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Internal Audit Unit

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To provide support for the development and establishment of an efficient and well-functioning Internal Audit systems and processes at the OHCS.

The Unit provides the following services:

  • Carries out assurance and professional evaluation of the activities of the OHCS.
  • Ensures that the system of internal controls provide reasonable assurance to management.
  • Facilitates the prevention and detection of fraud, abuse and waste.
  • Ensures that risks are adequately managed.
  • Ensures that financial, managerial and operating information provided internally and externally is accurate, reliable, timely and comply with the laws, policies, plans, standards and procedures.
  • Provides a means for keeping the management of OHCS fully informed about problems and deficiencies related to the administration of its programmes and operations and the necessity for appropriate corrective action.

VISION

To serve OHCS to achieve its mandate for the Internal Audit Class.

 

 Mr. Nicholas Adjetey serves as Head of the Internal Audit Unit at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service (OHCS). With 25 years of professional experience, his career spans accountancy and auditing practice firms and private sector organisations in commerce and manufacturing, before moving into the public sector. From 2011 to 2022, he served at the Ministry of Health, where he built extensive experience in public sector audit and financial oversight. He joined OHCS in 2022 and has since led the Internal Audit Unit, strengthening internal controls, accountability, and good governance.
 
Mr. Adjetey’s academic and professional credentials include a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Finance and ACCA Level 1 certification. This blend of advanced financial management training and professional accounting qualification underpins his rigorous, analytical approach to risk management, compliance and assurance.
 
Throughout his distinguished career, he has gained broad exposure across private firms, commercial and manufacturing enterprises, and public institutions. This breadth gives him a practical understanding of how organisations of different kinds manage resources, and it informs his approach to promoting transparency and value for money in the Civil Service.
 
Beyond his professional commitments, Mr. Adjetey is committed to Christian ministry, enjoys sports, and loves sightseeing.
Mr. Nicholas Adjetey
Head: Internal Audit Unit
 
 
Daniel Tetteh Nartey
Director: Internal Audit Department

FUNCTIONS

  • Advises management on how to better execute their responsibilities and duties.
  • Reviews policy documents, contracts and provides advice on them
  • Undertakes special audits, risk assessment, controls and administrative process and issue reports for management attention
  • Ensures government resources are being safeguarded and used judiciously to attain the Office’s goals
  • Ensuring that the financial, managerial and operational activities of the Office are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, laws, standards and procedures;
  • Ensures that the assets and properties of the Office are adequately safeguarded, used judiciously and for the intended purposes (s);
  • Ensures that the resources of the Office are used economically, effectively and efficiently;
  • Facilitates the prevention and detection of abuse and waste.

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