Functional Officer, Information Technology Audit at Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC Plc)

Job Purpose

• The purpose of the Information Technology Audit is to assure management that IT audit practices comply with company procedures and government regulations.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Involved in the planning and execution of internal audit procedures and the creation of internal audit reports.
• Examines internal IT controls, evaluates the design and operational effectiveness, determines exposure to risk and develops remediation strategies.
• Assists in the performance of general application control reviews for simple to complex computer information systems.
• Studies, scrutinizes and checks the accounts, audit and software records of the company in order to get a rough idea about the fiscal condition of the same in relation to its executed software and IT business operations.
• Ensures that all controls put in place by the organization are being followed adequately.
• Examines the functional and usable data on various computer networks and systems of the company to ensure that the information systems are processed properly, resulting in benefitting the organization.
• Provides enhancements in controls, policies and procedures.
• Performs audit to identify the weaknesses in a systems network and creates an action plan to prevent security breaches in the technology.
• To ensure success, an IT Auditor must be capable of maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information while working with a variety of technologies, security problems and troubleshooting of the network.

Education & Knowledge

• First degree in MIS, Computer Science or equivalent.
• Data security and analytical experience; Programming and high knowledge in use of SQL for analytical purposes.
• Minimum 2 years’ work experience
• Knowledge to write reports, knowledge of laws and regulations in force based on what company operates.
• Professional Certification in CISA/other related certification will be an added advantage.

Required Skills & Competencies:

• Integrity and profesionalism
• Comunication skills
• Proffesional skills for writting audit reports
• Self motivation and self initiative
• Skills to do analyses and statistics
• Proffesional knowledge of interpretation of laws and regulations in force
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.