Mission (Hilin)
To deliver timely, reliable, and accurate financial management services in line with Puntland’s legal frameworks and international standards, promoting public sector accountability, transparency, and value for money.
Himilo
To ensure the Puntland Office of the Accountant General provides reliable financial reporting and delivers efficient, transparent, and fact-based financial closing services to the Government.
Objective (Hadafka)
- To assist public entities in making effective decisions.
- To enhance public entities’ accountability and transparency.
- To develop qualified, skilled and motivated accounting officers.
- To account for government expenditure, revenue and assets as well as manage all government accounts to achieve appropriate financial controls through maintaining value for money.
Strategic (Istaraatiijiyada)
Strategic Pillar 1: Optimization of PFMIS & Financial Digitization
To continuously optimize and expand the Puntland Financial Management Information System (PFMIS) across all government institutions to ensure real-time fiscal tracking, robust cybersecurity, and streamlined, automated financial closing.
Strategic Pillar 2: Regulatory Compliance & IPSAS Adoption
To fully align Puntland’s public accounting practices with state financial regulations and laws, while systematically driving the transition toward International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
Strategic Pillar 3: Fiscal Transparency & Public Accountability
To produce and publish comprehensive, timely, and audited annual financial statements for the Puntland Government, enhancing public trust and meeting international fiscal transparency benchmarks.
Strategic Pillar 4: Capacity Building & Treasury Professionalization
To build a highly skilled, professional financial workforce across Puntland ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) by institutionalizing continuous training in PFMIS operations and modern public financial management.
Strategic Pillar 5: Internal Controls & Risk Management
To enforce rigorous internal control frameworks within the workflow to safeguard Puntland’s public funds, protect state assets, minimize fiscal risks, and eliminate waste.