Consultation on short term England-only measures to aid the recovery of local authority reporting and audit.

Event summary

CIPFA LASAAC is consulting on short term proposals to aid the recovery of local authority reporting and audit in England.

The Board chair and the CIPFA Director of Public Financial Management will discuss the proposals and this will also be an opportunity to share your views and hear those of others.

Date

11 March 2024
Starts: 11:00
Ends: 12:00

Location

Webinar

Standard price

£0.00 excl VAT

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About this event

Who should attend?

Finance practitioners and technical finance staff at local authorities.

How will I benefit from attending?

Delegates will gain a better understanding of the consultation to aid their responses.
Delegates will have the opportunity to share their views and hear those of others.

CPD hours

One hour.

Topics

Accounting
/ Financial reporting
/ Local government
/ Pensions
/ Property

Speaker - Conrad Hall, Chair CIPFA LASAAC, Corporate Director of Resources for Newham Council

Conrad has twenty years of senior financial management experience in London local authorities, the last ten of which have been in chief finance officer roles,

He trained with the Audit Commission, qualified as a CIPFA accountant in 1998, and is a former winner of the Accountancy Age UK Accountant of the Year award for his work in transforming Lambeth Council. He is currently the Corporate Director of Resources for Newham Council and chairs the CIPFA/LASAAC board, which is responsible for financial reporting and accounting standards for UK local government

Speaker - Iain Murray, Director of Public Financial Management, CIPFA

Iain is CIPFA’s recently appointed Director of Public Financial Management and has over 20 years’ experience of working with the public sector. Having joined District Audit as a graduate trainee in 2002 Iain moved his way up to manager at the Audit Commission before joining Grant Thornton in 2012 where he progressed to director and became a key audit partner. Working with the public sector has always been a deliberate choice, during his career Iain has worked with local government, NHS and police bodies of varying size and complexity in both an audit and advisory capacity. He is well versed in the issues public finance and public services. At CIPFA Iain leads the teams in the key areas of policy, technical and standard setting.