Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology Company which operates as a shared infrastructure and service provider for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments service Providers within and Outside Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: IT Audit Specialist
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Objectives
- To provide independent assurance to management on IT General Controls.
- Ensure best assurance practice in the plan and execution of IS Audit Programs.
- Ensure enterprise wide compliance of business processes and operations to internal policies, procedures and documentations.
- Incorporation of standard practices, principles and processes into audit programs and execution.
- Review of risk related control issues and draft appriopriate remediation plans.
- Understand the business environment and develop relationships with audit client in providing value added solutions and best practices implementation.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Audit Review of Database Management Systems, Enterprise Network security and Device configuration, Antivirus, Systems Patches and Log Management.
- Audit Review of Software Development Life cycle, Project Management Implementation and Change Management Procedures.
- Audit Review of Data Encryption Processes, Key Management Lifecycle, and Operating Systems, physical and logical security of card holder environment.
- Audit Review of Active Directory, Operating Systems, Data backup and tape management.
- Assess systems and general IT controls and provide practical and Value added remediation plans.
- Prepare audit reports that summarize the most significant control weaknesses and resulting impact to the organization.
- Participate in multiple and simultaneous risk
- Contribute to internal departmental initiatives such as trainings, departmental development initiatives and other internal projects as requested.
- Effectively discuss audit issues and develop business focused controls recommendations to strengthen control lapses and weaknesses based audit while maintaining departmental quality standards.
- Function as part of a team or work independently when requires.
Requirements
- University: First Degree(s) in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related fields.
- Others: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or related professional certifications would be an added advantage.
- Experience: Minimum of 7years’ experience in IT Auditing or a similar role.
- Understanding of the key technology and general controls around enterprise Applications and information systems.
Application Closing Date
15th September, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: judith.okolie@up-ng.com using the job title as the subject of the mail