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Staff

Contacting staff

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Audit committee

Staff

The Internal Audit Group has an in-house establishment of four full-time staff comprising three professional internal audit staff and an executive assistant. The in-house establishment is complemented by external contract resources.
(Click on an individual for more details.)
Gary Galvan, Director, Internal Audit
John Purcell, Associate Director, Internal Audit
David Blunden, Associate Director, Internal Audit
Sue Chivers, Executive Assistant

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Contacting Staff
Location
Internal Audit Group
Kay House
Level 3
449 Swanston Street
Melbourne 3000
Victoria
Australia
Mail Address
Internal Audit Group
RMIT
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne 3001
Victoria
Australia
Name, Telephone Number, E-mail
Gary Galvan
Director, Internal Audit
Telephone: +61 3 9925 2659
E-mail: gary.galvan@rmit.edu.au
John Purcell
Associate Director, Internal Audit
Telephone: +61 3 9925 2564
E-mail: john.purcell@rmit.edu.au
David Blunden
Manager, Internal Auditor
Telephone: +61 3 9925 3940
E-mail: david.blunden@rmit.edu.au
Sue Chivers
Executive Assistant
Telephone: +61 3 9925 3977
E-mail: sue.chivers@rmit.edu.au
Contract Audit Staff
Telephone: +61 3 9925 2012

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Consulting Services
We provide a range of consultancy services to assist departments improve their performance.
The Internal Audit Group are interested to hear any requests that you may have on issues relating to the effective and efficient running operations of the university. The Internal Audit Group is able to independently review and appraise all aspects of internal controls and management systems. It can provide suggestions and recommendations for improvements of efficiency, effectiveness and/or economy of management systems.
All queries will be kept confidential and will be responded to within two working days.
Click on any individual personnel for contact:

General Enquiries Sue Chivers

Management Enquiries Gary Galvan

RMIT Policies and Procedures John Purcell

Internal Control Improvement David Blunden

Suspected Fraud Gary Galvan

Financial Systems Review Gary Galvan, John Purcell

Grant Certification David Blunden, John Purcell

Computer Systems Review John Purcell

Benchmarking with other Universities David Blunden

Environmental Compliance David Blunden

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Audit Committee
Who is on the Committee?
The Audit Committee is a sub-committee of RMIT Council. The Audit Committee consists of the Chancellor (ex officio), the Vice-Chancellor (ex officio), the Treasurer (ex officio), two external Council members, and three external co-opted experts. Attendees at Audit Committee meetings include the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources), the Director Strategic & Financial Planning, and the Director Internal Audit.
Why have them?
It is the duty of this committee to:

review and approve internal audit arrangements and to receive and report to Council on internal audit activities;

review policies with regard to investment funds and to monitor their effectiveness;

review and monitor the University's liquidity benchmarks;

receive the Capital Works Program Budget;

receive regular Finance Reports;

receive the University Budget;

consider and recommend to Council the adoption of the Annual Accounts;

consider any matters having a significant financial impact on the University and to make appropriate recommendations to Council taking account of activities of other Council committees; and

consider any matters referred to it by Council or the Vice-Chancellor.

The Audit Committee assists in defining priorities for internal audit attention and ensures the effectiveness of other audit management processes in addition to providing a general focus for all matters relating to internal control. In light of this, the Audit Committee is a very important accountability mechanism.

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