HEAD OF INTERNAL AUDIT - IT & PROJECTS
Closing Date:
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Location of the Job:
Botswana
Reference Number:
Bots-13/6/2017-002
Letshego Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1998, is headquartered in Gaborone and has been publicly listed on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) since 2002. It is an inclusive finance focused group with consumer, micro-lending and deposit-taking subsidiaries across sub-Saharan Africa.
An opening has arisen within Letshego Holdings Limited (LHL) for the above-mentioned position. This role is tenable at LHL and has oversight for LHL and its subsidiaries across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda (the Group). The requirements of the role are outlined below:
Purpose of the Job:
- To develop, seek approval and execute IT and Projects governance audits across the Group and subsidiaries evaluating the IT controls including assessing IT processes and system & network security management.
- To proactively identify and assess strategic and operational potential IT risks.
The overall responsibilities of the role are:
- Lead IT audits and project assignments to evaluate key risks and the adequacy of controls within the business units and / or key business processes.
- Development of audit plans, programs and testing strategy for assigned IT audit and projects to ensure all material business risks and the associated mitigating controls are evaluated.
- Ability to lead and participate in group audit assignments as required in any location and maintain a positive relationship.
- Preparing audit reports, ensuring audit comments are clear, concise and focused on the root cause of the issue and intended outcome, and presented in GIA report style and context.
Minimum Job Academic Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or a related degree.
- CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor.
- CISM - Certified Information Security Manager.
- Knowledge in COBIT, ITIL, ISO/IEC 27001, operational risk management, IT Business Continuity, Information Security, core banking solution, Oracle or SAP ERP, SAN solutions, ACH, Card Management systems Network and the overall IT Digital banking audits.
- 5+ years of IT audit experience, ideally with exposure to financial institutions with global reach.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A solid knowledge and understanding of Risk Based Internal Auditing standards and techniques as well as general accounting methods, principles and practices.
- Experience of managing assignment teams to successful delivery.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with senior management within the company.
- Strong technical, analytical and problem solving skills.
- Self-motivated, strong organizational and multi-tasking skills. Strong delivery focus, ability to perform all required functions on a timely basis and with accuracy.
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