Assistant Manager, Information Technology Audit at Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC Plc)

Job Description

• AEDC Plc being a dynamic organization, is looking at growing potential within the Company. To this effect, the Company is currently seeking experienced professionals to join it as Assistant Manager; Information Technology Audit: This person will be responsible for monitoring IT Audit practices and systems to ensure they comply with Company policies and government regulations.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

• To increase the Company’s efficiency;
• To improve internal control activities and Data Management;
• To improve Data Security and back up for Business Continuity;
• To identify misconducts and System Frauds;
• To recommend process improvements and disciplinary measures;

The Assistant Manager; Information Technology Audit shall also be responsible for the following;

• To be involved in the planning and execution of internal audit procedures and the creation of internal audit reports;
• To perform general and application control reviews for simple to complex computer information systems;
• To perform information control reviews to include system development standards, operating procedures, system security, programming controls, communication controls, backup and disaster recovery, and system maintenance;
• To direct and/or perform reviews of internal control procedures and security for systems under development and/or enhancements to current systems;
• To perform audit to identify the weaknesses in a system’s network and create an action plan to prevent security breaches in the technology.
• To ensure audit conclusions are based on a complete understanding of the process, circumstances, and risk;
• To conduct operational, compliance, financial and investigative audits, as assigned;
• To assist and train other audit staff on the use of computerized audit techniques, and in developing methods for review and analysis of computerized information systems;
• To follow up on audit findings to ensure that management has taken corrective actions;
• To extract information from all databases, prepare reports and analyses for operational audit or other assigned audits;
• To extract information for financial auditors.
• IT Audit should have read-only access to all databases related to AEDC operations and finance.

Education, Experience &Technical Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology;
• Minimum of 5 Years Working Experience;
• Programmer with high knowledge in the use of Structured Query Language(SQL) for analytical purposes;
• Data Security and Analytical Experience;
• To not be affiliated with AEDC or any contractors who do business with AEDC in the last five years.
• Knowledge to write reports, knowledge of laws and regulations in force based on the Company’s operations.

Other Required Competencies:

• Integrity and professionalism.
• Excellent written, oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Professional skills for writing audit reports.
• Self-motivation and self-initiative.
• Skills to do analyses and statistics.
• Professional knowledge for interpretation of laws and regulations in force.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.