senior management service

In many entities, given widespread concerns around corruption and misconduct in senior management, some have chosen to conduct blanket lifestyle audits for senior management which is irregular and not normal practice internationally.

“Within the current context where there are a lot of concerns around corruption and misconduct within the senior management service , what a lot of entities have opted to do is to go straight to the lifestyle audit process to have blanket lifestyle audits for these senior management service . In some ways , I think in international examples , this is irregular . It would not be normal practice to conduct blanket lifestyle audits .”

Many entities instituted blanket lifestyle audits across senior management due to suspicion that misconduct is happening but is not detected by current financial disclosure and lifestyle review systems.

“But at the same time , we know from experience , we know from media reports , we know from what we see in Commissions such as yourselves , we know that there are these things happening , but they are not being detected and so the current approach has been to institute these blanket lifestyle audits across these senior management service .”

Certain positions such as senior management service, supply chain management, or financial officers are considered high risk and should be subject to more scrutiny in lifestyle audits.

“If somebody is in these senior management service, that is a high risk function. If somebody is in supply chain management or a financial officer, that is potentially higher risk and so we should apply more scrutiny.”