Who We Are
Our Vision
“A trusted Supreme Audit Institution ensuring accountable governance for a thriving nation.”
Our Mission
“We serve the Legislative Assembly and the People of Montserrat by delivering independent, high-quality audits that strengthen accountability and trust in the public sector.”
Who We Are
The Montserrat National Audit Office is currently a government department and the external auditor for the Public Service. It is led by the Auditor-General whose role and responsibilities are set out in the Montserrat Constitution and the Public Finance Management and Accountability Law. Currently, we do not have the requisite level of independence that allows us to carry out our audits without fear or favour.
Through our reporting of audit results, we help hold the Government of Montserrat and public organisations to account for the way they use public funds to improve public services. We report to our clients, the Legislature and the citizens.
Who Oversees Us
The Auditor-General is accountable to the Legislative Assembly and by virtue of her office is an Officer of the Legislative Assembly.
The provisions for setting the budget of NAO are clearly set out in section 6 of the National Audit Office Act. In practice, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management has set the budget and the appropriations for the NAO. This issue enables the Government to constrain the financial and operational independence of the NAO, if it wishes, through the withholding of resources, reinforcing perceptions both within and outside Government that we are in fact a part of Government and not independent. Our strategic plan has as one of its strategic objectives the need to enhance the independence of the NAO to ensure its financial and operational independence from Government.
Our Core Values
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Engagement
We seek to actively involve all our stakeholders when fulfilling our responsibilities.
Independence
We will perform our audits without fear and favour, in an objective and impartial manner.
Integrity
We will uphold the public trust when executing our work with the highest standard of confidentiality, fairness and objectivity.
Transparency
We operate in the spirit of full openness to the Montserrat society about the way we use public resources and the impact of our work.
Excellence
We strive to be the best at what we do and continuously seek ways to improve.
Professionalism
We shall competently perform our work in accordance with the International auditing standards requirements and the highest professional conduct.
Our Work
The NAO scrutinizes public spending for the Legislative Assembly and is independent of the Government of Montserrat. We help Legislature to hold the government to accounts and we use our insights to help people who manage and govern the public sector to improve services. We do this by, promoting accountability, transparency and improved stewardship in the use of public funds through our work. The NAO conducts assurance and performance audits of all government ministries, departments and agencies to include all statutory bodies.
To learn more about our office you can look at our Business Plan.
You can also look at our Audit Mandate for more information.
To learn more about the Auditor-General, visit our About the Auditor-General page.