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Job Title:  Senior Internal Auditor – IT    

Organisation: Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Pride Microfinance Limited (MDI) is a Microfinance Deposit- taking Institution regulated and supervised by Bank of Uganda (BoU) under the MDI Act, 2003 and MDI Regulations, 2004 with a capital base of Ugx. 168.6 billion. Pride’s purpose is transforming lives responsibly. Pride offers innovative financial solutions to largely people at the base of the economic pyramid and serves its customers through 42 networked branches and 5 contact offices spread across the country and implements sustainability sound practices throughout its business operations to create a positive impact through three sustainability pillars; economic, environment, and social as well as contributing to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their investable sub-goals that relate to microfinance activities.

Job Summary:   The Senior Internal Auditor – IT report to the Audit Manager – IT and will be based at Head Office. He/ she will be responsible for conducting IT risk-based internal audits to provide assurance on the governance, risk management, and control of the Pride’s Information Systems and Infrastructure to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems, safeguarding the Pride’s critical assets and operations in compliance with the regulatory frameworks and Internal policies and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   Specific responsibilities include:

• Identify business objectives, assess the inherent risks in activities to be audited and develop comprehensive audit plans for assigned audit engagements.
• Review IT controls within technical environments, evaluating risk-based controls across key IT functions such as networks, firewalls, vulnerability management, systems development, information security, database management, and project management to identify and evaluate fraud and emerging risks in the IT control environment.
• Lead in analysis of IT control environment and identify any IT deficiencies and come up with actionable/corrective recommendations for securing or enhancing Pride’s IT business environment.
• Review of various IT special projects and corporate IT initiatives and advise on any areas of improvement noted.
• Complete all IT or any other audit assignments within the agreed timeframe and budget.
• Build and maintain relationships and effectively communicate, as key audit partner, with all levels of management, other members of the Internal Audit Team and external reviewers.
• Perform field work and prepare quality working papers in compliance with audit standards and policy.
• Provide input in developing appropriate audit tests aimed at addressing identified IT risks and achieving the desired audit objectives to provide assurance that IT risks are effectively managed or mitigated.
• Conduct all assigned IT audits end-to-end; including planning, evaluating and documenting the results, reporting and following up in accordance with the annual audit plan and Audit Standards.
• Prepare clear and concise IT audit reports on audit findings, detected non-compliance with Pride policies, guidelines, statutory requirements and procedures for discussion with the line manager, before final reports are issued to Management for corrective action.
• Providing input to the annual IT audit plan/strategy to be included in the overall departmental Risk Based Annual Audit Plan.
• Provide first level assurance services on all key levels of system development life cycle and acquisition process on all Information Technology System and modules being integrated into Pride’s IT environment.
• Conduct data extraction and analysis using software tools on the Pride’s system databases.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in information system/accounting/ finance/ Statistics/ Economics or related subjects.
• Professional qualification in CISA/CISM/CRISC/CIA will be an added advantage.
• The desired candidate should have at least 3 years of working knowledge of technology (Infrastructure, networks, databases, internal/external IT threats, application controls etc) or related experience in performing general IT operations for a reputable institution
• He/she should not be more than 35 years of age.

How to Apply:
If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience and desire to make a difference, then apply immediately and send a detailed CV, Interested candidates should forward their applications to the HEAD PEOPLE & CULTURE, at the address below, or on email: recruitment@pridemicrofinance.co.ug

Deadline:  1st November 2024

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