Purpose
The UC Santa Cruz Audit, Compliance, Ethics and Risk Committee (ACER) assists Audit and Management Advisory Services by helping to ensure that its objectives and goals support those of UCSC and the University of California.
Background
The UC system’s 2021 Internal Audit Manual (section 2500, pp 37-44) provides instructions about the purpose, charter and scope of the Local Audit Oversight committee. The manual states that: “The scope of the audit oversight committees’ function and perspective may be expanded locally to include external audit coordination matters, compliance matters and the control and accountability initiatives of the controllers, or these matters may be separate.” The most important role the audit oversight committee plays in the formulation of the audit plan is assistance in risk identification. A significant portion of each meeting is devoted to discussion of risk issues facing the University and the location.
Committee Members
The membership of ACER Oversight Committee includes leaders in the following roles:
The membership of the ACER Workgroup includes leaders in the following roles:
- Associate Chancellor and Chief of Staff and CECO, Chair
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Planning
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity and Equal Protection
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Risk and Safety Services
- Audit and Advisory Services Director, ex officio member
- Campus Controller
- Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
- Chair, Academic Senate
- Chief Campus Counsel
- Convener, Academic Deans
- Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, ex officio member
- Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
- Vice Chancellor for Finance, Operations and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
- Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
- Vice Chancellor for Research
- Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Success
- Vice Chancellor for University Relations
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Associate Chancellor and Chief of Staff and CECO, Chair
- Audit and Advisory Services Director, ex officio member
- Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff
- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Administration
- Assistant Vice Chancellor, Strategic Initiatives & Sustainability
- Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Personnel
- Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students
- Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Health and Wellness
- Associate Vice Chancellor of Colleges, Housing and Educational Services
- Associate Vice Chancellor of Information Security
- Campus Safety Compliance & Accreditation Manager
- Director of Accounting Services
- Director of Employee and Labor Relations
- Director of Environmental Health and Safety
- Director of Privacy & Information Practices
- Director of Real Estate Services
- Director of Research Compliance Administration
- Director of Research Integrity
- Director of University Business Services
- Executive Director of the Academic Senate
- Police Chief