Team Member, IT Audit at United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Job Objective(s)

• To implement the Bank and audit division’s mandate relating to review and assessment of controls over the information systems, safeguard the Bank’s assets, ensure the completeness and accuracy of transaction records; and prevent/detect incidences of related frauds and irregularities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the review of all digital banking income lines using CAAT tools to ensure that all incomes are received accordingly.
• Review adequacy of existing control to give reasonable assurance that all possible income leakages are blocked.
• Prepare activity report for the Group Head, Internal Audit and any other assigned functions
• Design audit work plan for Preliminary internal control review to determine the strength of the Internal Control
• Assist in the development and revision/update of the annual IT audit strategy and work plan in conjunction with the Head, Corporate Audit and Compliance
• Participate and supervise the process reviews/redesigns as well as systems upgrade/implementation efforts to ensure that appropriate system controls considerations are effectively taken on board and implemented
• Monitor adequacy of security and control built into the bank’s IT architecture
• Ensure periodic Review of actual expense against budgets and resolve expense mis-alignment
• Review the procurement process of e-banking infrastructure to ensure that they are in line with procurement policy of the bank.
• Review and ensure clear roles, responsibilities, segregation of duties and succession planning for the various levels of IT & e-banking staff.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Accounting or any other numerate discipline.
• Relevant professional certification e.g. CISA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CISSP and MBA etc will be an added advantage.
• 3  - 5 years of related experience.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have knowledge of auditing in a financial service industry. Must have good investigative skills, analytical skills, pay attention to details, have good communication skills (written & oral).

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Banking operations, policies and procedures
• Interpersonal skills and communication skills (written and oral)
• IT proficiency
• Integrity
• Good investigative skills
• Good numerate and analytical skill.
• Structured query language (SQL Navigator)
• Audit command language (ACL)
• Unix operating systems
• Business objects (BO)
• FTP - file transfer protocol
• Microsoft office tools.

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What you should expect from Us

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.