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  • Accounting officer appointments, roles and responsibilities

    Topics:
    • Finance, 
    • Accountability and financial management

    Date published: 18 December 2024

    This section contains guidance regarding the responsibilities of Accounting Officers.

    In particular, chapter three of Managing Public Money (MPMNI) highlights the personal responsibilities of all Accounting Officers, both in government departments and in other parts of central government. It also includes template letters for appointments of Accounting Officers in agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). The most recent publication update is FD (DFP) 09/09 - appointment of Accounting Officers in agencies and NDPBs (updated templates - 18 December 2024), which is also included on the Finance Director Letters (FDs) 2009 section of the website.

    Documents

    • FD (DFP) 09/09 (updated templates - 18 December 2024) - Appointment of Accounting Officers in Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) Adobe PDF (218 KB)
    • Managing Public Money Northern Ireland - Chapter 3 and associated annex Adobe PDF (233 KB)
    • HM Treasury Handbook: Regularity and propriety (11 Nov 2004) Adobe PDF (520 KB)

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