where […]

Situation Centium was engaged by a leading NSW Government Agency to undertake an internal audit of the fiduciary controls framework for a smaller business entity in the Cluster, whose corporate and administrative services were transitioned across to the Agency following a restructure. The review formed part of the due diligence process of the Agency for […]

Situation Our client is a medium sized, regionally-based organisation with significant community contact.  The work undertaken by employees has rapidly changed over a short period of time, with many employees now required to work outside normal business hours and on weekends to meet community service deliver expectations. Task We were initially engaged to confirm that […]

Situation           Our client is a medium sized agency that employs a diverse range of occupations, including professionals, managers, para-professionals, administrators and outdoor employees.  Roles were not well defined, which had implications for individual performance and overall corporate governance. Task We were engaged to prepare a full suite of role descriptions for employees across the agency.  […]

Situation The NSW Digital Information Security Policy requires all agencies to build, operate and continually improve an Information Security Management System (ISMS) in line with the ISO 27001 standard. Agencies whose risk profile warrants it, or who provide shared services, need to attain formal certification to the standard. Developing an ISMS from scratch can be […]

Situation A business resiliency audit of a NSW Government Agency by the NSW Audit Office found that  its ability to respond to emergencies, recover IT systems and to continue business operations was lacking and  the Agency’s plans were inadequate, somewhat outdated, and had not been adequately “proven”. Task Centium was engaged to review and remediate […]

Situation Our client has a budget of over 1 billion per year. They have a medium sized ICT Department that uses a combination of permanent employees and outsourcing to deliver its ICT functions and services to their business operations teams. Task We were engaged to perform a Project Health Check on a medium sized project […]

Situation Our client's revenue stream that is in excess of $600 million annually, comprises of dues that are collected and paid to our client by five external private sector organisations. Task We were initially engaged to confirm the completeness and accuracy of a self declared shortfall by one of the external organisations. Following the successful […]

Situation Our client managed an arrangement with an outsourced service provider that supplied advice and support directly to the public. This arrangement involved direct funding by our client of over $1,750,000 per annum. Task We were initially engaged to undertake a financial audit of the income and expenditure reported by the service provider over a […]