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

Job Details

• Assistant Manager, Information Technology Audit: This job holder will be responsible for monitoring IT Audit practices and systems to ensure they comply with Company policies and government regulations.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

• Involved in the planning and execution of internal audit procedures and the creation of internal audit reports.
• Performs general and application control reviews for simple to complex computer information systems.
• Performs information control reviews to include system development standards, operating procedures, system security, programming controls, communication controls, backup and disaster recovery, and system maintenance.
• Plans, implements, monitors and upgrades security measures for the protection of the organization’s data, systems and networks.
• Participates in the Change Management process.
• Tests and identifies network and system vulnerabilities and creates counteractive strategies to protect the network.
• Directs and/or performs reviews of internal control procedures and security for systems under development and/or enhancements to current systems.
• Performs audit to identify the weaknesses in a system’s network and creates an action plan to prevent security breaches in the technology.
• Ensures audit conclusions are based on a complete understanding of the process, circumstances, and risks.
• Assists and trains other audit staff on the use of computerized audit techniques, and in developing methods for review and analysis of computerized information systems.
• Follows up on audit findings to ensure that management has taken corrective actions.
• Extracts information from all databases, prepares reports and analyses for operational audit or other assigned audits.
• The job holder will have “read only access” to all data bases related to AEDC operations and finance.

Education, Experience &Technical Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, Computer Science or its equivalent.
• Data security and analytical experience; Programming and high knowledge in use of SQL for analytical purposes.
• Minimum of 5 Years Working Experience.
• Experience with Firewalls (functionality and maintenance), Office 365 Security, VSX and Endpoint Security.
• Expert in Firewalls, VPN, Data Loss Prevention, IDS/IPS, Web-Proxy and Security Audits.
• Clear understanding of IT audit methodologies and great awareness of cyber security trends and hacking techniques.
• Professional Certification in CISA is a MUST.

Other Required Competencies:

• Integrity and professionalism.
• Communication 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