Audit Senior – IT Analytics at National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Kampala, Uganda
Job Description
Conduct information systems risk-based internal audits to give assurance on availability, confidentiality and integrity of information; checking compliance with procedures and policies and making relevant recommendations to improve the controls in place
Duties and Responsibilities include:
- Participate in the development and tracking of the unit’s strategy in line with the departmental strategy.
- Review established internal controls to prevent and/or detect errors and irregularities in the Fund’s data
- Conduct data extraction and analysis using software tools on Fund’s databases.
- Support the department’s Continuous Auditing program
- Review the fund’s data management Framework and underlying policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Engage with different stakeholders in and out of the Fund to facilitate the achievement of departmental and organizational objectives
- Review data validation controls in Fund systems.
- Review procedures and standards relating to posting, uploading, and approving data across the Fund.
- Review controls for systems under development as well as major Technology projects and initiatives.
- Review the Fund’s data privacy policies and procedures
- Carry out inspection of branch offices to check for compliance with the regulatory framework and internal policies and procedures.
- Document work done and draft audit reports within the audit management software) for the Audit Manager’s review.
- Follow up on the status of implementation of previous audit recommendations and report accordingly
- Identify and evaluate fraud and emerging risks.
- Undertake investigations as assigned.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisors.
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a numerical field such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, and Actuarial Science.
- Professional qualifications – CISA, CISM or equivalent.
Related Job Experience:
- 4 years experience in Information Systems Audit in a busy organisation.
- Wide experience in the use of CAATS, Audit Management Software, sound knowledge of Internal Controls and broader working knowledge of auditing techniques and standards is preferable.
- Supervisory Experience is an added advantage.
Key Competencies:
- Commitment & Integrity
- Proactivity & Innovation
- Getting Work Done
- Relationship Building
- Communicating and Influencing
- Resilience & Resourcefulness
- Thinking and Problem Analysis
- Audit Strategy
- Risk Control & Governance
- Stakeholder Management
- Audit Reporting
- Professional Ethics
