Shades of Grey Risk and the Role of

Shades of Grey Risk and the Role of the CFO Alison Scott Policy and Technical Assistant Director, CIPFA Conference 2 July 2014

Just a Few of the Current Challenges • • Austerity, Austerity… Reduced management and finance teams Increasingly complex demand on services Changing face of local authorities – Joint Management Teams – Support services provided through either public service joint arrangements or through outsourcing. – Services provided through third parties. • • Potential for real and perceived conflicts of interest Increasing pressure on the CFO

Statement on the Role of the CFO • To promote the role and importance of the CFO • To be the definitive source on CIPFA’s expectations of members in the role • To provide guidance • Currently being revised

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Responses • • CIPFA Ethics Panel and Sounding Board CIPFA point of contact for CFO’s – alison. scott@cipfa. org – 01604 889451/ 07825 247587 • • • CFO Summits and Workshops Support form Societies Other suggestions – – Case studies produced by Socities/ALATS with CIPFA input. Further training aimed at CFOs Mentoring Etc?

Over to You In your tables • • What are key issues/pressures? Are there any examples? What support do you value? What support do you need? Please select one spokesperson to feedback two most important points. Please use cards to provide more detailed feedback to be summarised and reported back through SDCT/CIPFA. Please respect confidentiality of colleagues. All feedback will be summarised anonymised.