The Board of Directors has the following tasks:
- It issues the organisational rules of the Oversight Authority.
- It issues the strategic goals of the Oversight Authority, submitting them to the Federal Council for approval and reporting on their fulfilment to the Federal Council.
- It issues the ordinances delegated to the Oversight Authority.
- It makes organisational arrangements to preserve the interests of the Oversight Authority and preventing conflicts of interests.
- It concludes the affiliation contract with the Swiss Federal Pension Fund (PUBLICA) and submitting it to the Federal Council for approval.
- It regulates the composition, the election procedure and the organisation of the parity commission for the pension fund.
- It decides on the reasons, modification and termination of the employment relationship with the Chief Executive; the reasons and termination of the employment relationship with the director require the Federal Council’s approval.
- It decided on the reasons, modification and termination of the employment relationship of the other executive board members upon request of the Chief Executive.
- It supervises the Executive Board.
- It provides an internal control system and risk management adapted for the Oversight Authority.
- It determines the appropriation of reserves.
- It approves the budget.
- It drafts and approves an annual report for each fiscal year; it submits the revised annual report to the Federal Council for approval; simultaneously it requests discharge from the Federal Council and publishes the annual report following approval.