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Job Title:   ICT Risk Analyst (Fresher Jobs)

Organisation: Finance Trust Bank (FTB)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Manager ICT Risk

About US:

Finance Trust Bank (FTB) was licensed as a Tier 1 Commercial Bank on 11th November, 2013, taking over the financial services business of Uganda Finance Trust Limited (MDI). Today, Finance Trust Bank is a fully-fledged commercial bank serving a clientele of over 500,000 depositors and over 37,000 borrowers, through a network of 35 branches countrywide. The bank offers a variety of Products and services including; Savings, Current accounts, Loans, Money transfer services and Bills payments to its target market which comprises of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, salary earners and youth.

Job Summary:  The ICT Risk Analyst will implement and maintain a comprehensive information risk management program. The Analyst shall define key risk indicators, risk registers, processes and standards aimed at optimizing information assets while mitigating associated and emerging exposures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Continuously identify, assess, measure and monitor information technology risk by performing hands-on risk assessments.
• Identify and communicate recommended security and control deficiencies for business units and monitor the implementation of controls for applications, technologies & assets.
• Maintain assessment criteria of applications & systems for measuring compliance of company policies, procedures, standards, security training programs, technical infrastructure, applications and development efforts against defined internal compliance baselines.
• Work closely with Compliance to identify compliance baselines from legislative requirements and corporate objectives.
• Understand information security risks pertinent to the bank’s business goals and technology infrastructure and support an enterprise information security risk program to identify & assess and respond to risks.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of emerging trends in information security risks; apply new techniques and trends, in-line with overall information security objectives and risk tolerance.
• Assist with assessments of vendors and business contracts for evaluation and tracking of risk changes.
• Analyze audit findings and assist in implementing audit recommendations.
• Support in the development of policies/standards/guidelines/best practices.
• Conduct periodic database security assessments and vulnerability scans to identify and remediate any weaknesses or vulnerabilities.
• Monitor and analyze database activities and user actions to detect and investigate any unauthorized or suspicious activities.
• Collaborate with database administrators and system administrators to implement secure configurations and hardening measures for databases.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or any other related discipline from a recognized university
• Possession of CISM, CRISC or CISA shall be an added advantage
• A minimum of three years of professional experience in IT Risk management-related positions in a financial institution.
• Ability to exercise the highest level of integrity and confidentiality.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self-driven, assertive and proactive.

NB: Position carries an attractive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply:

All Suitably qualified candidates should address their application to Head, Human Resource, Finance Trust Bank, TWED PLAZA, Plot 22B, Lumumba Avenue, Kampala, Uganda, and email it to jobs@financetrust.co.ug as well as photocopies of academic testimonials, and a CV. The CV should include telephone contacts and email addresses of three referees, one of who should be the most recent employer.

Deadline: 18^th July 2023

Please note that in line with the Bank procedures, no job offers are made online.

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