IT Auditor

About the Role

• The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluating, monitoring, and improving the effectiveness of an organisation’s information systems, technology controls, security processes, and compliance with policies and regulatory requirements. The role ensures that IT environments are secure, efficient, and aligned to business objectives.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

Strategic

• Assist in attending to management queries.
• Build / maintain relationships with the Discovery companies and other Assurance Providers:
• Discovery Invest, Life, Employee Benefits, Insure, Corporate, Health, Vitality RSA, Vitality Group, Vitality Health, Vitality Life, External Audit.
• Facilitate the maintenance of risk profiles (inherent & residual view of IT risks).
• Challenge risk management information received from the business and provided meaningful input to management on where IT risk management processes and controls can be improved.

Technical

• IT General Controls
• Application Controls
• Technical Infrastructure
• Project and Programme Management
• Cyber and Information Security
• Data Assurance, Data Analytics, continuous auditing via Computer Assisted Auditing Techniques (CAATs): advantageous

Operational

• Ensure audits are performed in line with Audit Methodology.
• Provide feedback to Audit Management on the planning, execution and reporting of the audits.
• Obtain input from the Audit Management relating to risks associated with the audit topic.
• Ensuring that all risks are addressed for the specific audit engagements.
• Follow up with Group Risk, Compliance and Forensics on any pertinent issues affecting a audit.
• Defining the purpose, scope and audit approach of each audit for assigned areas of audit coverage.
• Assist Audit Management in determining the scope of Internal Audit assignments.
• Prepare engagement letter for review by Audit Management.
• Prepare/review the Audit Planning Memorandum (APM).
• Prepare/review approved system descriptions, walkthroughs and/or process flow diagrams and address/raise review notes where applicable.
• Prepare/review risks and controls matrix (RACM) and address/raise review notes were applicable.
• Prepare/review test procedures and address/raise review notes where applicable.
• Obtain approval from Audit management with regards to any changes to RACM, audit test procedures / sample sizes.
• Perform testing and document working papers on Audit Software where applicable.
• Review working papers on Audit Software (performed by IT Auditors) and raise review notes where applicable.
• Prepare/review the Audit Finalisation Checklist at the end of an audit.
• Close day to day supervision of the IT Auditors and process of work.
• Provide regular progress updates (at least weekly) on audit assignments.
• Keep track of the budget and timesheets on a weekly basis and submit to Audit Management.
• Escalate in timely manner to Audit Management if deadlines are not going to be achieved.
• Escalate cases where feedback is not received.
• Advise Audit Management immediately about any problems experienced on completing audit.
• Monitoring the quality of work performed by the audit team and taking corrective action (where applicable).
• Provide training and supervision to audit team to ensure that that the required audit
• objectives are met and adequate practical coverage is achieved.
• Ultimately responsible for quality of audit files (MK or other).
• Proactively take on additional tasks as requested by Audit Manager.
• Provide meaningful input and monitor the effective and timely implementation of management actions to address any control weaknesses identified through risk profiling, risk events and control self- assessment.

Follow-ups

• Follow up on outstanding audit issues and management actions.
• Preparation and submission of follow-up progress reports for risk and/or audit committees.

Development

• Self-development: studying, attending courses, external courses, e-Learnings.
• Present training to the IT audit team.
• Completion of mini appraisals
• Schedule meetings with Audit Manager for the combined review of mini appraisals.

General

• Stay up to date with Internal Audit profession and industry developments.
• Ongoing development and improvement of audit methodology.
• Travel if required.

Education and Experience

• B Degree or equivalent (and relevant) qualification (with Computer Science / Computer Auditing/ Information Systems / Auditing as majors)
• CIA / CISA / CISM / CRISC / CGIT (one or more of the afore mentioned is required)
• 2+ years audit experience
• IT General Control Reviews.
• Application control reviews.

Essential knowledge:

• Internal Controls
• Risk management framework (COSO)
• IT General Control reviews
• Application Control reviews
• Internal controls
• Corporate and IT governance
• IT Infrastructure technical knowledge (reviewing of databases and operating systems)
• CAATs / data analytics
• Cyber and information security
• Computer literacy

The following would be deemed as an advantage (and would be required for career progression):

• Studying towards or in possession of relevant Bachelors or Honours Degree
• Financial Services experience

Competency

• Analytical Thinking Ability: ability to split a task or problem into its component parts and use these in a logical and systematic manner to reveal all the implications of the consequences of situations
• Communication Skills: able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Relationships: building relationships with auditees, business and external auditors.
• Reporting Skills: ability to consolidate information and compile reports reflecting the necessary relevant information