The Governor is Chief Executive of the Bank, responsible for day-to-day management and bank operations. The Deputy Governor carries out duties assigned to him by the Governor and may perform the Governor’s functions in his absence. The Governor maintains close contact with the Minister of Finance, commercial banks, other financial institutions and the private sector generally. This helps the Bank undertake its monetary and regulatory functions, enabling it to assess the economic and financial impact of government policies and related decisions on the private sector. Within the Governor’s office, there are smaller units that operates to assist in fulfilling the role of the Bank, they are as follows:
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Internal Audit Unit (IAU)
Internal Audit is responsible for conducting independent reviews of various departmental procedures in the Bank to ensure that policies and procedures approved by management and the Board are always adhered to, at all levels. This involves review of policy, administrative and accounting issues; and of personnel, finance and security within the Bank’s operation.
IA also liaises with external auditors to carry out annual audits of the Bank’s financial statements, as well as providing audit confirmations on accounts of other organizations held by the Bank.
National Financial Inclusion Unit (NFIU)
The NFIU’s primary role as mandated under CBSI Act 2012 is to promote financial inclusion in Solomon Islands. Its secondary role is to act as a secretariat office for the National Financial Inclusion Taskforce (NFIT), a body approved under Cabinet to act as an oversight agent in the implementation of the financial inclusion medium term national action plan (2011 -2015). Currently NFIU is on phase II of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy for (2016-2020).