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SENIOR SPECIALIST: IT AUDIT (FTC - 12 MONTHS) [CENTURION]   DETAILS

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Senior Specialist: IT Audit (FTC - 12 Months) [Centurion]


POSTED BY: Land & Agricultural Development Bank
REF:LBAF 66
Date Published:Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Date of Expiration:Sunday, November 6, 2022 EXPIRED
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LOCATION OF THIS JOB
 South Africa |  CENTURION in South Africa
INDUSTRY
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS
JOB TYPE
Contract
MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION
Reference Number LAN220505-1
Job Title Senior Specialist: IT Audit (FTC - 12 Months) [Centurion]
Division Internal Audit
Unit Internal Audit
Job Type Classification Contract
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Centurion

JOB ADVERT SUMMARY
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africa’s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank’s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
1. Responsible for the internal controls and risks of the Land Bank Group’s Information Technology systems and networks ensuring that the organisation has adequate technology and system controls from a business needs and risk perspective.
2. To monitor, examine and evaluate the adequacy of management controls within IT systems in accordance to best IT audit practice and company procedures and any other regulations and policies while maintaining the required independence to conduct investigations.
3. To identify the weaknesses of the IT systems, obtain evidence and develop action plans to mitigate or rectify security breaches.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
Annual Audit Planning
1. Perform a full IT Audit and IT Risk requirement analysis for the Bank.
1) Identification of risks
2) planning of projects
3) Preparing, issuing and presenting of final reports to management
2. Facilitate engagements pertaining to specialised audit or technical areas within area of responsibility and ensure that all the relevant internal and external stakeholders are involved
3. Compile a joint IT audit plan for review and approval including instructions or requests from the Head of Internal Audit
4. Compile the individual engagement files and reports to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with generally accepted audit standards
5. Designs IT audit procedures and governance frameworks to execute the annual audit plan, assess controls and to meet audit objectives
6. Perform consulting engagements of any nature related to the Land Bank group’s IT systems
7. Drive integrated Audits and integrated Audit Plan

IT Audit Execution
1. Execute the agreed annual IT Audit Plan in accordance to the company’s relevant policies, procedures and any other legal or other requirements
2. Plan, facilitate and coordinate critical IT audit projects
3. Plan the required internal IT audit assignments and assist in the development of the detailed audit planning memorandums and RACMs
4. Manage the timely completion of IT internal auditing engagements as per the annual plan and project budget
5. Perform any required data analysis (CAAT’s) on all audits using appropriate IT audit tools e.g.IDEA
6. Monitor, examine and evaluate the adequacy and operating effectiveness of internal IT system control designs and identify reportable issues and risk areas.
7. Identify weaknesses or problem areas within the IT systems and obtain any relevant evidence

Reporting and Stakeholder Management
1. Responsible to report on project governance and relevant IT risks and advise the business on best practice to mitigate risk in the interest of the Land Bank group.
2. Compile all reports to management committees and the Audit committee as per the required format and time frames
3. Represent Internal Audit on key governance structures as subject expert
4. Facilitate debrief sessions or engagements with Management or relevant staff (debriefing)
o address IT audit findings or resolving / clarifying specialized or complex matters
o Promote good practice by recommending improvements in processing capability, user
interface and security designs.
5. Track all IT audit findings raised by internal and external audit for timely follow up with management and reporting to the audit committee on progress by management in resolving the findings.
1) Document input from management and follow-up within the prescribed timeframes
2) Compile final reports for distribution to Executive Management
6. Manages TeamMate within the department and supports other users where required (TeamMate Champion)
7. Manage work and performance of co-sourced IT Audit service providers
8. Manage relationships with IT department and external auditors

REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB
PREFERRED MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
1. B Com (Information Systems) degree / B.Sc. (Computer Science) or an equivalent qualification
2. Membership of Institute of Internal Auditors
3. CISA
4. 6 years Specialised working experience as an information system auditor of which the majority of the time should be within one of the larger auditing firms in a similar capacity (IT Audit)

Critical Competencies
1. Microsoft Office
2. Knowledge / Experience in SAP system
3. Data analytics tools and TeamMate
4. Application Control Reviews, General Control Reviews and Data Analytics
5. IT risk identification and assessment
6. International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing
7. IT governance frameworks e.g. COBIT, ITIL

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
1. Travel as and when required.
2. Extended hours as and when required.


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